Artists in DSP has released Transpanner Pro, a 3D Audio Plugin for Stereo Loudspeakers. Here's what they say:
Transpanner Pro offers easy control over sound positioning and depth, enabling audio professionals to craft realistic 3D soundscapes with a standard 2-loudspeakers setup. Its sleek UI allows fine-tuning of sound angle, diffusion, and realistic motion parameters.
Features:
- Choose the Angle and Distance:
- Transpanner Pro's polar pad interface features a thumb that can be dragged around the pad's center, enabling precise control over sound direction.
- Set the position between any angle from 0 to 360 degrees and choose the distance. At 0% distance, only the dry sound is heard, while 100% distance the far field parameters are fully engaged.
- Far Field Parameters:
- The far field emphasizes sound diffusion and timbral characteristics. Transpanner Pro facilitates this with reverb and low/high cut sections.
- Achieve realistic distance effects and fine-tune reverb to range from smooth diffusion to highly reflective settings.
- The offset parameter shifts the reverb position at an angle offset from the dry sound, adding spatial complexity.
- Doppler Effect:
- Simulate the Doppler effect with Transpanner Pro, which alters pitch and volume based on the relative motion of the sound source and listener.
- This effect can be finely tuned, offering control over the intensity of the Doppler shift for dynamic and evolving soundscapes.
- Additional parameters:
- Input: Choose the input to be mono or stereo.
- Gains: The gains of the far and near fields can be adjusted with the gain and far gain control dials.
- Inversion button: The inversion button switches the near and far fields on the pad, so the far field is either in the center and the near field in the outer ring, or vice versa. By inverting, you can choose whether to have more angular precision in the near field or the far field.
Price: $49.90. Demo version available (mutes every 40 seconds).