Mg phaseshifter:
pseudo stereo effect
- shifts left or right channel to obtain stereo effect
- additional LR balance fader
- plugin in vst format
- all parameters automatable.
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MStools:
The MS technique makes it possible to apply effects only to the mid (M) or the side signal part (S) of a stereo recording. In this way you can (for instance) let an EQ work on the M to give a voice more air without affecting the cymbals (that are panned to the side) too much or you can use a compressor to affect only the M-elements like kick, bass, voice. You also can adjust the ratio of M to S and there are many other situations where MS processing makes sense. Of course the input signal must be mono compatible.
Since you can't use the MS technique on a normal stereo recording with left (L) and right (R) channel the following tools will make it possible to use your favorite plugins for this purpose
LRtoMS and MStoLR
These two plugins should always be used in conjunction as insert effects. The idea is to convert the stereo signal to MS format (with LRtoMS, left channel carries the Mid signal and right channel the side signal) - then apply your effect - and convert it back to normal stereo format (with MStoLR).Thus the plugins have to be routed in a chain.
Since there are plugins that let you handle both channels separately and others that only work on both channels there are two situations to consider:
(1) With plugins that can be used on the left an right channel separately (i. e. the Elemental Audio EQs) you can build up the chain like described above and you are done. The left channel of the effect works on the mid signal and the right channel on the side signal (see picture 1).
(2) With plugins that always work on both channels you will have to duplicate the track - pan one track fully left and the other fully right - and send them to a group. Insert LRtoMS to both channels and MStoLR to the group - now you can use your effect as usual. On the left panned channel it works on the mid signal - on the right panned channel it affects the side signal. In the group channel all is converted back to LR (see picture 2).
Of course you will have to watch for latency as with other processing too but there is nothing in additional to consider. The easiest way ist to apply the effect to both channels with "light" settings on that channels where you don't want it to do audible changes and deal with latency in the groups but there are other ways like track delay too. With future versions of audio software it may not be an issue anymore.
(Please note: There are no parameters - the "unused" labeled parameter you see is only a "dummy" and has no influence.)
MSadjust
This is an easy to use effect. It converts LR to MS format - let you adjust the ratio between M and S - and converts back to LR format.
Stereo-Enhancer ist ein VST-PlugIn für die PC-Plattform zur Modifizierung der Stereo-Basisbreite eines Signals. Die Basisbreitenänderung kann für tiefe, mittlere und hohe Frequenzen getrennt eingestellt werden. Für die Trennung der verschiedenen Frequenzbereiche kommen linearphasige FIR-Filter zum Einsatz, unter Anderem, um zu gewährleisten, dass die Summe der (noch nicht bearbeiteten) gefilterten Signale wieder exakt das Originalsignal rekonstruiert.
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Vnophones: VNoPhones is supposed to counter-act the absolute stereo you get with headphones. (why-o-why I hear you ask...) When we hear stuff under normal enviromental conditions, sounds from any location in our auditory field reach both ears, the contralateral (opposite side) ear receiving a somewhat attenuated and phase-shifted version of the signal that the ipsilateral ear receives (There is also the head-related transfer function, the wierd spectrum adjustment due to lumpy body bits resonating, cancelling and bending various frequencies in various ways, but whoah-ho-ho, we'll just leave that for the moment...!)
ANYWAY, this plugin is just a quick-n-dirty experiment that allows you to change the amount of contralateral channel crossover and delay, so that you can let all those neurons that have been trained to spatialise and locate sound sources do a little of their thing. This is NOT aimed at being a particularly useful effect, it's just a basic realisation of some of the auditory stuff I'm researching. It will also only work in the master effects section, since it requires a stereo input.
Best results are with a VERY stereo sound (not just a mono run through the world's best choruser/stereo expander - phasing effects will result). I also preprocess any sound examples with a bit of a reverb (another 'natural' consequence of listening without headphones). You may not hear anything different without headphones either, since using speakers will allow the sort of natural signal cross-over we are trying to emulate in the PlugIn.
The programs in the plugin are NOT meant to reflect real-room numbers either. They may be in the ball park, but that's it... mind you, the "BIG HEAD" setting is just what it says - the delay time means the head must be in the region of a metre wide.
Répartition groupée de une, deux, quatre ou six entrées sur seize sorties :
- center : position en X/Y des six points simultanées
- alignement : écart et orientation des six entrées
- angle / radius : rayon et rotation
- le positionnement manuel (et automatisable) des six points est bien-sûr possible
- seize réglages individuels de distance plus réglage global pour des changements de masse
Applications : intégration de fichiers cinq ou six canaux dans un projet en seize ...
Voxengo MSED: MSED is a mid/side encoder/decoder plug-in which encodes (splits) the incoming stereo signal into two components: mid/side or, alternatively, mono/stereo pair, and vice versa: decodes mid/side signal pair into stereo signal. MSED is also able to work in the in-line mode with the ability to adjust mid and side channels' gain without the need of inserting two MSED plug-ins in sequence.