Joachim's PowerPan

  • Position: Panning. 0 is center.

  • Wide: Amount of stereo. 0 is mono, 100 is normal (bypass) and 200 is the widest stereo.

  • Mode: Changes the behaviour of the Position-slider.

    "Normal" is the same as what you see on a normal mixing console.
    Psycho-panning is not normal stereo panning! The big difference between a normal panning function and this one, is that normal panning only adjusts the volume of the left and right channels. With Psycho-mode it also delays the left or the right side of the signal to simulate the delay that comes, when audio hitting you sideways first reaches one ear, then, after a small delay, reaches the other ear. This delay helps the brain pinpointing the exact direction and location of the audio source, thus creating a clearer and more well-defined stereo perspective! (Well ... at least in theory.)

    Warning 1:
    The output coming from PowerPan is not mono compatible if you use the psycho-mode. This means that songs using this, will have flanging artifacts, when played in mono.

    Warning 2:
    Do not use "Stereo Spread" or "Stereo Wideness" plug-ins on songs that use psycho-panning. It might result in unwanted flanging sounds, even though it is o.k. to use such effects before using psycho-pan. So it is o.k. to use the built-in stereo-wide together with psycho-panning.