Creating Crosstalk in DAW? (faking an anlogue mixer.)

[kritikon]

Make a submix of your track, set up two aux sends, one going from left to right the other vice versa, adjust to taste.

Or am I missing something ?

No.

And put like that it really shows up what an odd thing it would be for anyone to want to double or triple up channels like that.

I sometimes think that some of these so called "names" that come up with nonsense like this on blogs or whatever are simply saying any old crap simply to garner publicity. I really can't see anyone who is into their mix going through the process of doing the exact opposite of what is required to get a clean mix, and going against decades of accepted practice to add extraneous mud into their mixes. They must forget that there are still plenty of people around who worked solely in h/w back in the day (and there will be some who still do today) who will be aghast at some of the shite they come up with.

Can you really see SSL advertising for their latest desk - "hey look folks! We acceded to demand and increased our crosstalk figures. Lovely added noise. Make your mixes noisier with SSL!"

[No_Use]

Make a submix of your track, set up two aux sends, one going from left to right the other vice versa, adjust to taste.

Or am I missing something ?

No. [...]

Just to clear that up, I would never use this, I was just saying or rather asking:

If someone wants to introduce crosstalk in a DAW (for whatever reason) wouldn't that method described be the exact thing what's happining in the analog world ?

[AsVit]

For example, in the Reaper manual, the author suggests using Reapers uniquely flexible routing to emulate this from time to time. ..

Hello! If it’s not very difficult, please share the link where you read about this one. It is interesting to see how this is implemented ..

[BertKoor]

For example, in the Reaper manual, the author suggests using Reapers uniquely flexible routing to emulate this from time to time. ..

Hello! If it’s not very difficult, please share the link where you read about this one. It is interesting to see how this is implemented ..

TimAndMonica was last active here on Wed Jan 31, 2018 02:01. So it will be rather difficult for him&her.
You do realize you responded to a post well over a decade old??

Any way, try to locate the Reaper User Guide pdf, sub-titled up & running. Supposedly chapter 17.1 is about Controlled Bleed.

[AsVit]

Thanks!

[DaniZzz79]

OMG. I cannot believe this post is 15 year old

[mjolnir]

In Cockos REAPER, adjust the stereo width with the stereo width control on the track control panel. It's that easy.

[kritikon]

My original comment still stands - Behringer still make cheap mixers with way too much crosstalk even today. I got one last year - wouldn't dream of using it for real mixing/mastering because it is just so noisy, but nevertheless a great mixer for the price - for noodling stuff out only. And a cheap Behringer mixer with its lovely channel bleed is cheaper than some of the DAWs if you want really cheap crosstalk.

However - 15 yrs later and the idea of adding crosstalk to betterise your mixes...is still an eejit idea. Which in itself makes it amazing that it hasn't caught on...yet

[jamcat]

Studio One’s Mix Engine FX have adjacent channel crosstalk you can dial in at the channel level.

[mjolnir]

If you need more bass crosstalk than treble crosstalk, you could always use a mono track send with a bass boosted EQ on it.
I used to do that all the time in MultitrackStudio Pro Plus. Of course, there's some bass boost/mono control dial VST FX too.
Terry West's CS12M has a setting to "everything mono below"... selected Hz I never use that feature, but it's there.

[andivax]

The real crossfeed is very hard to recreate in DAW. Only Softube Tape in Studio One can do the trick.
For standard "one channel crossfade" I would recommend Sonimus consoles.