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Re: Vocal Cancel
Stereo signals will have some instruments or parts of an instrument on one channel and other instruments or portions of it on the other channel. This is how it gives the illusion of having a live band in front of you. If you simply turn off one channel you are losing the instruments that were on that channel. Multiplexed music TENDS to be a mono signal to begin with but with lead vocals as well on one channel or the other, which makes it possible to turn off the vocals without the music suffering.
To run stereo music in mono you need to combine the signals not just chop half of them off. Some mixers will combine a stereo signal for you and give a mono output, otherwise you need to use a "Y" . It would be handy if Hoster (or my soundcard software) would have a mono option, but using the L/R option for stereo signals is not the best way to go.
I ran karaoke in stereo for 5 years with great results, since changing to a BOSE PAS system I've had to switch to mono. 6 of 1, half dozen of the other.
IMHO
Sam
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