If you need to create some space around the narrower signals, use EQ and proper gain matching instead. Sometimes the best mixes come from panning just a few instruments and leaving the rest narrow or in mono. Too much widening smears the stereo image and creates an unnatural, hollow sound. ![]() If every instrument in your mix is stretched as far as it can go with stereo plugins and effects, you won’t necessarily get mix width. Stereo enhancers are great, but they aren’t always the answer, so be sure to explore other options before reaching for an imaging plugin. Changing the pitch of one channel by just a few cents will enhance the stereo illusion. If you want to widen a mono vocal, take advantage of the Haas Effect and use a stereo delay with different times on the left and right channel. Is your mix too dense? Try panning some instruments to the sides to open things up. So quick and easy, in fact, that one may rely on these plugins even when there are better tools for the job. Placing a stereo enhancement plugin on an individual track or submix is a quick and easy way to widen a narrow signal. Relying Only On Stereo Enhancement Plugins To avoid the traps many mix engineers fall into when manipulating stereo field, here are five widening mistakes: 1. ![]() Stereo enhancement plugins can make vocals sound huge when the chorus hits, push synth pads to the edges of headphones, and add interest to rhythmic elements.īut widening without intent can lead to a disorienting mix that’s lost its character and detail. I guess I’m just not elite enough, good enough or professional enough to share it.Among the many things that set modern, professional mixes apart from amateur ones is a wide stereo field. Students, beginners, those without access to great sounding reliable rooms, people working on the move or in hotel rooms on tour, people stuck at home in boxy rooms due to current lockdowns, distant collaborators who could use the uniformity of monitoring without having identical setups, they'll let anybody make music these days, huh? lol)Īs for Waves catering to all abilities and experience of clientele, you're right Zsarbomba. (I have done a similar thing before, ironically with another Waves plugin, before being schooled on why, even I, might have a legitimate use for it above other alternatives. To say something is utterly ridiculous, just because it's not for you seems a little superfluous, but I understand that’s what forums are for I guess. The Slate product promises much, but actually delivers very well too.Ĭlick to expand.Yep, it does look like a toy in some respects, and Waves are… Waves, but I think they are onto a winner here. I only wish that this, and Slate's VSX, were around when I started years ago in a less than ideal bedroom, with reflective walls and no budget, or permission, to transform it with professional treatment. Seems like they've improved the tech for this edition too. It actually feels like working with speakers. Work at full levels at home at any time, with very little headphone fatigue, without annoying the neighbours or roommates. I was totally sceptical, it seemed like a gimmick, until I tried it. What the Waves stuff, with the tracker, does well that none of the others do as elegantly, is it measures the position and movement of your head and keeps the image in place, maintaining the feel and relative comfort of working with speakers. Plus there are other ways of better compensating for your headphones to make them more ‘transparent’. It also takes your headphones into consideration, if they are supported. I have found this useful with AR3 when working remotely, on the laptop, or in less than ideal temporary situations. This also allows the room to travel with you though. ![]() (Don't soil yourself with such illegitimate bastard plugin filth. If you already have 24hr access to a world class room and you're not even curious about these spaces, then you don't need it. Maybe one that is less flawed than the one you would otherwise use. The entire point is that you have access to the sonic character of the studio monitors and the room. The technology is designed to put you 'in the room', so to speak. To me, it's no more ridiculous than getting second reference monitor pair when you already have one? Or listening to a mix in different places to get different perspectives. You're just probably not the target market. ‘Why on earth would you?’, clearly you wouldn't. ![]() If you wanna double down on the snootiness, feel free of course, but the idea is far from utterly ridiculous. You don't have to argue, it's not that serious an issue. Click to expand.I absolutely love the snobbery in some of these threads.
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