Hi,
I’m not quite sure what to call this, so I’m going to call what my friend called stereo pan in goldwave. It’s basically making center sounds like speech sound like it’s coming through all sides, even in headphones. As I said it’s hard to explain, so here’s an example: Affect is after “From rudolf to frosty” on “and every song in between” and on “radio” or some such near the end, but it’s easier to hear on the words after “from Rudolph to Frosty”: http://speedofsoundgaming.com/Christmas.mp3
Anyway, if someone could explain what kind of affect that is (I don’t even know what to call it so can’t google it) and how to do it audacity, preferably using language which can be understood by someone who is new to audio production, using things that can often be found in other recording programs – I also use sonar for heavier audio production, and using only things that can be accessed from the keyboard, as I am blind.
I use windows 7 64 bit, and I use the installed version of audacity.
Thanks,
-Michael.
It’s a “Stereo Delay”.
Probably the easiest way to produce this type of effect is to use the “Bouncing Ball Delay with Panning” plug-in:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Effect_Plug-ins#Bouncing_Ball_Delay_with_Panning
Hi,
I downloaded that plugin, and when I try to use it it returns ‘Did not return audio.’ Any idea why this is?
Thanks,
-Michael.
There appears to be a bug in it.
I’ll have a look, hopefully it will be something simple.
Hi,
Thanks, this plugin version works. I couldn’t quite figure out the settings necessary to get it to produce the affect I needed, as when I put in values which seemed like they should work it made rather odd affects. Anyway, I also found another way to do this for anyone who may be searching for this:
If you record the audio, then split the track into left and right tracks, add a small amount of silence (10 MS seems fine) to the beginning of the left or right track (but not both), then combine them, it will no longer sound like it is coming from the center. Then you can make it back into a stereo track and add reverb as needed.
Hth,
-Michael.