Working with unbalanced stereo

[Gale_Andrews]

@Sonic Blaster

let’s say you want a EQ-specific stereo widening effect for one channel- for example a snare that is panned to one side and you want it to show up in the other, also.

It’s a bit hard to see wood for trees here.

Is what I have quoted the main question?

@Sonic Blaster

I DL’d the Stereo Widener and Channel Mixer plugin and have yet to use then, but can these stereo effects be used on one channel instead of the entire mix?

Those effects are to be used on selected stereo tracks, but you could use the Track Drop-Down Menu on the upper track of two mono tracks above each other to make those into a stereo pair. See Audacity Manual .

Then if you wanted to you could redistribute the channel volume proportions using Channel Mixer. Open the plug-in on a stereo track to see what it does. It doesn’t do EQ or isolation. It can mix content from one side into the other, but it can only adjust the mix proportion of all the content from each side.

Use the Track Drop-Down Menu to split back to mono if wanted.

@Sonic Blaster

For example, in an experiment, i split a stereo track, then tried to apply the Phaser to one section (intro) of the channel and it wouldn’t do it. Got a Nyquist prompt.

Please start a new specific topic about that, giving Steve the information he requested .

@Sonic Blaster

Sometimes, i just want to effect one channel and not both

If these are already stereo tracks, use the same Track Drop-Down Menu to Split Stereo Track. Then select the left or right on its own.

@Sonic Blaster

use two different effects in each channel in the same section.

If you have split the stereo track, drag the selection in both channels then the effect will apply to both channels.

@Sonic Blaster

Would another option be: copy the channel with the vocal, add new mono track, try to isolate it by EQ’ing everything else out, then panning everything/level/EQ to taste, rendering mix?

Is this about putting the snare more into one channel than it already is? Yes if you can isolate it without destroying it, you can pan it as a reinforcing additional track wherever you want in the mix. It may be hard to isolate it.


Gale