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Stereo FX
With the Stereo FX Enhancer you can determine the positioning of the audio
material in the stereo balance. If the stereo recordings sound unfocused and undifferentiated, an
extension of the stereo base-width can often provide better transparency.
Use the maximize function to move the echo, for example, into the foreground, thereby improving the
stereo picture.
Volume control:
Adjusts the volume of every single channel, thereby adjusting the entire balance. The reduction of left
and right levels is displayed under the control buttons. This way you can balance out and thus improve an
imbalanced recording in which, for example, one channel was recorded at a lower level than the other.
Pan-Direction:
With this controller you can move the sound source that comes from the middle into stereo panorama.
The signals at the outer edges of the sound picture remain unchanged.
Bandwidth control:
Adjusts the bandwidth between mono (on the extreme left), unchanged bandwidth ("normal stereo"),
and maximum bandwidth ("wide", on the extreme right). The individual sound sources of a recording are
squeezed together or pulled apart in the stereo picture.
Raising the bandwidth (values over 100) diminishes the mono compatibility. This means that recordings
edited this way sound hollow when listened to in mono.
Maximize:
Use this controller to strengthen the room sound which also increases the stereo transparency without
influencing mono compatibility.
Multiband:
This can be used to switch Stereo FX to Multiband mode. Stereo editing only applies to the middle
frequency, the bass and highs remain unchanged.
Stereo meter:
This provides a graphical display of the phase relation of the audio signal. You can use it to review the
orientation of the signal in the stereo balance and the effect of the stereo enhancer. To keep
mono-compatibility the "cloud" shown should always be higher than broad. Otherwise some frequency
ranges may cancel each other out if the stereo signal is played on a mono device.
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