Revisiting stereo shuffling

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Hi all,

 

I have revamped my Soundstage shaper plugin by extending the concept of stereo shuffling and making it applicable to headphones listening.
The objective is to better align all frequencies of sound sources sharing the same position in the virtual soundstage.
As we all have a different hearing, the plugin will come with a companion configuration tool to perform optional individualization.

Some more technical background is available here

 

I am now looking at some beta testers to evaluate the plugin&configuration tool combo.
The main requirements to apply are 
- use a player accepting external plugins (JRiver, Audirvana, Foobar for instance)
- being a regular headphones user

 

If interested, please contact me at [email protected]

 

Thanks,
Thierry 

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Yes, the idea is to go beyond this type of mid / side correction. I mentioned headphones because the calibration process is easier, but of course my tool is applicable to speakers as well.

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@Confused One explanation for what you observe is comb filtering due to crosstalk when you play the same signal with 2 loudspeakers. It is explained in my video on acoustic crosstalk at 4:30 here

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Hi  @Bill Brown

 

It is not yet in my plans to work on center channel addition, as there are already alternatives to do that.

As intensity panned recordings are quite different from spaced mics recordings, it makes sense to sometimes prefer crossfeeding for headphones or crosstalk reduction for loudspeakers... and all this is subject to individual subjective preferences...

 

The first feedbacks on the new plugin are very positive, and I will soon close the testing phase : this is the last call ;-)

 

Thanks,

Thierry