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mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 3:54 am
by brian sansone
can I manufacture a mid/side set up on from a stereo recorded track?
thanks!
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:01 am
by invol
Can you be more specific? What are you trying to accomplish?
Any stereo signal can be approached as M-S instead of L-R with the right tools.
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:00 pm
by doghouse
Some of the Live effects support M-S processing of stereo signals, the 8-band EQ is one of them.
There are third party plugs (some free) that can split stereo into M-S and/or recombine.
Voxengo MSED...free
List of more VSTs
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 3:07 pm
by Tarekith
MSED works great, I use it all the time. Of course anything you put after it to affect the M or S channel individually needs to have seperate controls for L and R channel.
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:32 am
by brian sansone
stereo width is what i'm looking for, plus that unique m/s sound.
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:47 am
by Tarekith
Not sure I understand what you mean by unique m/s sound?
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:34 pm
by regretfullySaid
I too, am intrigued as to what the "unique m/s sound" is....
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:04 pm
by Dragonbreath
Just build your own rack...
Make a rack with two chains.
Put utility in one with width at 0% and call mid
put utility in the other and with width at 200% and call it sides
You can now process your stereo tracks with mid side using any plugin you want
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:55 am
by brian sansone
Dragonbreath wrote:Just build your own rack...
Make a rack with two chains.
Put utility in one with width at 0% and call mid
put utility in the other and with width at 200% and call it sides
You can now process your stereo tracks with mid side using any plugin you want
Cool!
Thanks!
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:25 am
by Rave
Dragonbreath wrote:Just build your own rack...
Make a rack with two chains.
Put utility in one with width at 0% and call mid
put utility in the other and with width at 200% and call it sides
You can now process your stereo tracks with mid side using any plugin you want
Great advice
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:35 am
by 2beats
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:40 am
by sowhoso
Dragonbreath wrote:Just build your own rack...
Make a rack with two chains.
Put utility in one with width at 0% and call mid
put utility in the other and with width at 200% and call it sides
You can now process your stereo tracks with mid side using any plugin you want
that is not going to help you process M/S of a stereo track. you have to separate mid from side first
all you're doing here is creating a mono chain of the stereo track and an uber-wide chain of the stereo track
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:10 pm
by Jamoflage
Slightly off topic, but did you ever try the free plugin "Up Stereo" ?
Re: mid side mixing/mastering from stereo tracks
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:03 pm
by Sage
brian sansone wrote:stereo width is what i'm looking for, plus that unique m/s sound.
Bear in mind that you will lose it all if the track is ever played mono, not necessarily the best tool for wide stereo width.