what do you guys use for stereo imaging/ enhancing?

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markwily
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what do you guys use for stereo imaging/ enhancing?

Post by markwily » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:06 pm

at the studio, my audio engineer uses waves s1, but it is not compatible with live (or is it)? any suggestions of other stereo imagers/enhancers?

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Post by stinky » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:10 pm

utility? but, s1 works in ableton fine...
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Post by evildick » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:18 pm

Izotope Ozone
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Post by Angstrom » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:15 pm

I wrote my own, it's a 'psycho-acoustic panner' with some simple early reflection bits and pieces.

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Post by mikemc » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:19 pm

The Live built-in Utility plug, with the width bumped up just a little, can add some nice space.
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Post by the shoe » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:47 am

waves dont support live :roll: but you can use them. i use renaissance without any probs. from what ive read macs sometimes have the most probs but lots and lots and lots of people use diamond with live 8)

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Post by mortenm » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:54 am

I also use Isotope Ozone for the purpose

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Post by Hedroom » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:24 am

The Roland Dimension-D on the UAD-1. Sounds great :D

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Post by tomperson » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:46 pm

Some plug from steinberg.

Nevertheless, I'm coming to the conclusion that nothing does as well as "manually" adding space to a track by dividing it in two channels, one panned left, one right, and independently changing the EQ, chorus, etc.
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Post by Robert Henke » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:15 pm

Dope helps also a lot if placed right between the speakers

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Post by tomperson » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:19 pm

Yeah, and it does wonders when hearing those old cheesy tracks I have, those with flangers and filters going swwwwweeeeeeeeuuuuuuushhhhhhhh all over the place :lol:
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Post by Robert Henke » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:22 pm

okay, more serious answers:

- erosion has this "wide noise" feature. it adds different noisy distortion to left / right channel, might be usefull for hihats or snares. compare "noise" with "wide noise" under headphones using a mono input signal

- vinly distortions "pinch" effect part adds odd harmonics 180 degrees out of phase to a signal. might be good on drums or bass if applied gently.

- live 6 eq 8 does also M/S mode, allowing to enhance stereo signals frequency selective

- operator and simpler / sampler have that spread function which uses two detuned voices to create a chorusing stereo effect. side effect: all random lfo things are left / right independend

- grain delay can be used to subtly add depth to strings and atmospheres if dry/wet is close to zero and spray is > 0

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Post by fdmusic » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:09 pm

http://www.pspaudioware.com/

PSP StereoPack 1.8

It's my fav....

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Post by Mike Goodwin » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:35 pm

fdmusic wrote:http://www.pspaudioware.com/

PSP StereoPack 1.8

It's my fav....
Yep i like the PSP as well

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