I just ordered a Ribbons (yay!) and I have all kinds of plans for it. But, the reason I ordered is because I’m the music director for a musical. We have a scene where a character is listening to a classical record as underscore during the dialog. I plan on having a violin and cello playing in real time. I want to use Ribbons to add wow, flutter, dropouts, and crackle.
I have done some research and I cannot find an account of using Ribbons as two mono channels. Do the left and right channel inputs remain independent? I want to keep the two instruments independent for FOH mixing. And this is the only time I plan on using Ribbons in the show, the rest of the time I’ll true analog bypass so violin and cello are dry. I am fine if the effects are a little different per channel, I just want to make sure if left and right inputs bleed into the other I can work with FOH on mixing this.
Thanks in advance!
You’ll soon find out!
But… yep, no reason that wouldn’t work, as far as I know. The only effects that differ have stereo spread are crinkle, dropouts, reverb, magnetic dance (I think), and maybe the mp3 one.
Haha yeah I will find out, I was just excited so I posted. I’m ok if the effects differ between left/right. I’m more asking if the effect’s stereo spread involves sending some of the left input to the right output and vice versa. For example, I wouldn’t be surprised if the reverb does this some. This could annoy the sound person as their channel strips will be configured for the single instrument input. It’s not a big deal either way, I’m just musing and excited to use this effect in my production.
Yes Ribbons should work well in a dual mono situation.
The reverb is the only effect on Ribbons where material from the left channel can leak into the right channel. This is because, like most reverbs, the left and right channels are summed and then sent to the “room/reverb chamber”. We then listen back at different points in the room to get a stereo image.
So as long as you don’t use the reverb, you shouldn’t have a problem using it as a purely dual mono effect.
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Gotcha, yeah, I think the reverb would bleed but nothing else. Someone else might know better, but I’m pretty sure this is how it would work.
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A humble suggestion: dial in a sound you’re happy with in advance, then save your settings into one of the onboard presets slots for easy recall during your performance.
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Thanks so much! And yes, saving as a present makes sense.