Hi everyone, sorry to have my first post be a resurrection but I have the exact same question as Ailind. Are the Left outputs automatically summed mono as long as nothing is plugged into the Right output? I'm asking as to the Main Outs as well as the Tom R/L and Crash R/L outputs.
I have been assuming so since every other synthesizer behaves like this, but as Ailind said, they're not labeled in that way and the user manual says nothing to enlighten me.
Thanks for the help!
Ivan
I don't use the Direct Outs much..
Alesis never answered the questions I submitted about the direct outs and if the L+R worked for all kits or best with the Stereo /Voices/Kits ..It'seems to work better with 2 layers on a Voice with the Non-Stereo Kits..so with 2 layers on All the Toms you can get some interesting combinations.
kick, snare, hi-hat, ride have no panning control...toms and crashes are not summed to any/one output
(Tom or Crash) left out...Panning R lowers the signal...hard pan shuts it off
(Tom or Crash) Right Out..Panning L lowers the signal..hard pan shuts it off
It hard to tell if it's for Stereo Balancing or True Panning since it effects All Toms or All crashes on one channel...and varies from kit to kit the signal never increases from MID and the Stereo Voices/Kits seem to benefit more for Bass > Treble...could be just settings also.
Make sure you watch the Voice Level if you go from using the Main Outs to using Direct Outs as I have found that if you use the same Voice Level when using the Main outs..then switch to Direct Outs hard panning the direct outs gets quite "noisy"/buzz on a velocity hit especially using the stereo kits..like a snare strainer clipping.