• SONAR
  • Mono source to M/S Signal (p.2)
2013/01/12 17:07:46
drewfx1
In M/S,
M = L + R
S = L - R

So if you have a "mono" signal consisting of 2 identical L and R tracks you will get all Mid and no Side.

But if you invert the polarity of either R or L (but not both), you will get all Side and no Mid.
2013/01/12 17:09:25
The Maillard Reaction
Agreed.  I have acknowledged my tech blunder. :-)

best,
mike
2013/01/12 17:24:01
Jeff Evans
The BX Stereomaker looks interesting but after looking at the manual from what I can see you cannot insert any effects into either the M or S components. They seem be to be creating the MS components internally (by analog filters using digital science!) and then decoding back to stereo. The only control you seem to have is over what they allow you to adjust in between encoding and decoding back.

Also the OP mentioned he was not interested in stereo widening devices and this looks like it is more in that vein. Could be interesting and worth a try if you can demo it for example. Where that could work well is if you had an older (hardware) synth that is polyphonic for example an Oberheim but only has a mono output. That plugin sounds like it could widen it out nicely. But these days most virtual instruments have great stereo images already so you don't have to bother with that sort of thing too much. 
2013/01/13 01:42:06
Jeff Evans
Mike I have heard about that plugin and it is free too which is even better. I am away from home right now but when I get back I intend to run some things through it and see what it is actually doing. Have you got any ideas as to how it supposed to work? It might be EQ related not sure.
2013/01/13 08:34:49
The Maillard Reaction


I haven't tried it... it seems like an amalgamated one stop place to do things I'd probably just use do with EQ, ambiance and delay.

Your recent post sent me back to the OP and I saw that the actual goal was to be able to push the vocal further back in the "image".

This plug purports to be able to do that sort of stuff all in one place.



best regards,
mike
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