Boz Digital Labs have released version 2 of Pan Knob, the comprehensive panning plugin. It’s available at the intro price of $19.00, increasing to $49.00 after the promotion.
Pan Knob overcomes the limitations of traditional panning schemes with a superior algorithm that centers low frequencies while panning higher frequencies for superior balance and mix translation.
Traditional panning works by adjusting the volume on your right and left channels to move where it sounds in the stereo field. Simple enough. But there’s a major problem with this: It sounds really sucky on headphones when you pan things wide. Why? Because in the real world, sound never shows up in just one ear, unless it’s a mosquito.
Pan Knob fixes this by adding a couple extra dimensions to your pan control.
- It keeps low frequencies unpanned. This simulates the natural effect of your head filtering the high frequencies while letting low frequencies hit both ears.
- It adds a small delay to simulate the wave front hitting your ears at different times.
Both of these effects can be toggled on and off depending on your situation. Pan knob will do everything from traditional dumb panning to advanced natural sounding panning.
Because Pan Knob lets you pan anywhere and still sound natural, you are now free to break the traditional rules of panning. You want to pan your bass to the left? Go for it. It will sound natural. You want that snare drum to come from the right without giving the listener a migraine? Have at it. The traditional panning rules no longer apply.
Features include:
- Better Panning algorithm for all listening formats
- Choose pan law
- Switch between Balance/Pan
- Pan anywhere in your signal chain
Pan Knob 2 is available to PC, Mac and Linux users (VST2, VST3, AU and AAX).
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