A tutorial on leveraging mid/side stereo processing in various synthesis formats, including Pure Data, Reaktor 6, and Eurorack modular.

Mid/Side is a different way of working with stereo, where, rather than one channel for the left, and one for the right, you have one channel for the "mid" information, and one channel for the "side". This format allows for different approaches to stereo processing, playing with the stereo image in new and interesting ways.

I've seen a lot of videos about mid/side for mixing or mastering but I thought I'd talk a bit about the potential for this approach in sound design, and how it can help us think about 3D audio and ambisonics too.

Modules in the Eurorack modular demonstration:
Winterbloom Castor&Pollux dual oscillator
Shakmat SumDif precision adder
Hikari Instruments Ping Filter
Instruo Tanh saturator

#MidSide #Stereo #Synthesis #SoundDesign #AudioSpatialization

0:00 Introduction, Defining Mid/Side Stereo
2:11 Listening to the Mid and Side
4:44 What's happening? (Audacity Examples)
9:39 Demonstrating in Eurorack (Precision Adder)
15:18 Programming Mid/Side in Pure Data
22:00 Mid/Side Stereo Saws in Reaktor
28:50 Next Steps / Ambisonics

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