Best way to expand stereo?

Sebaz wrote on 2/13/2010, 9:07 AM

I have a concert that I recorded over a year ago with my Canon HF100 and the DM-100 microphone in the medium setting (90 degrees), which is stereo but directional. What is the best way using Vegas without any third party filters (unless they're free) that I can expand the stereo to make it sound more wide?

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musicvid10 wrote on 2/13/2010, 9:15 AM

Multi-Tap Delay.
There are a couple of stereo presets, but you may wish to roll your own.

Former user wrote on 2/13/2010, 9:32 AM

checkk out Voxengo Stereo Touch VST plug in.

Free and quite good sounding.

Dave T2

Sebaz wrote on 2/13/2010, 10:24 AM

Thanks, that Voxengo plugin is pretty awesome. I thought it wasn't at first because the default preset is just a simple delay, but the Narrow preset makes my audio sound amazing. I don't understand why the name Narrow because it actually expands quite nicely.

musicvid10 wrote on 2/13/2010, 10:30 AM

Thanks for the tip. Going to have to check this one out.
I sometimes have dual mono (vocals and orchestra) feeding the camera. I like to keep the vocals centered (with maybe a "little" fake separation) and put the orch out to the sides with relatively little in the center speaker.

Soniclight wrote on 2/14/2010, 4:55 AM

Thanks, DaveT2, for Stereo Touch info. I've probably got too many free but good VST plugins - it can get addictive to collect them -- however this one certainly should help widen some of my compositions.

FYI to others, below is the page of Vorengo's freebies, including the Stereo Touch (sixth/second to last one down on the left hand column on that page).

Vorengo Free VST and AudioUnit PlugIns

marks27 wrote on 2/14/2010, 6:52 AM

Another option you might consider is to simply duplicate the tracks a coupe of times and then pan one, say, 50% left and the other the same amount right, lowering the out levels as appropriate. I have used this approach quite successfully recording dance concert performances where I want to maximize the use of ambient sound, e. g. In tap dances. It is sple and effective and requires no other plugins.

I often then bounce these track combination down to a single track and put some eq if it needs a little brightening, or whatever seems appropriate.

Just a thought.

Marks