The Mastering Show #25 - Stereo: width, depth and image - how to measure, monitor and master them
The Mastering Show - A podcast by Ian Shepherd
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It’s amazing how much control you can have of the stereo image in mastering, even with quite simple tools. In this show we explore: * What is stereo ? The simplest and most sophisticated types * Ian's new favourite mixing plugin for creating stereo from a mono sound * How to measure stereo width and control it * How to influence reverb levels in mastering * What is M/S processing - and why it's probably not exactly what you think * The power & problems of M/S processing * Recommended stereo processing plugins Our guest this week is Ian Stewart Links: Ian Stewart's Blog http://ianstewartmusic.us/blog/ Flux stereo tool http://www.fluxhome.com/products/freewares/stereotool-v3 Jerobeam Fenderson - music made for oscilloscope http://oscilloscopemusic.com Voxengo MSED - mid/side plugin http://www.voxengo.com/product/msed/ VUMT - VU meter emulation (new version) http://klanghelm.com/contents/products/VUMT/VUMT.php Fabfilter Pro Q 2 http://www.fabfilter.com/products/pro-q-2-equalizer-plug-in Stereo width in mastering – how to measure, monitor and modify it http://productionadvice.co.uk/stereo-width/ (Video includes demos of a simple correlator and the Nugen Visualizer 2 with 'correlation by frequency' display)
