RTAS plugin similar to Waves Center?

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Hey guys,

Do you know any good plugin (RTAS for Mac) that does something similar to the Waves Center plugins, that is "allow you change the balance between the center and the sides of a stereo track"? I'm really considering getting it but 200$ is a bit steep (damn I wished it was part of Waves current promo).

 

[~BURNY~]

Here's a free one:

Duplicate track
Covert to mono
Invert phase
Mix to taste (both tracks @unity = sides)

(je suppose que tu savais déjà, c'est juste une occasion de faire le malin)

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Yeah... and in "one to two clicks" that I could insert in a chain? lol

 

[ahjteam]

Isn't Center part of the Diamond Bundle?

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

It's part of the GMC, Mercury, Horizon and Diamond bundles yes. Why?

 

[~BURNY~]

Any MS matrix will do the job (but if there's no inline encoder/decoder, you will need to use two of them)
There's one in soundhack's freesounds bundle:
http://www.soundhack.com/freeware.php
I think maybe Massey has a free one too.

Here's another one from schoeps:
http://www.schoeps.de/fr/products/dms_plugin
(not sure if/how it works in simple stereo)

 

[ahjteam]

Yeah, I was just thinking if you already owned or were buying one of those, but apparently you didn't and if you own something like the Platinum bundle, you can upgrade it for a few bucks and get some extra plugs too the price of individual plugins would drop from the current $200 to way less if you like need the plugs:

GMC: 15 plugins @ $1280 = $85 a plugin
Diamond: 54 plugins @ $2000 = $37 a plugin

But yeah, like Burny said, doing it the M/S matrix way is propably the cheapest way. (LR to MS, EQ, MS to LR)

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Yeah tough call... I will probably at some point buy DrMS which is awesome, but it's very CPU intensive and I want to be able to use that processing quite extensively...

 

[ahjteam]

Well, if you want to get the Center, then just bite the bullet or ask from Plugin discounts or something.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Hey cool I didn't know about plugindiscounts.com thanks for that. They don't have Center but have other cool things of which I'm curious to know the price (you have to request them by email).

 

[ahjteam]

I think it was Ermz and guys who told me about the site... IIRC he bought like individual Waves plugins like L1 and stuff. Haven't bought anything from them personally, but they have.

edit: link here http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/equipment/624272-waves-cla-classic-compressors-worth.html

 

[LeSedna]

I've bought waves SSL, CLA, trigger, from him yeah He answers in 1 or 2 days and usually you get something like a 25% OFF discount minimum.

 

[Charles J]

Just curious, what do you personally use a plug like this on/for?

I'm extremely familiar with M/S as I use the M/S mic technique for drum room religiously....!

 

[Slemmu]

http://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_GainSuite/
Free RTAS Bluecat widening gain

 

[DigitalMetal]

Check out the Brainworx stiff too for M/S tweakability

http://www.brainworx-music.de/

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

After trying quite a lot of the plugins, I'm biting the bullet and getting Waves Center.
I have to say that the Waves plugins are really very well programmed (very low CPU and low latency) and sound great, but it's a pity they are so expensive most of the time...

@ SigmundFreud33: I want to use that for mastering purposes and for clearing out the middle during mixes.

 

[DigitalMetal]

After trying quite a lot of the plugins, I'm biting the bullet and getting Waves Center.
I have to say that the Waves plugins are really very well programmed (very low CPU and low latency) and sound great, but it's a pity they are so expensive most of the time...

@ SigmundFreud33: I want to use that for mastering purposes and for clearing out the middle during mixes.

I dont know if you watch Dave Pensados online TV show Pensados place but he's been concentrating on clearing out the middle techniques in the last few episodes, well worth watching.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Yes, he actually turned me into quite a few plugins, including Center

 

[DigitalMetal]

Yes, he actually turned me into quite a few plugins, including Center

Ah cool, yeah i wish there were more AE type tv/web shows its a great thing to watch and take in as much as possible, even though his music is more geared towards pop theres plenty of relevant info to take, and the guests have plenty of cool things to tell.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Yeah, but this show is SOOOOOOOOOO frustrating... Dave is awesome and very funny, but sometimes he's talking about something really interesting, and then loses tracks of what he's saying, and I'm just there... "Man, finish that damn sentence!!!"