
It pretty much depends on which interface you use and what you need to connect to it. An insert compressor or sometimes parallel compression, delay and reverb sends usually does the trick for me. To be honest I don’t usually pile a lot of effects on my guitars. To be honest I have never had any issues using mono tracks, as long as you understand the limitations when applying plugins. However I probably did not explain myself well enough, as if for instance you use IK Amplitude on that stereo track and run two rigs panned left and right using the combined panner keeps the two signals audible, yet still placed in the stereo field. I quite understand that it is basically a double mono file. Regardless… the first thought in my first post above is probably the issue for this one. If you try that experiment please report back in that thread. It is mono just like if recorded to a mono audio track. When recording a mono audio bus to a stereo audio track you don’t get a stereo recorded file. Take a look at the link I posted… Try that quick experiment I list in that link and see what happens. You can choose between the Stereo Combined Panner and the Stereo Balance Panner.
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You can find this above the Channel Setting windows meter - the downward arrow when the hover buttons appear. This will preserve the stereo integrity of your recording when you pan it, as you can define how wide you want the stereo image. However in this instance you have to be careful with the panning and make sure that you use the Stereo Combined panner. This can be good if you have two different amps/cabs miked up in stereo. Of course there is no reason not to use a stereo track. In fact I am listening to a guitar track right now…dead centre. I use mono channels all the time for guitar and have not noticed a bias to the left. If you use VST3 efx they detect when they are being inserted onto a mono track and adapt accordingly. Of course if you are wanting to use a chain of efx you can still create this in a send channel, with the advantage of being able to balance the effects against the dry sound of the original channel. These of course can apply stereo to the mono signal as the efx buss is usually stereo, provided that is how you have set it up.

If I am applying delay or reverb I would inevitably use a send for my effects. Also you will not be able to balance the dry and wet signal unless the EFX has wet/dry controls. Obviously on a mono track you will not get a stereo efx. I assume that you are talking about inserts here Prock.
