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	To Stereo or Not to Stereo
	<< I remember someone making post a loooong time ago, saying they swear to using only mono samples because a stereo sample is useless .. you can just pan it in the stereo field internally in the X. I dunno if I agree with that completely .. >> Well the point of a stereo sample is to place a) individual elements within the sample in their stereo space b) preserve any stereo effects the instrument may have been recorded with. For example - if you sample a bongo hit, totally dry, well, that's a mono sample. HOWEVER - if you sample a bongo player playing, using 2 mics, one panned at 10 o'clock, and one at 2, well, that's a stereo sample. If you record a grand piano, using classic stereo mic'ing techniques, that's stereo. If you sample a drummer playing, and the kit has reverb on it, that's stereo. So, to Stereo or not is really a function of what your loop contains. If you rip a snare sample off vinyl, let's say, some would say "ell, it's a mono instrument, so keep it mono." Yeah, but what about that great 1982 plate reverb it's got on it - that's in stereo! So, there's no hard and fast rule. Just be aware of what your loop contains. I had a great snare I sampled of a Prince cd - in stereo. For the hell of it, I tried it in mono - nope! Did not have near the depth of the stereo version. Let your ear be your pilot,

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