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TIPPS for STEREO WIDTH CONTROL & MONO MAKER use:
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TRY increasing the STEREO WIDTH (see 6!) of a stereo
signal (such as a guitar or keyboard sub-group or FX return!)
until your CORRELATION METER (see 7!) indicates phase
problems (goes into the RED…). NOW: turn the MONO MAKER
up to about 300 or 500 Hz (even higher if needed, this will
depend on the actual signal being “played”) and watch the
CORRELATION METER go back to GREEN, indicating that your
phases are ok again!
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This way it is actually possible to SPREAD stereo images
much further than with any other stereo expansion tool (that
we knew of before inventing the MONO MAKER
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) – but
WITHOUT running into the phase problems usually arising out
of more or less “heavy” stereo image manipualations, or at
least much less...
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the bx_control is the PERFECT WEAPON to be inserted into
ANY stereo sub-group of a mix session and will drastically
improve your possiblilities to increase your stereo width of any
stereo signal.
7. CORRELATION METER LEDs
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a standard CORRELATION METER tool to monitor the phases (and
potential phase problems!) of your stereo mix / signal.
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- 1 means your mix / signal is OUT OF PHASE (180
°).
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+1 means your mix / signal is IN PHASE (0
°).
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“0” (zero) means that there is either:
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no signal present
-
signal on only ONE channel
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phases of L&R channels are shifted exactly 90
°.
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a regular (and proper) stereo mix will make the
CORRELATIONS METERS oscillate between 0 and +1 while SHORT
flashes of the RED LEDs (negative values) can usually be ignored.
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PERMANENT RED LEDs will indicate heavy phase problems in
the mix / signal and should be taken serious.
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Try the MONO MAKER to cure any phase problems you might
find listening to your mix or monitoring the CORRELATION METER
LEDs. The higher you set the MONO MAKER FREQUENCY the
more mono your mix will be, and the less phase problems should
occur in your stereo mix / signal.
