stereo pan /panning stereo input
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to figure out how to pan a stereo signal.
Most of the examples in the manual/tutorials, included examples and
3rd party objects
take a mono signal, then create a virtual stereo image and pan.
what i'm trying to do is take a stereo input and pan the stereo signal.
i know i need to use two separate constant power pans (one for each
signal...i'm thinking of using nathan wolek's cppan~) so that at the
center position, L would be 0 and R would be 1; at hard right, L
would be 1 and R would be 1 and at hard left, L would be 0 and R
would be 0. I want to use a master slider to control the values of
both cppan~ objects. What I'm having problems figuring out is, as
you pan from hard right to hard left, the L value would decrease 0 to
1 and the R value would stay at 1, as the master slider reaches
center position. As the master slider passes from center in the the
left side, however, the R value would move from 1 to 0 while the L
would stay at 0. I guess what I can't figure out is how to use a
master slider to control both values, but scaled in such a way as I
described. (The biggest problem I'm having is how to have the L
value be at 0 and the R value at 1 when the main slider is at center
position.) Can anyone help me figure this out?
Thanks for your help!
-Corey
P.S. I am aware of the discussion below, but can't figure out how to
implement what lawrence describes, using the split object.
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From: lawrence casserley
Date: 04/23/04
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Hi
this sounds to me like twoconstant power pans, one for each signal. For
the first half of the pan you are panning the right input from left to
right outlut; for the second half you are panning the left input from
left to right output. Use the 'split' object to divide your control
into two halves.
Best
Lawrence
On 22 Apr, 2004, at 21:33, C Paul Johnson wrote:
> What I was
> trying to get at is this: I have a stereo signal... When it's panned
> all the
> way to the left, I want to have both signals panned all the way left.
> So
> that means that they have to add together. Vice versa for the right
> side.
> When it's panned center I want left on the left and right on the
right.
Lawrence Casserley - lawrence@lcasserley.co.uk
Lawrence Electronic Operations - www.lcasserley.co.uk
Colourscape Music Festivals - www.colourscape.org.uk
Received on Fri Apr 23 10:16:40 2004
Cory-
There you go.
Mzed,
Thanks so much!
I understand now.
I always forget about the power of those pesky trigger objects.
Thanks again!
-Corey
Corey Fuller
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on: sound + video inc.
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It's funny you mention this, because I just learned how to do this today in
my max/msp class at school. To do it, just use this handy little patch I made.
Just make a patcher or abstraction of this little patch. Then put the
signal in one side, and a value between 0 and 1 in the other. 0 would be hard left
and 1 hard right. Thats all there is to it!
Brett(ordrochaotic)
Sorry about that, I actually messed that up. Patch cord in the wrong place.
This one works though. I connected the patch cords wrong. The idea though
is that a signal is between 0 and 1. when multiplied by zero, it is zero and
by 1 is 1. If at the same time though for the other channel you are doing the
opposite when one it at 1, the other is at zero and vice verca and anywhere in
between. Just copy this one into a patcher and look inside. It's not to
hard to figure out whats goin on. Hope this helped.
Brett(ordrochaotic)
I don't think this is what you are looking for but I seldom post so I
thought it was time -- here is another patch for panning a mono signal
to stereo. With a few mods it could control the pan of a stereo signal,
and if you feel really lazy you can use it to control the amplitudes of
the left and right channels of a stereo signal (not really panning if it
is already a stereo signal).
This one works with a little help from grade ten math (trig).
hope it helps,
Michael
On 17 nov. 05, at 03:57, FayeVictus1@aol.com wrote:
> It's funny you mention this, because I just learned how to do this
> today in my max/msp class at school.
Hi,
maybe you haven't pay enough attention to you course :-) With your
solution, you'll multiply by a negative number, then you'll have an
oposite phase. Using [!- 1.] instead of [- 1.] will solve the
problem. Don't forget you'll have clicks because you're changing the
multiplying factor by "big" steps. You'll need a [line~] object, for
example, to avoid this.
ej
There are two problems with your solution: The first, it would inverse
the phase of the right channel, solution: use [!- 1] instead of [- 1].
The other, you get a drop of 6 dB at the center. Solution: look at the
examples... ;-)
Stefan
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Thank you everyone for your help and insight.
Along with the example sent in my mzed, below is what I was trying to
accomplish.
Thanks Lawrence and to everyone else who contributed ideas.
Cheers,
corey
Corey Fuller
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hi,
i'm looking for a way to do the opposite (well kind off). making a
quadrapfonic signal mono. so i can switch between them with a slider.
what would be a way to do this? everything needs to be equalpower so you
won't notice a gap or sudden amplification in the sound that is produced.
p.
--
poul holleman
student composition & musictechnology
HKU, netherlands
email: pholleman@gmail.com
Hi
Here a simple solution with 3 tap.crossfade~ (TapTools required) to mix 4
sources to 1 output.
Is it what you're looking for?
Mathieu Chamagne
www.maxobjects.com
or with the standard matrix~ object:
...not to forget luigi castellis quadxfade~ external.
see www.maxobjects.com
hans
hans w. koch
im krahnenhof 11
d-50668 koeln
+49-221-554902
www.hans-w-koch.net
thanks for replying but both are not what i ment.
what i'm trying to make is an effect that kan switch a quadrasignal, so four
independant signals, to a mono signal, four equal signals in this case, and
back again. i want to control this with a slider so you can slightly turn it
to mono.
so i need a patch kinda like this:
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4 signal inputs
| | | |
slider:
0 = mono
...
64 = somewhere between full quadro and mono
...
127 = full quadro
4 signal outputs
| | | |
------------------------------
it's like turning the two panknobs on a mixer of a stereosignal from the
middle to the left at one channel and from the middle to the right at the
other at the same time. (switching between mono and stereo)
grt / poul
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poul holleman
student composition & musictechnology
HKU, netherlands
email: pholleman@gmail.com
If you can imagine how to do what you want to do with a mixer, then you
can often do it the same way in Max. Similar logic is involved.
If you want four independent channels to be capable of fading into four
identical channels (all channels mixed to all outputs), then create your
four inputs. Two signal paths come from each. The first to a [*~] and
then to the corresponding output. The second to a [*~] which is shared
between all four inputs, the output of which goes to all four outputs.
Your fader will control whatever pan law you decide to implement between
the four-vs-one [*~] serving as amplitude controls; fade one way favors
the four and fade the other favors the one.
...I think. It's really late.
yes indeed, i'm aware of that. but how to get it all equal power?
--
poul holleman
student composition & musictechnology
HKU, netherlands
email: pholleman@gmail.com
like this ?
sorry ... like this :9
yes, this could be it. thanks!
i dont have a quadraphonic setup at home but i quess im able to test it next
week.
there is a dc offset at signal 2 and 3 though..
but its a nice trick with the cycle~ object. does this work about the same
as using sqrt for creating equal power?
poul
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poul holleman
student composition & musictechnology
HKU, netherlands
email: pholleman@gmail.com