Comments on: Best Free Stereo Enhancer/Expander VST/AU Plugins

By: JoeW

JoeW — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 11:55:38 +0000

In reply to TreDiggy/Shatterface. Strangely, there's a couple of excellent presets on ezmix for this (which wasn't free but cost peanuts at the time I got hold of it).

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:20:45 +0000

Here are 2 that should be on this list

A1 stereo control http://www.alexhilton.net/A1AUDIO/index.php/a1stereocontrol
Wider https://polyversemusic.com/products/wider/

By: emreberkay

emreberkay — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 00:43:28 +0000

Izotope offers Ozone Imager for free upon registration, very simple to use and sounds great.

By: Ianpb

Ianpb — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:15:25 +0000

I considered using a stereoizer to overcome the problems with mono compatibility. However, I’ve noticed a problem with all the stereoizer plugins I’ve tried, including the ‘Imager’ feature in Ozone 5, in that they boost the overall level of the mix. Consequently, when the output is switched to mono, the level drops. Yet this never happens with commercial releases. They also tend to colour the mid frequencies that the ears are highly sensitive to with regard to stereo, thereby making the mix somewhat muddy. It may not be a problem with a lot of hip-hop and similar genres, but it is very much so on a project of mine that has plenty orchestration and a large choir.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 11 May 2016 16:05:16 +0000

In reply to Basar Ozmen.

Your song is stereo (has a Right and Left channel). Your computer playback system is stereo. But your Phone playback is mono (Left + Right channel get added together to make only 1 channel).

When things are added together, they can sometimes ‘Phase cancel’. What does this mean?…
An audio file consists of samples that represent that sound. Each sample can have a value from -1 to +1. If one channel, lets say Left, of your song is playing a +1 at the same time the Right channel is playing -1, then when they are added together (for instance in your phone), then it will make 0. This is how your guitar was cancelled out.

The stereo plugin you used on the guitar must have used some sort of polarity inversion. What this means is changing positive samples into negative on one channel

Hope this helps.

By: Basar Ozmen

Basar Ozmen — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:54:41 +0000

Anyone using Spazial by Snythblitz audio? I have some issues with this VST, so I don’t know it is brand-specific issue or a general problem.

I have been using Spazial on Reaper. I recently recorded lead guitar over a backing track and exported the project to audio file, namely MP3. What I noticed is that when I play the sound file on my computer, it sounds OK. But when I transfer the MP3 file to my mobile phone; my guitar becomes INAUDIBLE! I mean, the backing track still plays fine, but my guitar is just not there! I go back to Reaper, disable the Spazial plugin from my guitar track and then I re-export the audio and transfer it to my cell phone; my guitar comes back.

I loved the enhancement Spazial does to my sound but I cannot use it for my own-made music, because the track on which the Spazial is used becomes invisible on mobile devices. Strange enough, this issue does not ocur when I play the audio file on computer. I will be more than glad if you have any answers for this..

Thanks in advance,

By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 22:49:21 +0000

Hi, I make GFM Psypan http://www.auburnsounds.com/products/Psypan.html
It is a very clean binaural panner.

By: ksavORG

ksavORG — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:22:45 +0000

In reply to David. c-superstereo is an AMAZING plug. every producer SHOULD HAVE that one . WOW

By: Al

Al — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 04:07:12 +0000

Is there a stand-alone program that does stereo widening?

By: David

David — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:19:39 +0000

What about SHEPPi Spatial Enhancer modeled after the Algorithmix’ K-Stereo Ambience Processor? Are all these plugins Stereo Haas Effect Ping Pong Inverters?

http://dallashodgson.info/articles/OpenAmbienceProject/index.htm

By: stldrms

stldrms — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:45:44 +0000

There’s an old, but great free Stereo Expander vst plugin with a lot of features called C_SuperStereo by Nick Whitehurst. His plugins aren’t really available anymore, but I’ve found a download link for it, if you’d like to check it out:

http://www.nodevice.com/dll/C_SuperStereo_dll/item3880.html

By: Piler

Piler — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:32:07 +0000

Don’t forget the amazing “Stereo touch” by Voxengo.