Polyend Tracker+ radio ... records in stereo, but radio is mono

I guess this is more of a heads up than a question - I’ve found no other mention of it online or on the Discord.

Unless I’m somehow mistake, the Tracker+ samples the radio in glorious stereo… but the tuner itself is mono. So you are recording a mono source, in stereo.

I love the radio in the Tracker and was looking forward to a stereo upgrade but alas, does not seem to be the case

Excellent question. Have you tried recording a song that has a noticeable stereo spectrum and playing it back?

wait, they don’t hook into FM stereo but record stereo? Can someone confirm this? My boombox from 1997 can do FM real stereo!

I have! It’s mono. I can hear that it’s mono, and I have a meter which shows stereo image and it’s 100% mid and 0% side (ie no stereo information)

It’s the same on all station I can tune into - some have a nice strong signal

I know (mine did too haha) - I am baffled!

The chip on-board is mono as far as i know.

i am loving the tracker+ but i do find this a bit infuriating