StageOne2 (and 1) . It’s so subtle that in the beginning it’s completely underwhelming. If you however need subtle , that’s the way to go imho. Same as most leapwing stuff. They are very specialized at times , like centerOne but very good (again imho )
I rock Brainworx bx_stereomaker. I haven't tried so many though..but Stereomaker just worked for me out of the box so i figure i'm done looking. Melda makes great stuff
Excellent video, exactly what i needed! :D Used the FL Stereo Shaper, but the Melda MStereoSpread is way better. Bought it after testing on Black Friday half price.
I love k stereo. Its super old but was made when uad was at its peak of leading the industry. Melda had alsways amazed me. Its a little copy all the good brands but man so many options
The UAD K Stereo sounds awesome. I'm trying to find a demo to try it out but for the life of me I can't find it. I have UA Connect, but it doesn't show demos only products I own. I cannot find a demo installer on their website either. I have to be missing something simple.
@@FoliaSound Ah ok. I was skipping around listening to the audio examples. I wanted to compare it to Melda, but I guess I'll just give the Melda version a try then. Thanks.
The only proper way to create sort of real stereo from mono is to extract voice guitar drum etc and put them in your daw on separate tracks, with pan you can put every track in stereo space, so far I know their is no ai to extract drums snare and hihat so my solution is to separate them by peq and place them also separate in space not to far away from each other with pan in the center. I'll use just a tiny bit of delay and referb to give that bit of extra stereo but it's not really necessary. Another big advantage is that you have more control over the soundbalance, if you eq a track its for everything with separate tracks you can eq their where its necessary. A lot of work agree but in the end its worth it.
Thanks for the video. You saved me a lot of time. I haven't used stereoizers for ages. And listening to this I remembered why :-) Also try a full mix with transients and then you will know why I stopped using them
@@FoliaSound only an enhancer that can be used on a master could impress me . If I have access to a mix then I can use 100 ways to get to width. A full mix however and imagers are „nah… better not“ . I know you know I just say it for the offspring watching
some of the best mixing engineers use wideners :) i watched everything of mwtm with Tchad Blake and he uses the brainworx one and tesla a lot. it doesn't destroy anything if you know how to use them right
@@enno_4753 Thank you for this invaluable information. Feel free to provide a video where an engineer applies a widener to a full mix without killing all the transients and I will forever be grateful to you
Maybe you can use those plugins that split transient/non-transient information and send only the body to a widener? But for sure this should really be done at the mix stage; there's only so much a mastering engineer can do if the mix is lacking
Hellooo! Do you have your fav stereo maker? Not using them at all? Lemme know down below!
StageOne2 (and 1) . It’s so subtle that in the beginning it’s completely underwhelming. If you however need subtle , that’s the way to go imho. Same as most leapwing stuff. They are very specialized at times , like centerOne but very good (again imho )
I rock Brainworx bx_stereomaker. I haven't tried so many though..but Stereomaker just worked for me out of the box so i figure i'm done looking.
Melda makes great stuff
Some of the comments seem to confuse wideners (wider stereo) and steroizers (mono to stereo). That is not the same.
True, makes me think about a vid on this topic right away :)))
i love melda for stereo widning and expanding these are the tools that sounds best for me when comes to manipulating the stereo
Excellent video, exactly what i needed! :D Used the FL Stereo Shaper, but the Melda MStereoSpread is way better. Bought it after testing on Black Friday half price.
Heeey! Great news, happy I helped you with a decision!
This is great, Paul. Super interesting and useful.
Thanks, Mike!
Although more specific to resolving low-end issues, Basslane Pro has been a great addition to my toolkit and worth checking out
Thanks!
Świetny materiał ! Jeszcze zabrakło do testów Spacecontrol z audio aqustica, dość zaawansowany stereo expander godny polecenia !
O, nie znałem. Dzięki!
First 7 seconds . I am already laughing out loud. Thanks
you missed DrMS by Mathew Lane. VERY good one.
I'll definitely check it out!
Was going to mention this one too
is it hard to use though? to dial in what you want?
looking good my friend great show
Thanks, James, good to see you again!
I love k stereo. Its super old but was made when uad was at its peak of leading the industry. Melda had alsways amazed me. Its a little copy all the good brands but man so many options
The UAD K Stereo sounds awesome. I'm trying to find a demo to try it out but for the life of me I can't find it. I have UA Connect, but it doesn't show demos only products I own. I cannot find a demo installer on their website either. I have to be missing something simple.
As I said in the vid: it's available only fir DSP cards and Apollo interfaces, no native version...
@@FoliaSound Ah ok. I was skipping around listening to the audio examples. I wanted to compare it to Melda, but I guess I'll just give the Melda version a try then. Thanks.
dj swivel spread, very good control over 3 bands.
wider2 is nice...but I never use it on master only on groups...😀
I'll check it out then :)
Many use Brainworx V3 so that would be good to compare
I'm not into Plugin Alliance plugins for personal reasons :) Thanks anyway!
Bx 3 has a ms widener not a stereo maker
is k stereo mono compatible though? does it change audio much when downmixed to mono?
You can see me testing it out in the vid and the answer is: K-Stereo offers great mono compatibility!
Some other options…
Waves S1 Stereo Imager, SSL Fusion Stereo Image, BX Stereo Maker…
But I use Melda plugin myself
S1 wont't really stereoize mono sources. It's a handy M/S plugin though!
@@FoliaSound ah you’re right I misunderstood the assignment 😜
@@jcpuga Maybe you meant PS 22 ? ( mono to stereo enhancer )
@@gwgw77 Yuup I knew there was one 👍🏽👍🏽😁
dziekuje dziekuje dobre to bylo 🙂
Do usług!
The only proper way to create sort of real stereo from mono is to extract voice guitar drum etc and put them in your daw on separate tracks, with pan you can put every track in stereo space, so far I know their is no ai to extract drums snare and hihat so my solution is to separate them by peq and place them also separate in space not to far away from each other with pan in the center. I'll use just a tiny bit of delay and referb to give that bit of extra stereo but it's not really necessary. Another big advantage is that you have more control over the soundbalance, if you eq a track its for everything with separate tracks you can eq their where its necessary. A lot of work agree but in the end its worth it.
It looks like the person who designed the plugin interface is the same who designed their website. Or vice versa.
Yep I agree with your choice.
Thanks!
Thank you!!!!!
My pleasure, man!
uad maybe melda the rest is phase issues plugins
Same feeling here...
DrMS !!
Wider 2 by Polyverse is great plugin for this
Thanks for the video. You saved me a lot of time. I haven't used stereoizers for ages. And listening to this I remembered why :-)
Also try a full mix with transients and then you will know why I stopped using them
That's why I didn't do it. Masters are not the way to use these, only separate elements :)
@@FoliaSound only an enhancer that can be used on a master could impress me . If I have access to a mix then I can use 100 ways to get to width. A full mix however and imagers are „nah… better not“ . I know you know I just say it for the offspring watching
some of the best mixing engineers use wideners :) i watched everything of mwtm with Tchad Blake and he uses the brainworx one and tesla a lot. it doesn't destroy anything if you know how to use them right
@@enno_4753 Thank you for this invaluable information. Feel free to provide a video where an engineer applies a widener to a full mix without killing all the transients and I will forever be grateful to you
Maybe you can use those plugins that split transient/non-transient information and send only the body to a widener?
But for sure this should really be done at the mix stage; there's only so much a mastering engineer can do if the mix is lacking
Cubase 13 !
:)
Cubase 13 ! maybe
Wait for my Nuendo 13 review!
imagine at second 9. "Do you like Monica Belluci?" ........ Paul immediately - second 09.
I understand that English is not your fist language, but you really got to speed things up!
Practice before pressing record. Just FYI
What do you mean?
He uses English very well bro, i dont agree with you
Cubase 13 !