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156MainStage Effects
Imaging processors
MainStage Imaging processors overview
The imaging processors are tools for manipulating the stereo image. You can use them to
make certain sounds, or the overall mix, seem wider and more spacious. You can also alter
the phase of individual sounds within a mix to enhance or suppress particular transients.
See these topics:
• Binaural Post-Processing.
• Direction Mixer.
• StereoSpread.
MainStage Binaural Post-Processing
Each channel strip allows you to use a special version of the Pan knob, known as Binaural
Pan. This is a psychoacoustic processor that can simulate arbitrary sound source
positions—including up and down information—when fed a standard stereo signal.
The output signal that results when you use Binaural Pan is best suited for headphone
playback. You can, however, use the integrated conditioning of Binaural Pan to ensure a
neutral sound that is suitable for speaker playback as well as headphone playback.
Binaural Post-Processing parameters
• Compensation Mode pop-up menu: Choose the type of processing applied for different
playback systems.
• Headphone FF—optimized for front direction: For headphone playback, utilizing
free-field compensation. In this mode, sound sources placed in front of the listening
position have neutral sound characteristics.