Mixing soft synths

In the olden times, barring a specific reason to record the stereo out of a synth, it was common to record them in mono…. Again, not for every scenario, but most of the time

What’s the workflow like for yall doing this ITB with soft/VSTi synths? Render the stereo and then just use the Left channel? Or just send the stereo instrument to a mono buss?

Thanks

-b