StereoChannel/MonoChannel - Free Stereo Gain Staging/Balance VST

[d.bop]

Thanks for posting these

If anyone has any questions, feel free to post them here!

-Dustin

[Solar]

Gracias amigo @Mercado. This looks very nice & will come very handy!

[genieg]

Big fan of this guy's tools, generous to give this for free

[wakestyle]

Thank you!!!!

[deft_bonz]

Missing AU though

[ukm]

Many thanks.

[d.bop]

Thanks everybody!

Originally Posted by deft_bonz

Missing AU though

I don't own a Mac, unfortunately. :(

[Alxi]

great, thanks

[eightyeightkeys]

Thanks so much !

[Tui]

Great graphic design on the actual meters. Now, go and buy a Mac!

[d.bop]

Originally Posted by Tui

Great graphic design on the actual meters. Now, go and buy a Mac!

Haha thanks. I'm saving my pennies!

[MartinHarp]

Beautifully simple gui. I'm all mac these days so I can't use them but I look forward to mac versions if they ever appear.

P.S. you're gonna need more than pennies.

[macmurphy]

excellent stuff

[Jeezo]

Nice plugin good tool .....

[SLL]

Thanks a lot. I really love the GUI design, looking very clean and prof.

[e-are]

I also wanted to jump in here to say THANKS!! You didn't miss anything with this plug!!

[hsym]

Thanks for these, very useful.
Would it be easy or possible to add a numerical readout / enter box on the volume? I'm using them to drive 6 busses & like to be able to set them all to exactly the same db.

[d.bop]

Hey everybody,

I'm going through the code and squashing a couple bugs. I'll do my best to add some of the things you've suggested for the next version

Thanks again!
-Dustin

[wakestyle]

Have you considered combining both plugin into a single plugin which is dynamic to the type of channel it is used on?

not sure if that is viable or not, but if it is possible it would help to reduce the amount of plugin in ones plugin folder.

[d.bop]

Originally Posted by wakestyle

Have you considered combining both plugin into a single plugin which is dynamic to the type of channel it is used on?

not sure if that is viable or not, but if it is possible it would help to reduce the amount of plugin in ones plugin folder.

Hmm.. that's an interesting idea. I'll have to experiment with some things to see what I can do

Thanks!

[Jeezo]

Originally Posted by wakestyle

Have you considered combining both plugin into a single plugin which is dynamic to the type of channel it is used on?

not sure if that is viable or not, but if it is possible it would help to reduce the amount of plugin in ones plugin folder.

Just a switch should do the thing , you insert it and then you choose the type of process ...

The dynamic switch is the best thing for us , not so easy for the dev (freeware )

[d.bop]

Originally Posted by Jeezo

Just a switch should do the thing , you insert it and then you choose the type of process ...

The dynamic switch is the best thing for us , not so easy for the dev (freeware )

Well they're both kind of dynamic already. If you play with the input pins in reaper or try different track types in other daw's with stereochannel, you'll see certain controls being disabled. And in monochannel, the source box will change between mono and stereo.

So doing different things depending on the type of input isn't really that hard. The problem I'm having is figuring how or if I can resize the GUI.

I'll definitely work at it though

[12ax7]

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I may very well be in the minority here, but I kinda LIKE the fact that these are two different plugs!

Aside from the metering, the other controls are specific to what is needed for each use, and I think if you have them all on one plug, the GUI will either get kinda cluttered or the software unnecessarily bloated.

Yeah, I understand the concerns with all the clutter in our pugin "toolboxes", but in this case I think I'd prefer two different plugs here.

...Just my $0.02...

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[d.bop]

Originally Posted by 12ax7

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I may very well be in the minority here, but I kinda LIKE the fact that these are two different plugs!

Aside from the metering, the other controls are specific to what is needed for each use, and I think if you have them all on one plug, the GUI will either get kinda cluttered or the software unnecessarily bloated.

Yeah, I understand the concerns with all the clutter in our pugin "toolboxes", but in this case I think I'd prefer two different plugs here.

...Just my $0.02...

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Yeah, I would make it so that only the controls for that particular "mode" would show. So if you put it on a mono track, the MonoChannel GUI would be loaded. If you put it on a stereo track, the StereoChannel GUI would be loaded.

I don't know if I'll ever put that into Mono/StereoChannel though. I have a lot of experimenting to do.

[d.bop]

MonoChannel and StereoChannel have been updated! Both plugins are now in a single download.




These plugins are FREE! Download them here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4088115/don...reoChannel.zip

Supported Platforms:
* Microsoft Windows 32-bit and 64-bit.
* DAW/VST Host with VST2 or VST3 support.

Changelog:
* Tweaked VU needle graphic and animation smoothness
* Added "Mini-View" mode
* Increased Volume range from -20/+20dB to -24/+24dB
* Added Volume level readout
* Added VU Peak-Hold needle
* All user control readouts now have clickable edit boxes
* Lower CPU-usage (especially when using filters)
* Smoother transition on some controls (where needed)
* VST3 Support

StereoChannel Specific:
* Increased Center X-Over range from 0-500Hz to 10-1000Hz
* Fixed Fade Law adjustment controls
* Fixed phase meter readout error with low center crossover settings

MonoChannel Specific:
* 3-Band EQ now has gain-dependant "Q"
* Adjusted High Pass Filter slope
* Extended High Pass Filter range from 10-500Hz to 10-1920Hz
* Fixed ugly filter pops and glitches

If you find any issues, please let me know.

Thanks everybody!
-Dustin Ralston

[sunship]

looks great + would be very useful to me ... but I wonder if it could be available as an au plug?

[wakestyle]

WOWZERS!!
Impressive, good work!
<-Very Happy (free), customer

[d.bop]

Thanks!

Originally Posted by sunship

looks great + would be very useful to me ... but I wonder if it could be available as an au plug?

If/when I ever buy a Mac, an AU version will be available

[stixman]

Link not working?