Flux Stereo Tool, please help!

[Arkham00]

Hi guys,

I red a lot about stereo tools, so I downloaded the flux stereo tool which is free ... but it is so free that it doesn't come with a manual!!!

I'm not sure how to use it, I understand what L/R gain are, but what for L/R pan ? I think I understand what it does, it seems a sort of panning of the single L/R channels ... but what is the point ?

"I heard you like pan, so i put a panning knob in your panning tool, so you can pan while you pan !" :P
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And what about the width slider ?
Is this plugin intended for single channels or for the master buss?

Tnx

[JonesH]

Lr pan simply pans the right channel to the left channel an vice versa.

Width is a MS matrix.

It's a very useful plug for correcting stereo imbalances.

(Edit: Huh, this was my 1000th post )

[Arkham00]

Originally Posted by JonesH

Lr pan simply pans the right channel to the left channel an vice versa.
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Ok, but is the point in doing this ? I never used such tools before ...

[Arkham00]

I'll try to be more specific, how can I put an instrument, let's say, at 11 o'clock, using this tool ?

[allstar]

Originally Posted by Arkham00

I'll try to be more specific, how can I put an instrument, let's say, at 11 o'clock, using this tool ?

That depends where it was to start with. If the sound originally comes from 9 o'clock then you'd need to move the pan control over to the left some. If the sound comes from 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock then you'd need to lessen the width and move the pan over.

It is a very useful plug-in on stereo sources. On mono sources it's little more than a pan pot / gain control

[tonemaker]

The width control helps you collapse the stereo image back down to mono but instead of it being all or nothing you can do it partially. A lot of people somehow forget that mono and stereo are not just all or nothing, on or off, there's a continuum between them. but I like your xibit exhibit as the example of the example. Pretty funny.

[JonesH]

Originally Posted by Arkham00

Ok, but is the point in doing this ? I never used such tools before ...

The point would be mainly to correct errors in the recorded stereo image.