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Alternative for stereo inputs in spat5?

I noticed sapt5 got rid of stereo inputs, is there any way access those, or maybe an alternative? I get it that one way is simply duplicate the @inputs value, but this will also mean twice more processing, right? Any help here, please?
José

Hi José,

I would not say that “spat5 got rid of stereo inputs”; it’s just that this feature has not yet been “ported”.
But of course it will be in future releases (I cannot give an agenda though).
For the time being, using multiple mono sources is the right way to go.
The overall processing of “@inputs 2*N” should be less than 2 * “@inputs N” because the sources share the late reverb stage, which is the most expensive.
(and anyway, stereo inputs will always generate an increase in processing cost compared to mono)

Best,
T.