PANNER

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Controls

• Pan−100 to +100 — Position of the source from hard left (-100) through centre (0) to hard right (100).
• ModeBalance / Natural / Haas — Balance: plain L/R balance. Natural: a head model with interaural delay, level difference and head-shadow filtering on the far ear. Haas: the far ear hears the source later (precedence effect).
• Width0 to 200% — Stereo width of the source itself: 0% = mono, 100% = unchanged, 200% = twice as wide.
• Haas Delay1 to 30 ms — Delay of the far ear in Haas mode at full pan (scaled by the pan amount).
• Output−24 to +12 dB — Output level.

Best uses

• Placing mono instruments naturally in a mix, without the hole-in-the-middle of plain panning
• Positioning stereo sources while keeping their own image
• Haas-style wide placement of guitars and synths
• Headphone-friendly panning

Properties

Input → Mid/Side (Side × Width) → Mid placed per ear: fractional delay (Woodworth ITD up to ~0.66 ms, or Haas Delay) → first-order high-shelf head shadow (to -8 dB above ~1.8 kHz) → constant-power gains; Side added back → Output. All changes glide over 20 ms. Zero latency.

Formats

• JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
• GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
• VST3VST3 for any DAW
• CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

Natural Half Left · Natural Half Right · Hard Left Balance · Hard Right Balance · Haas Guitar Left · Haas Guitar Right · Narrow Stereo Keys · Mono Fold Center

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