Spatifier is a “mono to stereo” spatial enhancer AU and VST plugin for professional sound and music production applications. This plugin can be effectively used to turn mono tracks into spatially-enhanced stereo tracks: it works great for clean and distorted guitars, synth instruments, piano, organ, back vocals and other sounds. Beside that Spatifier can be used to “densify” the sound of reverb sends, and to add “body” to thin and flat sounds.

Spatifier decorrelates the signal in the left and right channels while retaining the “mono compatibility”. Such decorrelation creates the “as wide as possible” surround effect. This effect can be usually used in place of double-tracking technique. The spatial impression can be adjusted in the range from the “in your face” direct to a distant reverby sound.

Spatifier achieves its result by first designing a complex impulse response that is then used by its internal convolution processor. The impulse response is defined by means of graphic equalizer-like controls (which can be adjusted in a freehand mode with the right mouse button). This makes it possible to set the spatial effect for each frequency band individually. In many practical cases Spatifier adds a great deal of warmness and enriches the timbre of the sound being processed.

Spatifier Features:

- 16 frequency bands
- 6 spatial impressions
- Selectable random variations
- Stereo processing
- 64-bit floating point processing
- Preset manager
- Undo/redo history
- All sample rates support
- Zero processing latency








Demo limitations: Processing output is muted for a moment every 45 seconds

Spatifier (VST/AU) is available for the introductory price of $59.95 USD until April 2nd, 2015 (regular $69.95 USD).

More INFO: Voxengo | Spatifier

 

Decisions Decisions... 60 Bucks

but.. i could get 3 bottles of Captain Morgans.. ?

 

Not exactly the same, but free (for PC):

http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Stereoband&id=1967

 

go for the rum

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JImcvtJzIK8

 

Not at all the same. This one, and pretty much every plugin of this type uses the Haas effect to simulate a wider field, and this isn't compatible with mono club systems. The Voxengo one says it uses some sort of custom FFT processing for true stereo widening with full mono compatibility.

 

I know about that (comb filtering side-effect, etc) when delaying each band and then summed to mono. You can skip the delaying part (multiband-Haas) and just pan each of the 8 bands, to create a wider sound. That way the mono sum will be identical to bypassed mono summed signal.
You don't normally use Haas effect on low end content anyway, where the big phasing problems will occur.

But I'm interested to see what "magic" Fast Fourier Transform technique Voxengo uses that doesn't result in comb filtering. I haven't downloaded the demo yet, but will later today.

I'm just sharing my knowledge and experience. If it's freeware it's even better for the guys on this forum. I remember how I appreciated that kind of help when I started out, many years ago.

 

Thank I'll check out for sure. My best mono to stereo is PSP Pseudo Stereo if you aren't happy with this plugin

 

man flu = a bottle of captain morgan for medicinal purposes

sadly I have not succumb to man flu this year (yet)

and the wife hates rum breath

 

The Rum it is!

 

Yes! The mood enhancer over the spatial enhancer. Make sure the rum is 64-bit. You'll have more memories.