Use mid-side delay for added depth

0.1-0.3ms of delay on the mid channel makes enough of a different. 0.02ms makes hardly any difference when listening in stereo, but helps with binaural translation.1

Phase shifting on the mid channel does a similar kind of thing, like the phi function does in SlickEQ GE.1 I’d like to try this with Volcano 3 too.2

For yet another flavor, using an all-pass filter to rotate the phase on the mid channel.1

  1. Headphones Are Not Stereo (mid side phase trickery) - YouTube ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. MS Phase Shifting with Volcano 3 - YouTube ↩

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Mid Side processing
Mid-side processing [[Side is decorrelated]] [[Boost the highs on the side and the lows on the mid]] [[Use mid-side nonlinear...
Stereo processing
Stereo processing [[Use short delays for stereo width]] [[Creating a fake double track]] [[Use a graphic EQ for stereo widening]]...
Using delay to create depth
Using delay to create depth [[Sync the delay to the tempo for a less-noticeable effect]] and thus, a more “forward”...