Originally Posted By: Simon - PG Music
Once you're in the mixing stage and you're adding stereo reverbs or stereo chorus or effects like that, then certainly it'll sound different if you flip it to mono.

Right, you were talking about whether to use one or two microphones, and I sort of free-associated it into a question about mono vs. stereo in general, sorry about that.

And I get that when talking RTs, the mono/stereo question really comes down to the same thing, since a mono RT, like a mic, is a single-point sound source that can be "upgraded" to stereo later.

I will say this:

If you have a singer onstage performing in a soundproof booth, and an audience is watching while listening to the audio feed through headphones, and you don't get to add any artificial stereo effects... it will sound better with two mics! =8^)