Mastering, Multiple mono & mono summed Options

[prologicscot]

I asked a question when I first joined this site about files that are mastered (bounced) into & their appropriate uses

what I'm wondering about is the difference & again where & how it would be applied

I understand the use of multiple mono & stereo interleaved but have just happened upon mono summed

What is mono summed??............anybody

Yours questioningly
Isaac
http://www.qpqproductions.com

[coldharbour]

Mono summed is simply the left and right channels summed together into one mono file, while multiple mono produces split stereo (=two mono files that add up to a stereo file when inserted on mono channels panned extreme L & R).

Mono summed is for special uses only - when you sum up two mono files into one on digital domain the result may easily be distorted.

BTW : Mastering and Bouncing aren't the same thing. Mastering means the finalizing EQ, dynamics processing etc. applied to a bounced mix.