Stereo simulator

[ef37a]

Son has decided he would like to try 'stereoising' his mono classical guitar recordings.

Can someone suggest a plug in or stand alone software that he can download? Free would be good but I don't mind springing for something good if fairly cheap, say well under a nifty?

He runs Samplitude Pro X 3 on a Win 10 laptop.

Dave.

[Kwackman]

https://polyversemusic.com/products/wider/
It's in your price range too!

[resistorman]

https://polyversemusic.com/products/wider/
It's in your price range too!

That’s a good price indeed... I’ll have to try it out. I bought this on sale for $30 US and have had great luck with it. Plug-in Alliance often has deep sales so it’s worth demoing and keeping an eye out.
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... maker.html

[Kwackman]

Son has decided he would like to try 'stereoising' his mono classical guitar recordings. .

As an alternative to the plug-in mentioned above, maybe a stereo reverb would be better? An ambience pre-set maybe?

[Drew Stephenson]

Izotope Ozone Imager: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/fre ... g-ins.html
at a very friendly price...

[Mike Stranks]

Izotope Ozone Imager: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/fre ... g-ins.html
at a very friendly price...

Aha! I'm just doing some work on a mono acoustic guitar track that's been lifted from a multitrack as someone wants part of it to use as a sig - all perfectly legal!

I've been trying some subtle reverb to get some width and texture. I'll give this a go methinks!

Good find Drew!

[Edit: Downloaded... I like it! I like it!]

[Drew Stephenson]

Yep, it's a very handy little device.

[adrian_k]

Son has decided he would like to try 'stereoising' his mono classical guitar recordings. .

As an alternative to the plug-in mentioned above, maybe a stereo reverb would be better? An ambience pre-set maybe?

Funny enough I’ve just recorded a guitar in mono for someone and one of Breverb’s presets did exactly that. Quite a nice alternative to normal wideners.

[Hugh Robjohns]

The old-school way, if you're used to working with MS decoders (either plugins or constructed from scratch), is to treat the mono geetar as the Mid signal. A duplicate/split of that can be high-pass filtered (100Hz) and delayed (5-80ms) to create a fake Side signal. Decode to left-right in the usual way, adjusting the M-S balance to create as much stereo width as needed. Then blend with a stereo reverb, heavy on early reflections, to set the geetar into a believable acoustic space.

[ef37a]

The old-school way, if you're used to working with MS decoders (either plugins or constructed from scratch), is to treat the mono geetar as the Mid signal. A duplicate/split of that can be high-pass filtered (100Hz) and delayed (5-80ms) to create a fake Side signal. Decode to left-right in the usual way, adjusting the M-S balance to create as much stereo width as needed. Then blend with a stereo reverb, heavy on early reflections, to set the geetar into a believable acoustic space.

Thank you Hugh, son has trouble enough with basic recording concepts, no way he will sort that out!

He will be in receipt of a new LDC soon (the Mackie recently reviewed) and so he can use that 'upfront' and the other cheap LDC he has for some room effect and play at blending.

Dave.