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Topic: Do you know how this effect is made? (Read 817 times) previous topic - next topic
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Do you know how this effect is made?

Hello all!

For years, I've been troubling myself with how this track exists. The song is "Dildo" by Interactive, it's early techno, and it's part of the mix, so this is that exact sequence from the mixed CD, it lasts minute and few seconds.

What always interested me is how this stereo effect is created. For best experience, use headphones, play the song, watch peak and vu meters. You'll notice that bass drum, bassline and synth seem panned to the left, yet there is power in both channels. Later on, they sort of return to the center of panorama. But first half, they're to the left, and all logic dictates that peak meters should be mostly left channel going to full, with some power to the right channel, but no, they are both pumping.

What effect does this? Can I recreate it with any song? I've heard it few times with various songs, but this one stuck :)
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Reply #1 –
Panning can be implemented with levels, and I think this is way most (if not all) mixing consoles do it.

However, it's possible to create a panning effect with inter-channel delay also, even with the levels identical. The reason this creates a panned mage, especially in headphones, is it simulates the arrival delay to our ears (i.e., sounds to the left arrive at the left ear first).

So it's possible to create a fully panned stereo image with identical levels in the two channels. Now, what software did (or does) that, I have no idea.

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Reply #2 –
The song is from 1992, so I doubt it's some plugin, I am more thinking about those devices for reverb, dbx, that connect to mixing console.
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Reply #3 –
Oh, to answer myself, and for anyone curious, I've managed to recreate the effect - it's phasing.
I've rotated phase of left channel by -90 dB, and it placed bass drum and bassline effect of original version that I have at almost the same place in panorama. I did it with iZotope Editor. Audacity doesn't have that kind of plugin.
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Reply #5 –
The stereo effect you're hearing is likely caused by a very short delay (Haas Effect) or phase offset between left and right channels. This makes sounds feel panned (like to the left), but since the audio still plays in both channels, both meters pump.

Yes, you can recreate it using:

A slight delay (5–30ms) on one channel

Stereo widening plugins

Mid/Side processing

It’s a psychoacoustic trick—great for stereo width without losing power.

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Reply #6 –
Quote from: Maria Fatima on
The stereo effect you're hearing is likely caused by a very short delay (Haas Effect) or phase offset between left and right channels. This makes sounds feel panned (like to the left), but since the audio still plays in both channels, both meters pump.

Yes, you can recreate it using:

A slight delay (5–30ms) on one channel

Stereo widening plugins

Mid/Side processing

It’s a psychoacoustic trick—great for stereo width without losing power.
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Re: Do you know how this effect is made?

Reply #7 –
I can help. Let me just put the artist and song name into google.
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