Problem is most of my sources are already stereo!! I can mix the stereo signal into mono, sure. However I am thinking this will create some sort of phase gap in the stereo image.....
Maybe the trick is to only use mono effects on seperate channels of the stereo signal, or start with mono to begin with ?
Am I correct that mixing stuff together like this will create some phase weirdness ? Sure, sure, if it sounds good who cares ?

Anyhoo, thoughts are welcome.