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Most of the time in audio world we are mixing for stereo destinations. Livestreams? Stereo. In-ears? Stereo. Records? Stereo.

PA systems? They’re a bit different.

Live sound systems, yes, it's typically fair to give it a left and right mix, but our audience could be anywhere within the audience plane.

What if your beautiful stereo spatialized mixed is just going to a single speaker that's maybe hung in the center covering the full audience, or it's going to a series of mono speakers that have specific zones that they are covering with zero overlap?

How do you make sure your mix is going to translate? We'll first get on the same page on the true differences between mono and stereo, then we'll jump into six tips for making sure your mix can stand up in a mono environment.