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Topic: Stereo hookups--Zoom pedal? |
Tommy Boswell
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Virginia, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 8:59 am |
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I've never tried playing stereo, looking for advice on how to hook things up. I do not have a stereo amp, but I do have 2 amps. Would it be possible to take left and right outputs from my Zoom MS-70CDR effects pedal into 2 amps, and get stereo effects?
The owner's manual is worthless. The thing that confuses me is the left and right inputs, what are they for? My guitar goes into the L Mono input.
Any advice appreciated. |
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 10:06 am
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Tommy, yes, for single input instruments, your stereo imaging comes from the stereo outputs. Most units do the stereo processing inside the units from your single input and send that processing to the outputs.
So your unit: guitar in L, mono. Stereo outs: one to each amplifier. You can usually mix parameters inside the unit for volume, levels etc. to further create a stereo effect from the outputs.
The left and right inputs would be used with an instrument like a keyboard etc. that has true stereo or some rare cases where some stringed instruments have actual stereo output pickups.
In some cases, 2 separate instruments or devices can be used in discrete L & R inputs for other reasons.
Here's an example from a block diagram from one of my units that shows a mono input and the splitting action that is done inside the unit to the l & r outs. The chain and point of division varies from one unit to another, but this one is fairly typical.
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Tommy Boswell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 10:50 am
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Jerry,
Thank you for your excellent answer, very clear and complete. You could get a job writing user manuals for products made in the far east, unless you're like me and would rather be playing music. 
Thanks again! |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 10:59 am
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You welcome Tommy. Someone certainly needs to be writing concise and understandable manuals, but it's not me. I'm afraid I don't have what it takes. It's taken me 20 yrs. to understand this much. 
And yeah, this stuff gives me a headache. Rather be pickin'.
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Scott Duckworth
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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 11:59 am
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I have a Zoom MS50G, and have listened to it through the headphone monitor of my mixing board. The patches I use for the B3 organ sound is really good in stereo.
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Tommy Boswell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 12:27 pm
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Scott,
Do you patch the Zoom straight to the mixer? No amps in the chain anywhere? |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 4:12 pm
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I run from the guitar to a Li'l Izzy, to the volume pedal (500K pot), to the Zoom, and to the Behringer mixer, to a Harbinger V2112 power pa speaker. I hope to get another one soon, so I can run it in stereo. When the "Roto Speaker" in the Zoom is activated, you can hear the rotations from side to side.
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Tommy Boswell
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Virginia, USA
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