So I’ve got an acoustic plugged into the left input and output on my Aeros, and an electric plugged into my right input and output. I’ve updated to the latest firmware. I got the output set to mono, but when for example I am using the acoustic it is outputting to the acoustic amp and to the right output (electric amp). Does anybody know of a workaround for this? I thought there would be a way to do kind of a dual mono setup. Acoustic into Aeros to Acoustic Amp via left input and output–then electric into Aeros to electric amp via right input and output. Any help is appreciated! @DavidPackouz @BrennanSingularSound
Hey there, if you are using either a stereo signal or two mono signals, setting the Aeros to playback (Main Settings/Global) in mono will cause both L+R input channels to be sent separately to both L+R Outputs.
Like so:
[ L+R(In)>L (Out) ] +[ L+R(In)>R(Out) ]
This is known as summation.
This effectively doubles the overall signal if you are using two amplifiers/speakers/headphones (BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN MONITORING)
In your case, you would need to set the Aeros to record and playback in stereo, that way each signal will be sent to the respective amp.
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Thanks for the reply, @BrennanSingularSound!
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No problem, my pleasure!
This is also a “dual mono” question, so I did not start a new topic:
I would like to have (i) electric guitar (i.e., instrument signal) go into the Aeros right input and out of the right output into a guitar amp, and (ii) my keyboard (i.e., line level signal) go into the Aeros left input and out of the left output into my powered speaker. Possible? Guidance appreciated.
I have also posted this in another thread in the Aeros support/bugs area, so apologies if I am breaking protocol by repeating here (please let me know).
I would like to have (i) electric guitar (i.e., instrument signal) go into the Aeros right input and out of the right output into a guitar amp, and (ii) my keyboard (i.e., line level signal) go into the Aeros left input and out of the left output into my powered speaker. Possible? Guidance appreciated.
To add to what I posted in the support / bugs area, my keyboard signal is clipping in the Aeros, so I want to know if I’m doing something wrong / unsupported, or the if the simple answer is to turn the keyboard volume way down.
Since this expands (just a little) on your other post, I joined it with your existing post in this thread.
When in stereo, anything coming into left channel goes out the left channel. Same for the right channel.
Where those signals come from or go to can be one or two instruments and one or two output devices.
Whether the input clips or the output is the proper level has nothing to do with having different assignments for left and right.
Yes, you need to adjust your incoming level not to clip. On the output, you may need to adjust the gain. Nothing to do with the Aeros and stereo other than there’s no pan control in Aeros (yet). Want more control today? Get a mixer.
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Thanks. I should have been more clear about my concern: Aeros asks in Settings whether the main input is line level or instrument level. I’m looking to use one of each. I wanted to ask before proceeding because it wasn’t sounding quite right.
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I have been having the same issue, and I followed the steps you outlined above, set everything to Stereo, and I have all the firmware updates. Still having the same problem. Any recommendations?
I’m curious as to why this is a setting in the first place? I’m confused enough that it’s not working for me even with the Stereo settings on, but why would you ever want that feature? I have a much more basic loop that is able to achieve this, I don’t know why such a sophisticated machine wouldn’t have that capability.
Would appreciate any help I can get!
Please make sure that both your device and the song are set to stereo. Both need to be configured this way for it to work properly. Also, remember that you can only use the L/R inputs—having more than two signals won’t work. If you’re using the aux input, it won’t separate into four channels.
If you continue to have issues, feel free to email support@singularsound.com with a link to this forum post, and we’ll be happy to assist further!
Thank you! That did it - needed to change it within the individual song.
Just for curiosity’s sake (and since I am not well-versed in the tech), what is the limitation preventing the use of a third recording channel via the AUX channels? And if you can’t record through it, why use it at all? Just to run your instrument through the Aeros for adding effects and stuff? Otherwise, why would I need that channel as opposed to just running that third line straight to a mixer or the amp/speaker?
Hey there,
The Aeros only records one stereo stream, all four input channels are added to the stream, it is not a multi-tracking device. You can choose to have 4 ins in use.
You can feign separation by using MIDI to switch the input channel that is active and allow for multiple people/signals to record separately even while other signals continue. This was done in our Twyn performance video
The input is also very handy for TRS connections like from a tablet, phone jack, or any stereo TRS signal. You can also have a signal in the input that is not recorded but is sent to only a specific output, potentially for routing onstage monitoring.
You do not need to use the channel, but it is there for greater adaptability.
Thanks for the question!
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