MStereoProcessor is an advanced multiband stereo analyzer and enhancer plugin. Using MStereoProcessor you can make your recordings and mixes sound more professional by easily controlling stereo image and the necessary perception of depth and space.

It is a necessary tool to finish your recordings. It lets you look at and listen to the stereo field and its mono compatibility, ensuring your recording is truly placed into the center. It can widen, shrink and excite stereo field on 4 separate bands.

Features

Global panorama, widening and exciting - for starters you can modify the panorama and widening of the signal itself. The algorithm is totally transparent and mono compatible. Finally you can apply a broadband exciter to improve the clarity of each band.

• 4 bands with separate widening and exciting - while it is often desired to have bass stereo field minimal as opposed to treble, MStereoProcessor lets you process all bands separately. You can modify the stereo field from mono to a 200% increase and even perform delayed stereo enhancement. Both algorithms are fully transparent and mono compatible. You can also apply an exciter to improve the clarity of each band. MStereoProcessor provides 3 types of crossover (analog, linear-phase, hybrid), so you can choose the optimal band separation mode for your particular audio material.
• 2D stereo field analyzer and channel peak meters - integrated analyzers give you an accurate view of the output stereo profile, which you can use to ensure the recording is accurately wide and has correct direction.
• Mono/stereo field check - you can easily check if your recording is mono compatible and what the stereo content actually is.
• Mute and solo for each band - you can always listen to each band and check that each spectral part of the recording is perfect.
• Extremely advanced and easy-to-use user interface - our products are always designed to enhance the workflow. You can easily change all values, fine-tune each control in multiple ways. Easy orientation in a standardized GUI, textual editing and smooth visualization with almost unlimited zooming are standard in all of our plugins. Moreover our plugins are the world first (and still the only ones), which support resizable and stylable GUI's.
• MIDI controllers with MIDI learn - you can map any parameter to any MIDI controller or MIDI keyboard and control it realtime or record and automate it.
• Very fast, optimized for SSE and SSE2 processors.
• Global preset management and online preset exchange - using a title button you can save your settings (which are shared on the computer) so you can easily access these in other songs. Moreover all plugins can automatically share your presets and download presets of other users from our servers (if this feature is enabled). We are building a community and you can be a part of it!
• Fully automatable.

Space Controller is the best way to pan sounds in surround and immersive. Simply connect your mobile device to a DAW, use it as a movement reader and pan the sounds to where you’re pointing.

Panning with knobs in stereo is perfectly fine. However, when working with surround or 3D sound, even when using joysticks, it’s much harder to get the results you're looking for.

By connecting a mobile device and its motion sensors with any DAW, Sound Particles’ patent-pending technology offers a highly efficient and intuitive way to pan sounds to where you point the device.

Every movement you can imagine is now possible, easier than ever - and just a touch away. Space Controller is a plugin and an app, that together allow you to pan sound from stereo to any immersive format, either in a home studio or mixing stage.

Space Controller Standard Benefits:

• Bluetooth
• Stereo, Binaural, FOA & 5.1
• Perfect for a Home Studio

Natural Panner

A pan knob for the human ear

Pana is a sophisticated stereo tool designed to let you do more elegant, natural audio positioning than what regular balance panning might accomplish.

Panning an audio signal can be done in several ways, where the most common is to alter the volume on one channel. This is a CPU-efficient way (and many times the best) to achieve a sense of positioned audio. Almost every DAW and mixing console has this feature built-in.

Another way is to add a short delay to one of the channels – the Haas method. This renders a richer sound, but can also make a sound come off as somewhat unnatural.

A more elegant way is to apply a low pass filter to one of the channels. This maintains the audio energy on both channels, but at the same time makes it sound positioned. This works very well on transient rich sounds like drums or other percussive instruments.

Pana uses both the delaying and filtering methods in combination, to achieve a more natural positioning. This makes Pana a very versatile tool for most types of sounds – and having these features in one plug-in makes for a great mixing experience. To top it all off, there’s also a crossover filter that makes it possible to leave the low-end frequencies completely untouched, letting the bass remain fully centered, to prevent the mix from tipping over on one side.

Anatomy

1. Pan the mic - The pan knob in Pana is actually more of a macro controller, controlling multiple parameters for filter and micro delay.

2. Set your head size - Binaural hearing (how humans perceive sound) is highly dependent on time difference between the ears, rather than sound level difference (as set by a normal pan knob). This time difference is bigger if you have a large head. To feel smarter, turn this knob to the right.

3. Keep your bottom in the middle - To prevent the mix from "tipping over", you can keep the low frequencies in the middle.

4. Steepen the curve - Apart from time difference, binaural hearing also relies on the filtering of high frequencies on the opposite side of the sound source. This knob controls that.

5. Not just a phase - For checking the mono compatibility, if your audio signals are in or out of phase.

The world is not flat neither should your music be. Expanse 3D, JMG Sound’s space enhancer, takes advantage of the most recent (and futuristic) knowledge of psychoacoustic effects to help your tracks explode into all three dimensions. This 3Dimension expander will make your sounds deeper, wider and bigger. Or, to sum it up in few words, your music will sound supermassive!

Stereoizer Elements

Stereo width, streamlined

Streamlined & Accessible

Stereoizer Elements is a simplified version of our Stereoizer plug-in, giving access to all three of its stereo width algorithms - linear width, Interaural Intensity Difference and Interaural Time Difference - via one straightforward control.

• Add polish and spatial balance
• Create stereo audio from a mono source
• Create a super-wide stereo image

And the best part, your mix will still sound great in mono.

Brightness Panner will change the way you use sound in space, enriching your mixes by spreading sound around you.

This unique audio plugin makes panning easier than ever, by applying movement to your sounds using Brightness, Pitch and MIDI analysis.

Brightness Panner dynamically pans sound based on frequency, pitch or MIDI notes, using the familiar dynamics parameters of threshold, ratio, attack and release to pan channel outputs to any speaker configuration. From stereo to Atmos, from 5.1 to binaural or Ambisonics Brightness Panner enables music, post-production and game audio professionals to simply and creatively add dynamic movement to their mixes.

Brightness Analysis

Brightness Panner analyzes the spectrum of sounds in order to pan them in 3D according to a range of frequencies set by the user.

Pitch Analysis

Brightness Panner identifies the pitch of individual notes and pans them in 3D according to a range of pitch values set by the user.

MIDI Analysis

Brightness Panner receives MIDI notes and pans sounds in 3D according to a range of MIDI notes set by the user.

Energy Panner uses the intensity of a sound to control its movement. From traditional stereo to immersive, this plugin enables artists to add dynamic depth to their panning techniques without any effort or additional routing.

Sound Intensity Controls Panning

With Energy Panner, the sound intensity controls the panner, creating movement that reacts to sound. Imagine drums moving at the beat, synth notes that move on attack, among many other behaviours. From music to audio post, from stereo to Dolby Atmos, Energy Panner is a plugin that you definitely want in your toolset.

Panning Mode

The Pan mode is essentially a normal end-to-end particle-based panning. This type of panning effect changes the position of the sound source between two points (start point -> endpoint) previously defined by you. Therefore, the greater the energy of the input signal the greater the shift from the starting point to the endpoint.

Sliding Mode

Whenever the audio signal reaches a certain level (threshold value), the sound source moves on a trajectory that you define. As opposed to pan mode, the sound source does not return to the starting point as soon as the signal level drops. The sound source will freeze that position until the audio signal exceeds the threshold value again, leading to a new shift of the sound source in the dome space.

Unparalleled width, easy to use, SPREAD is the most powerful and usable stereo imaging plugin on the market. Make mono tracks stereo. Make stereo tracks stereoooOOOHHH DAMN THAT’S WIDE!

Beautiful Interface

Spread was designed for ease of use. With all features centered around a simple one knob design, Spread quickly gets you to the sound you want without any unnecessary complexity.

Multiband Processing

Spread enables you to change the stereo image of 3 independent user-definable frequency bands.

For Mixing & Mastering

Side Filter:

The Side Filter helps clean up phase issues and muddiness from low end stereo information. This feature takes advantage of Mid-Side processing to only remove the sides of the low signal, leaving mono basses intact and features an audition function.

Tilt:

Tilt will increase or decrease the volume of the left or right side allowing you to balance out your signal without compromising the stereo image.

Spread is an intuitive all in one multi-band stereo imaging plugin that will take your audio and spread it to widest and most accurate stereo image possible. Happy Spreading!

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Multiband Stereo Expander • M/S Modulator • Bass Tightener

Define your stereo image in ultimate detail with WidthShaper 2. Take control with three bands of mid/side stereo adjustment, each driven by its own drawable LFO and envelope follower. Use it on single tracks and buses, for sound design, mixing and mastering.

Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 2 effects plugin, use WidthShaper 2 on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.

Do all this with WidthShaper 2

• Get tight mono bass: Lock in your low end by narrowing bass frequencies to mono – keep it tight, centred and solid
• Widen your top end: Shimmering synths, sizzling hi-hats, glossy FX… Spread them across the treble with multiband widening
• Expand your drums: Widen specific hits in mixed material using LFOs, envelope followers, and multiband targeting
• Create super-stereo risers: Make your risers expand until they fill up the entire stereo field, for an exciting build-up to any drop.

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Multiband Panner • Haas Imager • Stereo Rhythm Generator

PanShaper 3 takes stereo control to a new level. With a drawable panning LFO and envelope follower on every band, you can design evolving, fluid pan patterns and make precise stereo edits in seconds. Blend regular panning with psychoacoustic Haas panning and make your mixes fill the speakers like never before.

Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 2 effects plugin, use PanShaper 3 on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.

Do all this with PanShaper 3

• Stereoise mono drums: Got a beat that's strictly mono? Bring stereo groove to just the top-end elements like hi-hats
• Bring basslines to life: Keep those all-important low frequencies centred and solid while you pan the mids and tops
• Fill the speakers: Go beyond regular panning with psychoacoustic Haas placement – the pros' secret stereo weapon
• Surgically pan sounds: Want to pan just that one shaker hit in a loop? With drawable LFOs and multiband control, it's possible
• Make percussion dance: Do the conga – bring the party to your tops! You simply have to try PanShaper on percs
• Animate electric pianos: Easily create classic tremolo-style warbling pan effects – perfect for tines, vibes, and organs
• Make synths groove: Add stunning left-to-right motion to melodies, pads and arps – and free up the centre of your stereo field

LFOs That You Design

From classic autopanning to complex stereo rhythms, any panning motion you can imagine is only clicks away. Simply draw the exact LFO shape you need with Cableguys' easy editing tools. Lock LFOs to tempo with sample accuracy, or trigger any rhythm with MIDI notes.

Introducing Pens

New! Designing your dream panning LFO just got even easier with three powerful, easy-to-grasp Pens. Draw crisp lines, smooth arcs and flowing S-curves. Create gentle back-and-forth movement or wild rhythmic patterns. Switch back to classic single-node editing anytime.

The Haas Effect

New! Using ultra-short delays, Haas panning creates a rich illusion of stereo placement while maintaining a full sound in both speakers. Blend it with regular panning for the perfect stereo balance. Or go extreme for pitchbending Doppler effects.

Flexible Envelope Followers

New! Create panning effects that react to the dynamics of your beats, loops, melodies – anything. Make percussion jump across the stereo field in sync with the loudest hits. Increase Haas separation as sounds grow louder. Trigger from other tracks in your project using sidechain routing.

Multiband Panning

PanShaper 3 gives you a separate panning LFO and envelope follower for the lows, mids and highs. Keep the bass centred while the mids and highs dance across the stereo field. Pan specific frequency ranges with pinpoint accuracy. New! Steep 24dB crossovers join the classic 6 and 12dB models, for even greater precision.

Runs in ShaperBox 2

PanShaper 3 runs in Cableguys' ShaperBox 2 effects plugin. Use it on its own, or combine it with Time, Filter, Volume and Width Shapers for elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out. Buy Shapers individually — or save 42% and get all 5 Shapers with the ShaperBox 2 Bundle.

After the soaring success of our MSW1 single band mono maker and stereo expander, SoundSpot decided it was time to give this hugely popular plugin a new lease of life. With that in mind, they started the development of the MSW2.

The new MSW2 is a complete overhaul in terms of code, interface & creativity, it can be used both subtly for better mixes, or pushed to the extreme to achieve a host of creative possibilities in the stereo field.

Below are the new features of this versatile, lightweight and creative update found in the MSW2!

Stereo Tool

Bring any mono signal to life with this stereo enhancer.

The upgraded Haaze v2 from Klevgrand is an elegant solution for controlling stereo width and spatially positioning a sound in a stereo mix. Regular L-R panning is a weak tool that doesn't resemble real-world acoustics, which becomes clear when trying to place a mono sound naturally in a stereo mix (especially on headphones).

The result still feels very "mono". Haaze is an audio plugin that makes the positioning feel more natural, understandable, and pleasant for the ears. It splits the audio signal into 16 frequency bands. On each band, you can delay the left or right signal (which will make the listener believe the sound arrives from the side that’s reaching the ear first), pan it to the left or right, or adjust the overall width on that band (for example, make the lower frequencies more focused in the middle than the higher). Haaze can also diffuse a mono signal and make it wider.

If this sounds complicated, Haaze comes with many presets that will help you to get started. It sounds good both in headphones and loudspeakers, and it has great mono compatibility.

Anatomy

1. I Can Haaze? Control the delay between Left and Right on each band.

2. Pan(ic) button. This mode can pan each band separately between Left and Right.

3. In your widest dream. This mode sets how wide you want each band to be.

4. Gainz. Only if you need to compensate the gain after processing each band.

5. Happy Birthday Mr Presetident. Lots of presets that will help you to get started.

A Unique Mid-Side Panner for Detailed Stereo Placement

A well balanced stereo image is essential in any mix. With regular panning however, the options for placing a rich stereo track in the stereo field are limited. Propane gives you the option to pan the mid signal separately from the side signal of a stereo track. This way you can position the mono part of your track in the stereo field as you like, and use the side information to shape the width and stereo image of the track.

Besides giving you much more control in comparison to regular panning, this technique can be used very effectively for compensating for a stereo track with an unbalanced or lopsided centre, or for creative automated and tempo synced stereo effects. Also, it is a very natural sounding alternative for panning a bus reverb.

Propane can be used in combination with the SoundSpot MSW1 stereo widener for full control over the placement of your stereo tracks, and has a similar smoothed out bypass function for automation without pops or clicks.

The Stereo Module of Pumper

Pumper Stereo Imager is a stereo image processing plugin which enables you to create wideness within your mixes. 

With this simple yet effective plugin you're able to add width to your sounds by using one single knob, without creating phasing issues in the mix. This great technique can be used in any scenario, whether it be applied to single or grouped tracks during the mixing and mastering process.

The Stereo Image will make your tracks sound wide with beautiful depth.

Features 

• Mid/Side based stereo expander – wide stereo image

Make It Wide

The classic studio trick for super-wide vocals – with a powerful new twist.

Need some width for your background vocals? Want to make a lead guitar or synth sound larger than life? MicroShift gives you three different flavours of a classic stereo widening trick at the push of a button. It uses a special recipe of pitch shifting, and delay that varies over time, to create rich stereo width. It’s incredibly simple to use and perfect for spicing up important instruments, or for blending background vocals subtly into a mix.

Hardware Vibe

We designed MicroShift to nail the vibe of sought-after hardware pitch shifters like the Eventide H3000 (which featured algorithms originally designed by Soundtoys’ founders) and the AMS DMX 15-80s. MicroShift captures the quirks of the originals including saturation and even the different de-glitching algorithms used by these units. So now you can have the big, wide sound of the original hardware with a simple and refined interface that makes getting those tried-and-true sounds faster and easier than ever.

Expanded Features

While MicroShift is dead simple to use, we also let you precisely adjust the character of the width you’re adding to your tracks. Change the amount of time-varying delay with the Delay control. Adjust the amount of micro pitch shifting with the Detune control. And the Focus control lets you sculpt away low and mid frequencies that might make some tracks sound muddy.

A Little Taste is All You Need

When you buy MicroShift, you also get our original mini version of the effect, Little MicroShift. And it’s anything but little. It adds width, space, and spread to any track, just like its big brother, but with a simple three-button, one-knob interface. Perfect when you want to add width to a track with zero fuss.

MAutopanMB is a powerful multiband auto-panner with an adjustable shape feature. This effect is naturally designed to bring spatiality to the sound. By using our fully adjustable oscillator technology you can take your sound to the limits of your imagination.

Features

• Dual user interface - the plugin is not only extremely versatile, but also quick and easy-to-use thanks to 2 graphical user interfaces. First there is a simple default one with several predefined modes, but just a few controls, which lets you start quickly and easily without any knowledge. All you need to do is choose what you want and use a few knobs. And the plugins also has an advanced mode, which provides all the extreme features the plugin offers.
• 1-6 fully configurable independent bands built on 3 perfectly transparent crossover algorithms (analog, linear-phase and hybrid) with fully adjustable limits and input gains. Includes peak meters for all bands and the master.
• Continuously adjustable oscillator shape - every oscillator in our plugins is defined by a mix of predefined oscillator shapes, custom waveforms edited using our MeldaProduction Envelope System (MES), step-sequencer and several methods for algorithmic postprocessing. It is the most advanced approach for defining oscillator shapes.
• 4 global modulators - in each instance you can have up to 4 fully-featured modulators that can modulate any set of parameters including other modulators! In this way you can make the sound move in time, be less static and more interesting. Each modulator works as LFO, follower, midi/audio triggered ADSR envelopes, a pitch detector or even a combination.
• Up to 8 channels surround processing - our plugins can handle not only mono and stereo signals, but also up to 8 channels of surround audio, making them ideal for audio production for movies, games etc.
• Full randomization - using a single button you can generate completely new settings. By clicking the button you can walk through the billions of possible settings and find the best one for you! And if that's too much, you can just hold ctrl and MMultiBandAutopan will only slightly modify existing settings.
• Extremely advanced and easy-to-use user interface - our products are always designed to enhance the workflow. You can easily change all values, fine-tune each control in multiple ways. Easy orientation in a standardized GUI, textual editing and smooth visualization with almost unlimited zooming are standard in all of our plugins. Moreover our plugins are the world first (and still the only ones), which support resizable and stylable GUI's.
• Automatic synchronization to host tempo - every oscillator and modulator in the plugin can automatically synchronize to the host providing as natural a sound as possible while not offending other tracks.
• MIDI controllers with MIDI learn - you can map any parameter to any MIDI controller or MIDI keyboard and control it realtime or record and automate it.
• Very fast, optimized for SSE and SSE2 processors.
• Global preset management and online preset exchange - using a title button you can save your settings (which are shared on the computer) so you can easily access these in other songs. Moreover all plugins can automatically share your presets and download presets of other users from our servers (if this feature is enabled). We are building a community and you can be a part of it!
• Fully Automatable.

MStereoGenerator is a unique natural sounding mono to stereo (or even surround) expander, which makes your tracks sound wider, stronger and punchier. It's perfect for almost any audio material from vocals to saxophones to drums.

Truly Natural Sound 

MStereoGenerator has been carefully designed to provide a truly natural sound suitable especially for acoustic recordings.

Fully Featured Parametric Equaliser and Stereo Field Analyser

An integrated equalizer lets you adjust which parts of the spectrum you want to expand and the stereo scope gives you an immediate view of the resulting stereo width.

MeldaProduction Goodies

You can also expect to find the standard MeldaProduction goodies: 16x upsampling, M/S, surround support as well as other channel modes, A-H presets for easy comparisons, and our easy to use integrated help system.

Modern listeners crave extremely tight and punchy sound. MStereoSpread uses psychoacoustics to bring your tracks closer to the listener and make them as wide and tight as physically possible, yet sound natural and beautiful.

Unique Stereo Expansion Algorithm

Besides the standard comb-based algorithm, which has several flaws, MStereoSpread provides a unique unbelievably tight-sounding stereo expansion algorithm, which is perfect for just about any audio material and is fully mono compatible.

Stereo Field Analyser

An integrated stereo scope gives you an immediate view of the resulting stereo width.

Modulation Heaven

Does you music sound a little static? Well not anymore. You can modulate any parameter, and each modulator can work as an LFO, audio level follower, enveloper, randomizer and even pitch detector.

Rapid, Intuitive Access to the Big Sound all Professionals Strive For. Stereoizer hits the bullseye, with the assurance of superb mono compatibility and no unwanted artifacts.

Expand your stereo image. Mono to stereo, stereo to super-wide and everywhere in between. Natural extension or extreme effects, Stereoizer provides it all, with plenty of presets & detailed control for the expert.

Stereoizer offers you the full range of stereo image enhancement, from gentle width adjustments to huge dynamic ambiences that transform the soundstage. With visual audio analysis feedback and a clear, logical control layout, Stereoizer is satisfying to use and gives great results with the minimum of effort.

Smooth, Rich and Mono Compatible

Stereoizer is a high-specification stereo image manipulation tool suitable for natural expansion, reduction and introduction of stereo width at any stage of the audio production process.

Developed for and tested by professional audio engineers, Stereoizer adds natural sounding width and depth to any audio recording, mono or stereo, leaving the inherent character of the original source intact. If you want a more coherent sound with polish and spatial balance but without adding artificial reverberation, chorusing or delay – Stereoizer is for you.

Applications

Mix | Sound Design

• Expanding narrow stereo spectra
• Introducing width to mono recordings
• Enhancing the depth of FX return channels
• Reigning in over enthusiastic spot FX
• Creating 'centre space'
• Settling 'forward' sounds
• Generating panoramic ambience
• Adding richness and gloss
• Re-focussing central solidity
• Avoiding heavy EQ and/or compression
• Opening up cluttered frequencies
• Fixing poorly positioned mic.'s
• Adding depth, width and space to specific tracks
• Enlivening static sounds

Mastering | Post | Restoration

• Natural extrapolation of existing image
• Frequency specific enhancement
• Re-balancing
• Taming eccentric material
• Re-introduction of natural ambience
• Firmly define existing stereo spectrum
• Avoid changing the character with unnecessary EQ
• Neutral stereo expansion/contraction
• Subtle blending of inserts and returns
• Pychoacoustic sweetening of frequency crowns

Detailed Stereo Enhancement

• Natural stereo to stereo extension
• Mono to stereo enrichment
• Leaves original character intact
• Subtle to extreme applications
• Band limited precision

Highly Mono Compatible

• No unwanted artifacts
• No artificial reverberation added
• No doubling effects or phase cancellation

Clear, Intuitive Operation

• Direct control over all parameters
• Dynamic visual feedback
• Independent psychoacoustic IID & ITD processes

From naturally extracted and expanded soundscapes to full cinematic big-stage enhancement, Halo upmix delivers with intuitive ease, all the control you need to fine-tune your surround mix to perfection. With unique centre channel management, including switchable dialog extraction, Halo is perfect for all types of production from archive restoration and TV through to the full 7.1 Feature Film experience.

Natural Extension

Powerful real-time analysis of the original stereo material identifies and extracts locational cues, to naturally extend the panorama - without the introduction of any artificial reverberation, chorusing or delay into the downmix - leaving the inherent character of the original source intact.

Downmix Compatibility

Because Halo generates a coherent spatial sound, you can be assured of a high-quality downmix. The 'exact' mode function ensures ultimate downmix performance where, as in TV re-purposing for instance, maintaining the relationship between the original, upmixed and downmixed versions is imperative.

Big Sound

For those situations that require an immersive cinematic dynamic, full control is available of all the relative surround balances, allowing any surround upmix to be crafted for a perfect blend into the complete 7.1 panorama.

Detailed Centre Channel Control

Centre channel extraction and control is provided for in a separate 'advanced' panel for use when dealing with intricate mixes, where no access to the original stems is available, offering unparalleled control - including neural network based dialogue extraction.

Powerful Spatial Analysis

Halo also includes a powerful spatial analysis view, intuitively showing the energy distribution of the upmixed panorama. Colour can additionally be used to indicate the speaker source for audio in any position, clearly indicating cases including phantom vs hard centre predominance etc.

Stereo to 5.1 & 7.1 upmix 

• Including: LCR, 3.1, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0 & 7.1

Highly Downmix Compatible

• Coherent spatial upmix
• 'Exact' downmix mode
• In-place downmix audition

Natural Panoramic Extension

• Preserves character of original audio
• No artificial reverb, chorus or delays introduced to downmix
• Full access to all surround balances

Detailed Centre Channel Control

• Neural network dialog extraction
• Low frequency energy dispersal
• Clear phantom vs hard centre control

Powerful Spatial Analysis & Intuitive control

• Clear visual feedback representing surround panorama
• Workflow enhancing direct control over upmix parameters
• Full LFE control option

Rhythmic Auto Panner

Rhythmic auto-panning with cool classic features, new tricks, and analog colour.

Panning. You wouldn’t be alone if you thought of it as nothing more than the simple act of moving sounds from left to right and back again. But it can be so much more. PanMan opens up a Pandora’s Box of panoramic possibilities. Recreate the sounds of classic hardware panning boxes. Trigger panning with the dynamics of a track. Create complex rhythmic patterns and dizzying sweeps. With the full range of Soundtoys modulation tricks at your disposal, PanMan turns the simple act of panning into something incredibly creative and powerful.

Classic Auto Panning

PanMan incorporates features inspired by classic auto-panners. There are classic auto-panners? Yep! And we tracked down these obscure boxes, like the Spanner and PanScan, to study what makes them tick. One thing we just had to run with comes from the PanScan: the trigger divider. This quirky feature lets you set the number of trigger events it takes to move to a new pan position. For example, you can set it to scan from the left to right in three triggers. Trigger the panning by clicking with your mouse, automate the trigger with your host, or even set a threshold to have it respond to incoming audio. You can even filter the audio going to the trigger so it responds to just low, or high, frequency events. And of course, we didn’t stop there: we’ve added 7 different analog modes that add saturation and real analog vibe when you push PanMan hard.

Modern and Musical Tools

Like our other modulation effects, PanMan also offers advanced rhythmic tools that let you create your own signature pan effects. Two different rhythm modes give you tons of possibilities: Step mode lets you chose a new position on each beat and sync it to your host, while the Shape mode lets you choose from a library of custom panning shapes or even draw your own. Open the Tweak panel and you’ll find a bevy of creative options—you’ll be amazed at how versatile PanMan can be.

For panning effects that follow the feel of the music, you can even set the threshold control and trigger PanMan using the dynamics of your track. Move the width, speed and offset controls based on the rhythm of the audio. Create sounds that sweep whenever the snare drum hits. Change the speed of the panning based on the loudness of a vocal. With PanMan, you’ll come up with creative new pan-based effects you didn’t think were possible.

Features

• Create custom auto panning effects, locked perfectly to your song’s tempo
• Choose from 6 different panning modes including LFO, step and random
• Recreates the clever “trigger divider” feature from the vintage PanScan hardware
• Design your own rhythmic patterns and panning waveshapes
• Set the threshold to let your music’s dynamics control speed, offset and width
• Add vintage tone with 7 different analog emulation algorithms

Haas: Stereo Widening

Panning sound is key in mixing and sound placement, but amplitude is only part  of how humans determine the direction of sound. The Haas effect targets another  mechanism that detects small differences in time between left and right to position sound.

Bottom line, it brings stereo width to sounds where there previously was none. Simple as that.

What's a Snapin?

This plugin is a "snapin". That means you can use it as a regular VST/AU plugin, or you can use it with our snapin hosts Multipass and Snap Heap where you can combine effects in amazing ways.

Best-selling Sound Design label Singomakers and REZONE (artist of Ultra Music, Mixmash, Big & Dirty, Skint, Toolroom) are very proud to present their first VST/AU plugin Magic Stereo.

Expand the stereo image of elements in your track with this professional stereo imaging tool. With it's simple intuitive controls Magic Stereo offers wide to super wide spatial widening without losing anything within the mono signal.

Presets designed for Bass, Leads and Drums offer instant results but these can be easily tailored to get the perfect width to your sound. Check out the audio demos in the player above and give the free demo trial a go.

Already championed by A-list producers including Hardwell, W&W, Dannic, Swanky Tunes, Joachim Garraud, Futuristic Polar Bears, D.O.D, Arston, Maddix, Paris & Simo, Patrick Hagenaar and a lot more! Magic Stereo is a fine and affordable addition to your plugin collection.

Broaden Your Horizons

Achieve the stunning stereo your mix deserves. StereoSavage provides an innovative stereo toolbox, combining tried and tested studio techniques with emulations of modern and classic tools that will bring your mix to life.

Generate stereo from mono with the 'Vox', 'Delay', 'Expand' and 'Split' programs. Place sounds precisely in the stereo field with the 'Width', 'Pan' and 'Rotation' adjustment tools. Create movement and chorus-like effects with the 'LFO' function, and retain a solid low end with the adjustable 'Bass Bypass' tool. 

StereoSavage includes all of these features in a single plugin for the first time, offering the flexibility to enhance your track with dramatic effects, or add the perfect subtle finishing touches. 

Audio Demos

Most of the examples start with an untreated example showing the original sounds before stereo savage was applied. The only difference between the untreated sounds and the treated sounds is the addition of the StereoSavage plugin.

Benefits:

• Create stereo from mono sources for richer soundscapes.
• Control the placement and width of stereo sources. Separate instruments within the stereo field.
• Use the rotation effect for an incredibly natural sounding pan.
• Get lush wide vocals in seconds.
• Quick simple controls for achieving a ‘big sound’.
• Add motion and excitement with modulation.
• Retain great mono compatibility with the bass bypass feature.
• Reduce the number of vocal takes required for rich, tight, backing vocals. 

Effects

Generate Stereo from Mono:

• Vox: Get that classic wide vocal sound: huge leads or rich backing choirs. It’s also brilliant on synths, guitars and has hundreds of other uses.
• Delay: Use a simple delay on a channel to pan or widen a sound, this is great for percussive parts.  It also has a huge benefit for club mixes where you want to pan some percussion without making either channel quieter!
• Expand: Add some aggressive early reflections to make sounds stereo and engaging without adding any unwanted movement. 
• Split: Splits the sound up into multiple frequency bands and pans those bands left and right. Compared with the other three modes it is exceptionally natural sounding.

Stereo Adjustment

Stereo Adjustment Features:

• Width: Make it wider, make it wider than wide…or bring it in so other sounds draw focus. 
• Pre: Move the panning before widening for super-wide auto-panning.
• Rotation: Super-natural panning. 

Add modulation to key controls for movement and excitement. Use the sync to ensure all modulation happens in time with your track. Check out the audio demos to hear this in action. 

Bass Bypass

Essential for maintaining a solid low end signal by allowing the bass to be passed through the plugin unprocessed. The gain knob can be used to compensate for differences in level that may arise as a result of the stereo processing.

Metering

Metering Features:

• Goniometer: Ultra precise goniometer for visual display of the stereo placement of your sound.
• Phase Correlation: Keep a close eye on this to prevent any potential phasing issues.
• Input / Output: Use the input and output peaks to help keep things balanced. 

3D Immersive Extension

The optional 3D Immersive Extension introduces additional vertical controls via an expanded user interface including control over Ltm and Rtm placement for Dolby Atmos compatibility. An additional real-time analysis view is also included for the vertical dimension, showing energy distribution of the output audio. The enhanced upmix algorithm allows for simultaneous use of all the original features including dialog isolation and individual channel output control.

The 3D Immersive Extension is suitable for numerous applications including sound design, film score, restoration & archive, music and atmospheric soundscape production.

Enhance the soundstage of your stereo mix, and even bring your mono recordings to life.

Need to open up a stereo mix, individual drums, piano or guitars and making them wider without sounding phasey and keeping mono-compatibility? Or add depth to dry recordings without changing the tone or timbre? Or turn a mono instrument recording into stereo, much bigger than ever before? It's possible now!

• Width: Width ‘stretches’ the stereo field, off-center content will move towards and beyond the speakers. Phantom center is left untouched, everything around it gets stretched or remapped to a wider stereo field.
• Depth: Depth adds directionally optimised reflections to create an enhanced sense of depth in the sound field
• Mono Spread: Mono spread utilises a unique filter design to convert a mono signal into a pseudo-stereo signal
• Simple yet Beautiful Design: Beautiful Retina interface with unique design, focused on the optimal workflow

Adjust your phantom center signal without changing the panorama or spectral characteristics.

Feel like the vocal is just a tiny bit too loud, but don’t want to change any of the stereo spread. CenterOne allows you to bring the phantom center in a stereo signal forward or backward without changing positions of any panned signals.

• Phantom Center Manipulation: Bring the phantom center signal in a stereo stream forward or push it back by up to 9dB without changing any of the panorama
• Extract Left-Center-Right: Convert a stereo signal into an LCR stem in a unique bit-identical way
• Simple yet Beautiful Design: Beautiful Retina interface with unique design, focused on the optimal workflow
• Extremely Good Filters: The highest quality audio processing algorithms available

ANIMATE helps you inject life into your mixes in a precise, versatile and colourful way.

It consists of four modules, which can be purchased individually or as one multi-effect plugin. This product is one single module, the full version and followings modules are also available:

• ANIMATE
• ANIMATE: EXPAND
• ANIMATE: PUNCH
• ANIMATE: IGNITE
• ANIMATE: GROW

Grow

Grow mode lets you increase the width of the selected frequencies using a psychoacoustic precedence effect. Grow can be applied in a dynamic way meaning only the signal surpassing the threshold is widened. This along with the frequency selection gives you a new realm of movement to inject into your music.

Precise Downmixing & Surround Rebalancing

Complement your workflow

Halo Downmix completes your surround toolset enabling precise surround balancing, mix monitoring and sophisticated stereo fold-down. The glue that brings your workflow together, allowing you to deliver in surround and stereo with ease and without compromise.

Produce better downmixes and enhance the downmix compatibility of your surround mixes. 5.1, 7.1, advanced and compact interfaces perfectly designed for the task in hand, maximising screen real estate. Multiple monitoring modes, quick mute and solo controls promote rapid assessment and critical listening tests. Halo Downmix is the ideal complement to any surround workflow.

Accelerate & enhance

Precise surround control, versatile downmix balancing and mix monitoring for accelerating and enhancing your surround productivity.

• Surround to stereo downmix
• Regulate LF content
• Maintain dialog clarity
• Control excess ambient energy
• Remove rear-delay artefacts
• Fine-tune surround to surround
• In-place surround and stereo monitoring

Expert surround-to-stereo

Simply using standard downmix coefficients can often lead to unsatisfactory results, particularly if legacy upmix practices were used for the original surround mix. Halo Downmix can quickly mitigate these issues and produce a more coherent stereo mix, for example by controlling excessive diffuse sound from added artificial reverberation, or removing delay artefacts introduced in the rear channels.

Fine-tune existing surround material

Adjust existing 5.1 or 7.1 mixes in surround-to-surround mode. Levels of individual channels, and balance of direct vs. diffuse sound can be adjusted to fine tune or re-balance existing surround audio where access to the original mix is not possible.

Parallel workflows

Halo Downmix can also be used in conjunction with the included Receive plug-in to enable a parallel surround/stereo workflow. This allows for rapid A/B listening checks between the full surround mix and stereo downmix.

Flexible, intuitive interface

Halo Downmix provides a highly creative solution for precise downmixing of 7.1 or 5.1 mixes to stereo. Intuitive, visual controls for relative levels, timing, and direct/ambient sound balance allow unprecedented fine-tuning, delivering accurate downmixes no longer limited by typical in-the-box processes.

Halo Downmix’s highly customisable interface includes both 7.1 & 5.1 modes, and advanced & compact modes, with quick-select ‘in-place’ monitoring of stereo and surround signals, as well as quick linked solo and mute functions at every stage, and clear visualisation of surround energy distribution.

Typical applications

• Standard and custom surround-to-stereo downmixing
• Surround re-balancing and fine-tuning
• Simultaneous surround/stereo workflow
• Immediate and versatile surround/downmix monitoring
• Downmix rescue
• Surround restoration
• Stereo production within a surround workflow
• Controlling excess ambient energy
• Regulating low frequencies
• Maintaining dialog clarity
• Removing rear-delay artefacts

The Instant Stereo Fix

Important note:  A FREE account at ilok.com is required (a physical USB iLok is not required)

ReCenter automatically repairs off-centre stereo recordings while keeping the original stereo width which makes it an invaluable time-saver and a perfect tool for professional post-production. Fix off-centred stereo field recordings, dynamically centre vocal artists or musicians that moved around the stage or centre hard directional effects like drive-bys and stereo whooshes. ReCenter makes tedious panning automation obsolete so you can focus on your creative flow.

What isReCenter?

ReCenter is a stereo processor that constantly analyses an incoming stereo signal and dynamically rotates it to the centre or a given angle without altering the stereo width. Having the incoming signal centred, you can narrow or widen the stereo image within ReCenter. For a better low-frequency control you can mono the original signal below a set frequency. A multiband processing option intelligently shifts more complicated signals.

Dynamically correct stereo images

Have you ever worked with stereo material that was not centred correctly? Pointing a stereo microphone a hundred percent accurately onto a sound source gets harder the further away the source is. As a result, you get a recording with a constantly shifting centre that would require you to manually adjust and automate the panning over the whole recording. ReCenter continuously analyzes the directionality of a stereo or M/S signal and rotates it to a given target angle in real-time – without narrowing the stereo image.

Goodbye corrective panning

Correct poorly aimed or moving stereo recordings while skipping the time-consuming and most often ineffective pan automation process. All you need to do is tell ReCenter how hard, fast and precisely it should adjust your signal.
This will drastically improve your workflow and save you hours of manual and tedious panning as well as constantly checking your stereo signal. With ReCenter, you have one thing less to worry about and you can focus all your energies on your creative work.

Detailed stereo image analysis with 3D visualization

Blue Cat's StereoScope Pro is a real time stereo field analyzer with multiple views and MIDI/automation output capabilities. It is a powerful help to analyze how the audio signal is spread in the stereo field, and you can easily detect potential phase and mono compatibilities issues. The stereo analysis can be controlled in detail and the precise measurement capabilities combined with the zoomable displays let you monitor exactly what is happening.

Choose the preferred view for your needs: real-time stereo field display, the evolution of the stereo image over time (2D or 3D) or output parameters that explicitly describe the average position and extent of the audio signal in the stereo field. The 3D waterfall view lets you see in detail from your preferred viewpoint the evolution of the stereo image over time.

The four memory slots let you store any curve in memory. This helps you make comparisons between several tracks or effects setups very easily. You can compare your mix with other commercial hits! Like Blue Cat's other professional analysis tools, the output parameters of this plug-in can be used to control other effects in real-time. The generated automation envelopes or MIDI CC messages include the minimum and maximum positions in the stereo field and the perceived position based on the audio energy spread in the stereo image.

Thanks to Blue Cat's skinning language support and the included window opacity management feature, you can adapt the plug-in user interface to your personal needs and enhance your workflow to work faster and more efficiently. 

Features

• Real-time stereo image analyzer
• Three detailed views: stereo image, "stereogram" (evolution of the image over time) and output parameters
• Animated zoom for all views
• Precise measurement capabilities
• 3D waterfall view with full 3D control
• Solid or wireframe 3D surface display
• Integrated correlation meter
• Instant, peak and average stereo image curves display
• Easy phase cancellation and mono compatibility issues detection
• Save the curves for easy A/B comparison
• Opacity control for the user interface
• Custom absolute and relative threshold control
• Native DSP code for optimal performance
• Full MIDI control and automation support with silent, zipper-free parameters update, advanced response control and MIDI Learn
• No CPU load on idle: when the plug-in is fed with silence, the processing smoothly shuts down, to optimize the CPU usage of your Digital Audio Workstation
• Skinnable and customizable user interface with transparency management
• Automation and MIDI output: record output parameters as automation curves or send MIDI CC messages to other plug-ins for powerful side chain effects
• Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plug-in with absolutely no noise
• Undo/Redo
• Import/Export presets in a host independent format

Full control, intuitive ease

From naturally extracted and expanded soundscapes to full cinematic big-stage enhancement, Halo Upmix delivers all the control you need to fine-tune your surround mix to perfection. With unique centre channel management, including switchable dialog extraction, Halo Upmix is perfect for all types of production from archive restoration and TV through to the full 7.1 feature film experience.

An optional 3D extension adds Dolby Atmos bed track (7.1.2) and Auro 3D (7.1.4) compatibility, and Ambisonic outputs.

The Halo Upmix algorithms produce a natural, coherent spatial upmix, preserving the character of the original audio without adding any artificial reverb, chorus or delays.

With the 'Exact' control engaged, Halo Upmix can be used with confidence that the original source integrity is precisely preserved in the downmix.

Natural extension

Powerful real-time analysis of the original stereo material identifies and extracts locational cues to naturally extend the panorama, leaving the inherent character of the original source intact.

• Coherent spatial upmix
• Full access to surround balances
• Low frequency energy control
• Clear visual feedback
• Direct control over upmix parameters
• No artificial reverb, chorus or delays
• 'Exact' downmix mode with in-place audition
• Neural network dialog extraction

Powerful spatial analysis

Halo also includes a powerful spatial analysis view, intuitively showing the energy distribution of the upmixed panorama. Colour can additionally be used to indicate the speaker source for audio in any position, clearly indicating cases including phantom vs hard centre predominance.

Downmix compatibility

Because Halo Upmix generates a coherent spatial sound, you can be assured of a high-quality downmix. The 'exact' mode function ensures ultimate downmix performance in situations where maintaining the relationship between the original, upmixed and downmixed versions is imperative, for example in TV repurposing.

For Television

With surround delivery requirements becoming more and more common, Halo Upmix can be indispensable. Providing sophisticated control including neural network powered dialog isolation Halo transfroms time intensive workflows and improves output quality with ease.

For Film & Sound Design

With powerful control accessing every dimension of the upmix, Halo is indispensable for upmixing original and vintage scores - right up to Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D with the 3D Immersive extension.

Multiple instances in sound design and score work on synths, stereo FX archive and effects returns breath life and energy into the sound in ways that legacy delay and panning techniques can't approach - all with a solid reasurrance of a highly downmix compatible result.

With optional Ambisonic format output, Halo Upmix is equally at home when working in a VR and game audio environment.

To suit almost any situation

• Upmixing includes LCR, 3.1, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0 & 7.1.

Typical applications

• Stem and group upmixing
• 7.1 cinematicsound stage enhancement
• TV stereo to surroundupmixing with hard centre
• Repurposing of original stereo for cinematic release
• TV archive enhancement for 5.1 broadcast
• Natural extension of original stereo panoramas and atmospheres
• Upmix to Dolby Atmos compatible 7.1.2 bed tack (3D Immersive Extension required)
• Upmix to 1st, 2nd & 3rd order Ambisonic (AmbiX format) for VR applications (3D Immersive Extension required)