Boz Digital Labs

Designed for stereo, group, aux, or bus channels, Width makes true stereo panning and stereo flip a breeze via a single control knob. Plus, you can automate Width Knob to create mix contrast and dramatic entrances by moving in and out of the stereo field.

Width Knob, contrary to what its name suggests, is not a stereo widening plug-in. In fact, it does quite the reverse. Width Knob starts at 100% left/right with continuous control to mono. However, mono isn't where it stops. As you turn the knob counterclockwise from 100% L/R passing the center mono position to full left, Width Knob smoothly flips the stereo image from mono to 100% R/L. Width Knob is a great tool for creating contrast in a mix, enabling hard-panned harmonies to blend better, "mono-izing" low-frequency instruments, and flipping stereo channels. Combined stereo panning in most DAWs can be inelegant and clumsy. With abilities far beyond those of mortal balance panners, Width Knob gives you combined stereo panning in a single control for precision adjustment of sound field width.

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Full stereo width is not the point of Width Knob. Its ability to reduce a stereo image is, enabling you to give various instruments or groups of instruments their own space in the stereo field. One example would be taking a synth bass recorded in stereo and narrowing it to mono for a punchier center image and making room for other instruments panned left and right, such as guitars or keyboards. Another use for a narrower field would be in the case of stereo background vocals that are too wide, causing the harmony to de-correlate. Narrowing the image will create a better harmonic blend while still maintaining the feel of a vocal ensemble in stereo space.

The ability to create contrast in a mix is another easily achieved benefit of Width Knob. While front-to-back depth is a subtle way to create spatial contrast, you can achieve a far more dramatic effect by taking advantage of the left/right stereo field. For example, keeping certain instruments closer to the center image during verses and then expanding outward to full left and right creates a dramatic entrance for a song's chorus. It also makes the mix feel wider (without phase issues). For example, use Width Knob to reduce the left/right image of the drums to say, 70%, so that when hard-panned heavy guitars kick in, for example, you get the dramatic effect of the guitars filling out the stereo field, plus the illusion of the mix the moving outside the speakers (one of the holy grails of mixing).

Speaking of drum tracks, Width Knob can help you resolve the ongoing debate for mixing drums: audience perspective or drummer's perspective. Whether you have drum overheads recorded on a stereo channel or dual-mono bussed to a group track, Width Knob makes it easy to flip the perspective of overheads. Pick a section with tom fills and cymbal crashes and see if you prefer the toms moving left to right (the way we read), or right to left. Width Knob is also very useful for stereo percussion tracks. It provides a quick and easy way to see which side of the mix various percussion instruments work best, as well as how far from each other or how close to center image supports and enhances the groove.

Features
• Quickly adjust width
• One knob width and channel swap
• Better Panning algorithm for all listening formats
• Choose pan law
• Switch between Balance/Pan
• Pan anywhere in your signal chain

Requirements
Operating System: mac Mac OSX 10.5 or Greater
Supported Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AU, AAX, RTAS
Operating System: windows Windows XP or Greater
Supported Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AAX, RTAS