A friendly suggestion to "stereo widening effects"
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- KVRian
- 620 posts since 27 Jul, 2001 from france
ermi, why dont you use the old c_superstereo, it has a mono button, and plenty of cool features...
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- KVRAF
- 8088 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
Welcome to Panning Lawislc52 wrote:Forgive me if you know this already, but if you pan something in the centre of the stereo and check mono, the level is the same; if you pan something hard left or right and check mono, it will be 3 dB quieter...
http://www.harmony-central.com/articles ... ning_laws/
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- KVRAF
- 10597 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from Alberto Balsam
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
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- KVRAF
- 3369 posts since 16 Jan, 2005 from Ottawa, Ontario
I used to wnat to widen almost ANYTHING, but as I've gotten further in to sequencing and the like I've found a remarkably reduced need for stereo widening, almost to the point of nothing. There are only a few instances where delaying a channel by <100ms may be useful. But even that's really rare for me now. I was wondering if anyone else can say the same;
Just how often do you feel you need to widen stereo, and for how many events?
It's hard enough trying to fit everything without doubling up on more that one component and finding space for the twins...
...just curious about the direction.
Just how often do you feel you need to widen stereo, and for how many events?
It's hard enough trying to fit everything without doubling up on more that one component and finding space for the twins...
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- KVRAF
- 3441 posts since 15 Mar, 2003
I sometimes widen a mono track to make it fill up a bit more space at the location it is panned at. It seems to be used a lot in the industry and is also called fattening.
It's talked about alot in David Gibson's book on mixing.
The actual stereo field is made with regular panning. I don't tend to try for a massive type of width.
It's talked about alot in David Gibson's book on mixing.
The actual stereo field is made with regular panning. I don't tend to try for a massive type of width.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 880 posts since 22 Jan, 2005
Thanks, I checked it out and it seems interesting.pquenin wrote:ermi, why dont you use the old c_superstereo, it has a mono button, and plenty of cool features...
Btw, it's here: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~thman/VST/vst-alleff.htm
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- KVRAF
- 6370 posts since 8 Sep, 2004 from Paris (France)
You may also want to check our widening equalizers. Fully Mono compatible (can also help you to make your Mono version sound better):
http://software.bluecatonline.org/Produ ... ingLinyEQ/
http://software.bluecatonline.org/Produ ... arametrEQ/
http://software.bluecatonline.org/Produ ... gTripleEQ/
To hear the "Mono" part of the signal, just set the "Sides" volume to minimum.
http://software.bluecatonline.org/Produ ... ingLinyEQ/
http://software.bluecatonline.org/Produ ... arametrEQ/
http://software.bluecatonline.org/Produ ... gTripleEQ/
To hear the "Mono" part of the signal, just set the "Sides" volume to minimum.

