Best panning plugin?

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#1

I haven’t found a plug-in to do panning effectively. I tried the rKR panner, which is in beta, but this plug just outputs noise - totally broken and should be removed from beta.

The other option I’ve seen is the Auto Panner:

But this uses Hz, not BPM, so I can’t get it to sync, and sometimes with extremely panned material, it doesn’t seem to work. Possibly if the width is set to 80%, not only does it only pan things less wide, but I think it ignores material that is already panned outside that 80%. Just a hunch, but it’s unpredictable for me.

Other than setting up a complex tempo synced LFO to modulate pan, what options are there?

#2

On the plugin site, filtering for “spatial” there are 4 results you may want to try

Btw cannot find rkr pan

Otoh I could not figure how to tie a LFO to the host tempo using CV. Maybe some synth plugin?

#3

yeah, I used that filter, and there are no good panners out yet I guess.
Well not with the feature I want, which is BPM sync.

Ping pong does a fade thing, which isn’t the same as panning. Auto Panner I’ve used, but no BPM sync, and unpredictable results, which I may just have to live with, as it’s closest. The others are not really panners.

In terms of CV, instead of using an actual LFO, I usually set up a midi sequencer which can output CV, and then slew rate limiter, which modulates the pan of some other plug-in, like a mixer. I sync to midi, or use a button to ‘reset’ the sequencer manually, and set the BPM manually.

#4

regarding the ping-pong pan, I’m using it in a couple different ways, and I haven’t thought about it before, but you’re totally right, it’s clear it’s doing a fade thing on each channel. I guess my question is how would an actual pan sound any different? I guess if you’re sending a mono signal into it it would be different, but with an already stereo (or dual-mono) signal, wouldn’t it sound identical to a true pan? I’m curious about this as I’m wondering if I’d get better results (on my mono signal particularly) from a different panning method…

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#5

Unfortunately there isn’t a great panning plug-in available. Seems like a simple plug-in the Mod team should include, as a basic option for everyone’s tool kit.

#6

The Mod-mixer pans.
Litterally just put your sound source in, and set an LFO to Pan, attenuate to your liking?
In terms of BPM sync - you would have to explain what you mean. I haven’t had much experience trying to clock LFO to the internal clock or following midi clock. But it seems reasonable to try that approach.

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#7

BPM sync, like the panning matches the tempo of the music. Rhythmic panning, at the same speed as the music, instead of at some other random speed.

#8

Holà,
Sorry for the late reply, for panning I use a Stereo X-Fade, it could be synced to the Mod’s BPM with a AMS LFO2 - Freq. If you can send a CV between -5v and 5v it could be perfect !
Didn’t test the LFO, does it work ?