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Rev A.Johnson

I think if you try that way with that PC program yo’re gonna get a neat OWNED!!

Davewavy on the other hand does and makes some good points.
Dave, you weren’t supposed to point out that a stereo mix is completely unnecessary in a live environment! Thats the whole point I was making and letting it slip over the head of norbit. Stereo is a mix designed to simulate live sound (which is technically mono whether its a cars breaks screeching or a guitar amp).
If you are at a live performance(even in mono as is usually the case), the sound will still be full, vibrant and “3D” simply due to location of all the instruments and speakers in relation to each other. A stereo signal, and even surround sound is designed to replicate the natural sounds in an unnatural environment, like your basement or media room.

This fact does not matter though. If my drummer is center stage, my guitar player is on the left, my bass player is centered in front of the drummer, and me (Keyboards) is on the right, then things will be in stereo coming from the stage. At least half of the sound you hear is coming from the stage volume of the instruments and comes from different directions from the stage, even with a big name band in a stadium. It doesn’t matter if the induvidual instruments are in mono on stage. I use a mono amp. Add to this the fact that in any venue, sound bounces all over the place and creates an ambience (Natural reverb and delay) from all directions, a well mixed “Mono from the mains” live band sounds even better and bigger than stereo, or even 5.1.

If GHIII is really in mono on the Wii, I’ll make sure to buy it for my 360. I spent a LOT of money on my home setup so I can run with good sound, so any game I run had BETTER run in at least stereo or 5.1.

WTF ARE YOU ON??>?

You said that all live music is Mono. You were absolutely 100% wrong in saying that. It seems that you are now trying to backtrack by saying that mono sounds better in gigs which is completely different to what you said. You obviously haven’t got a clue what you are talking about because you didn’t even know that people were doing gigs in stereo. Mono sounds better in some gigs but WTF has that got to do with this thread? Seriously, WTF are you talking about? Are you under the impression that most people are going to be using this game in a stadium?

Most people are going to use this game at home with the audio running through either a stereo TV or receiver. Mono will not sound better in any way in that setup so once again you are totally wrong.

Hilariously you even end with this gem:

“Guitars just are not stereo. Period.”

Really? So an acoustic fitted with 2 condenser mics running into this amp isn’t stereo?

http://www.andertons.co.uk/acatalog/info_AC60.html

Read the link you provided. The consensus is that stereo “effects” in a live show are a bad idea. Most people don’t do it. And if they do, its an effect created by the mix. Guitars just are not stereo. Period.

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/archive/index.php/t-973688.html

Yet you seem to be under the impression that every live gig ever performed in every venue has been in mono because that’s what you said.

As I said. Live gigs are in mono if you want them to be. Large gigs are obviously in mono because of the size of the venue and the inability to get a good stereo sound but there is absolutely no reason why small gigs using just 2 speakers cant be stereo.

If you plug 2 outputs from a stereo pedal (like I said) into that amp you get stereo outputs. This is obviously a difficult concept for you.

Mono Guitar>Stereo Effects Pedal>Stereo Amp>2 Speakers

Or if you have an acoustic you can simply place 2 mics in or around it and plug both of them into the stereo amp and then 2 speakers and voila! Stereo sound.

Anyway your initial statement:

“I didn’t even notice and I own it on Wii and PS2 both.”

Is your Wii version Mono though?

sorry, but i’m not a dollar, you can’t make change out of me.

You clearly know nothing about guitar amps and probably did a google search on “stereo guitar amp” to find that.

The link you mention is actually a two amp rig. When you plug into that you’re actually plugged into 2 different MONO amps with a slight phase variance to simulate a stereo sound. This is often referred to as “dual mono”. You have no idea how silly you look if you actually know anything about guitar amps. This amp doesn’t use a Stereo cord. It uses a standard MONO input cable, just like ALL guitar amps. Nice try though. Live sound is always Mono. Stereo sound only exists in a mix, when you take all the sounds that a normal ear would hear and divide them into 2 different “channels”. This is an effort to make speakers simulate a true 3 dimensional auditory environment.

“usually bands will have really weird setups so it’s different.”

This makes no sense btw.

an amp being plugged into from a guitar will produce a mono sound, yes, but usually bands will have really weird setups so it’s different.

if you’re just playing at home then you’re prolly doing the mono stuff.

Only if you want it to be.

BTW I think you will find this is a real guitar amp:

Marshall EL34100 http://www.musicgearmaster.com/reviews/MSHEL34100100

and if you plug a real guitar into it with a stereo effects pedal you will get stereo sound.

The funny thing about this hub-bub, is that if you go to a LIVE concert, its not in stereo. Live music is MONO. If you plug a real guitar into a real amp, the sound that comes out is MONO. I don’t think this is a big deal, but I’m sure the same people who whine about perfect graphics will whine about this. I didn’t even notice and I own it on Wii and PS2 both. The game doesn’t suffer one single iota.