Stereo Effects Through Power Rack Output

texhex · Feb 8th 2019

I have a power rack due to arrive in a couple of days. Having owned Fractal and Line6 before I have a question about the single mono output on the power rack. What does it do to the stereo effects when sent to a single 4x12 cab. Are they summed mono?

Does it destroy the integrity of the effect, say ping pong delay or stereo reverbs, they get summed mono and something has to happen to the L and R signals. I remember on the Fractal AX8 having the cab block behind the reverb block and it sounded horrible because it wasn’t in stereo.

What has everyone’s experience been with stereo effects summed to mono out of the power output? How much are the effects changed, good, bad, indifferent?

MuddySludge · Feb 8th 2019

Stereo really sounds incredible. Mono is what you would expect.

paults · Feb 8th 2019

Stereo Effects are summed Mono.

paults · Feb 8th 2019

if you have a stereo ping pong delay, you will hear all the repeats in Mono from the Powered Output, if you have the Monitor Output Source set to its default “Master Mono”.

You can still send stereo to FOH with the Main Outputs, if you want to do that. Or, you can configure them to Master Mono, too.

Wheresthedug · Feb 8th 2019

Yep, like Paul said, the important things ng is to make sure you have the monitor output set to Master Mono. If you don’t do this you will loose half the repeats on a ping pong delay and you with det strange things hapening with stereo modulation effects.

ipran · Feb 9th 2019

on kemper power rack can i achieved stereo delay effect ?

1. speaker output to traditional cabinet with cab sim OFF ( L)

2. monitor output to line6 power cab with cab sim ON (R)

Burkhard · Feb 9th 2019

The same line level signal that the MONITOR OUTPUT delivers is also feeding the built-in power amp internally. All settings affecting the MONITOR OUTPUT like Output Source, Monitor Output Volume, Monitor Cab. Off, Monitor Output EQ will automatically affect the internal power amp and therefor the SPEAKER OUTPUT, too.

You could set the Source of the MONITOR OUTPUT to "Master Left" and use the DIRECT OUTPUT to feed you powered line6 cab with Output Source set to "Master Right". Leave Monitor Cab. Off activated. It's a crotch as the characters of the two cabinets are different.

You cannot use the feature Monitor Stereo, which also pairs the MONITOR OUTPUT and the DIRECT OUTPUT to a stereo output, but in that case the setting of Monitor Cab. Off would affect both.

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