Simple LV2 pan/balance plugin?

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#1

Hi, playing with the MOD received a month ago is a pleasure, and i’m starting to build useful pedalboards for guitar.
In the process, i’m missing a simple “mono signal to stereo signal plugin with a balance control.”

I’m not ready yet to go into the process of installing the toolchain to port an existing plugin, so 'im asking here if you plan of releasing such a plugin, or if someone could do it ?
I found this plugin which can do the job perfectly : https://github.com/x42/balance.lv2

BTW, i haven’t found any suitable plugin in the existing list, and was only able to do what I need duplicating the signal and using 4xGain plugins to make the stereo balance outputs.

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#2

Yup, I’d like this too - I’ve managed to get the Wider plugin to feed a sidechain via CC control, but a proper pan, with the two extremes as up/down on my CC pedal would be wonderful.

That and adding MIDI learn to the Switchbox :wink:

#3

there is the x42 x-fader

#4

thanks, I will try this one and let you know

#5

x-fade can indeed be abused as stereo balance control.

  • Use the first input as left and the last (4th) input as right.
  • Set the “Signal A/B” control to “0” (top middle), “Shape” to max (equal power) and select “V-fade mode” – see https://github.com/x42/xfade.lv2#fade-mode

But yes https://github.com/x42/balance.lv2 would be a more appropriate tool, there’s no MOD GUI for it, yet though.

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#6

ok the first try led to a usable result, but the balance is not working exactly a “Pan” for each incoming signal. I can mostly balance the volume of each input which is either hard panned left/right when using 1st and 4th inputs, or on both sides when feeding 1st/2nd input and 3rd/4th input with the two signals.

I’ll publish my pedalboard so you can have a try and hopefully better understand my description

Still, a kind a “4 channel Mixer with pan” would be the best option for what I want to achieve.

#7

Yeah the cross-fade plugin is not a panner – nor actually a balance, though it can be be used as such.

Are you expecting a stereo panner with width control? Correlated signals are usually balanced. A bit of background information: http://manual.ardour.org/mixing/panning/stereo_panner/ and http://manual.ardour.org/mixing/panning/balance_control/

While one could build it simply using a couple of “gain” plugins, a small dedicated mixer would indeed be nice to have on the MOD. When you say 4 channel mixer: do you mean 2 stereo pairs or 4 stereo pairs (8 total inputs)?

#8

here’s the pedalboard using the x42 : https://pedalboards.moddevices.com/pedalboards/57ea97c8fca7d905dacbbedb

indeed for the first try I used 4 gain plugins, worked perfectly as expected, but when adjusting moving 4 knobs is really not user friendly.

Reffering to the linked information, I’m more interested in a “Balance” control but with a MONO input signal and a STEREO output signal (the mono input si duplicated to both output channel, and then the balance is applied)

#9

Would the CAPS Wider do the job?

#10

Thanks gianfranco this is the one !!!
The pan pot works as expected aswell as the stereo conversion. Perfect !

I wanted to update the pedalboard but the share function does not seem to offer this option. Maybe for a new feature.

Thanks again for your help everybody

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