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  • Mono channels in VePro?

    I am needing to host a certain plugin in VePro that has some of its audio outputs as mono.  I can't seem to figure any way to create mono busses or mono channels of any kind to handle this plugin.  Is there a way?

    I do notice that if I use the additional audio outs from the plugin, I hit the + button of the stereo instrument channel..it adds an additional bus, but its stereo (even though the plugin itself has that audio out as mono).  But the signal is evenly spread across both L and R channels.  So VePro must be recognizing that its a mono output and propagating it automatically to both L and R...but I'm not entirely sure what the expected and intended behavior is of VePro7 when handling mono output channels from plugins..particular when the plugin itself is actually recognized as a stereo plugin...when not using the direct outs..its a stereo instrument.  The plugin in question here is Addictive Drums 2.  By default its stereo mixed output, but when I start using direct outputs, it will have some of the plugin outs as stereo and some as mono.  Each kit piece is mono, but it has a few stereo mix busses of its own...so VePro sees a combination plugin with some outputs mono and some stereo..

    Just wondering how would be best way to handle that in VePRo or what VePro is doing with mono outputs like that.

    If they are on a stereo plugin, I still can't properly process them as mono with additional plugins.  Most plugins probably don't matter, but any plugin intended to go mono->Stereo, I guess would fundmentally not be available since VePro's mixer itself does not support mono channels to begin with..its all stereo channels that just happens to have both L and R carrying the duplicated audio.  do I have that right?


  • Hi Dewdman42,

    Yes, I confirm: no mono channels in VE Pro!

    Best, Marnix


  • what would be the best way to handle the situation with mono audio outs from a plugin?

    I notice that at least the builtin FX plugins of VePro has mono-to-mono mode, which I assume is processing L and R channels independently as two mono channels in some way?  Well anyway in that case if I just use the L side of each channel, back in my DAW I can receive the L side on a mono channel and go from there.  its just the mixing within VePro and how FX plugins will process it that I am wondering about the most.

    I do notice that VePro turns a mono audio channel from a plugin into a stereo channel with the same audio on both L and R.  it is implicitly splitting the signal...I'm not sure if it is reducing some DB in order to compensate for duplicated audio or not??  That is when I host Addictive Drums 2 directly in VePro.

    In my particular situation, however, its a bit more complicated because I have to put the instrument inside of DDMF meta plugin in order to do midi processing.  DDMF doesn't have mono outputs, only stereo, so basically what comes into VePro are 10 audio stereo outputs with only signal on the L side.