Reaper JS stereo enhancer vs Width slider in route menu

would be great to understand the difference

thanks

 

A Stereo Width plugin is used to narrow or widen the frequency of the side channel. Some also have a Mono frequency control.
The Reaper track width control goes from Mono (center) to normal Stereo (default +100%) -100% will flip left/right assignment.

 

the LOSER StereoEnhancer can control the width of 2 bands separately, useful for keeping the bass more mono.

 

i'm trying to still understand how do you widen something that's already 100% left or 100% right or on the sides

so Mid-Side...you're talking about the SIDE information? The difference between Left and Right.....

is it like placing a chorus for example on a 100% left sound? Thats like making it extra wide more than 100%?

 

Last edited by a moderator: Nov 2, 2021

Both actually.

Some reference that may help:

• What is Stereo Imaging? https://www.sageaudio.com/blog/mastering/what-is-stereo-imaging.php
• Stereo Imaging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_imaging
• 5 Stereo Widening Mistakes You Might Be Doing Without Knowing https://www.audio-issues.com/music-mixing/5-stereo-widening-mistakes/

 

If sth is already 100% left, you can make it mathematically wider by adding in antiphase of L into R.

You can also make it psyco acoustically wider by adding in a delay to antiL in R, this is what some plugs do.

Try it in your DAWs & FX to see what they do.