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Stereo Tools
Stereo Tools decide where a sound sits between your left and right speakers and how wide or narrow it feels. Move a single (mono) sound anywhere across that left-right space, control how much a stereo sound spreads out, or split a sound into its centre and its sides so you can work on each part separately. Every control here can be set by hand or moved live by another node: each parameter pin accepts both a fixed Data value and a fast-moving CV signal (a control signal that can change thousands of times a second), so position and width can keep moving over time.
Pan
Takes a single (mono) sound and places it anywhere between the left and right speakers. It uses equal-power panning, a method that keeps the sound feeling equally loud as you sweep it across the centre.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pan | -1.0 to 1.0 | 0.0 | Position in the stereo field. -1 is hard left, 0 is centred, +1 is hard right. Equal-power law keeps the loudness consistent. Ideal for auto-pan when driven by an LFO. |
Inputs: In (mono audio); plus a Data/CV input pin for Pan.
Outputs: Out L, Out R (audio).
Stereo Width
Makes a stereo sound wider or narrower. Behind the scenes it works on the centre and the sides separately (Mid/Side). Pull the width down to squeeze everything toward the middle (mono), leave it at normal, or push it up to spread the sides for a bigger, wider feel.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 0.0 to 2.0 | 1.0 | Amount of the centre (Mid) component. 0 removes the centre, 1 keeps it natural, 2 doubles it. |
| Width | 0.0 to 2.0 | 1.0 | Amount of the side (Width) component. 0 collapses to mono, 1 keeps the original width, 2 widens the stereo field. |
Inputs: In L, In R (audio); plus a Data/CV input pin for Mid and Width.
Outputs: Out L, Out R (audio).
Mid/Side Router
Splits a stereo sound into two parts: a Mid channel (the centre, the part shared by both sides) and a Side channel (only the difference between left and right, the part that makes it feel wide). This lets you treat the centre and the sides separately, then feed them into another router to put the stereo sound back together.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equal Power | Off / On | On | Encoding scale. On uses an equal-power factor so a mono input keeps its loudness when split into Mid and Side. Off uses the simpler classic scale. |
Inputs: In L, In R (audio); plus a Data/CV input pin for Equal Power (0 = Off, 1 = On).
Outputs: Mid, Side (audio). Mid carries the sum of Left and Right (the centred content); Side carries the difference between Left and Right (the stereo-only content).
Panner
A panner for stereo sounds that slides the whole sound left or right while keeping it feeling equally loud. Choose from several panning curves (pan laws) to control exactly how the volume behaves as the sound passes through the centre.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pan | -1.0 to 1.0 | 0.0 | Stereo position. -1 is hard left, 0 is centred, +1 is hard right. |
| Rule | Linear, Balanced, Sin 3 dB, Sin 4.5 dB, Sin 6 dB, Sqrt 3 dB, Sqrt 4.5 dB | Balanced | The pan law used for gain compensation as the signal moves across the field. |
Inputs: In L, In R (audio); plus a Data/CV input pin for Pan and Rule.
Outputs: Out L, Out R (audio).