From 7d6551badc9850910567382fff75a459b850f301 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bart Brouns Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 09:12:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add links and section on Faux HRTF panning --- README.md | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fc4ee7f..eb3f2bf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,24 +9,25 @@ In VST3 and CLAP format, for Linux, Mac and Windows. ## Features & Quickstart -- **Midi rhythm delay** +- [Midi rhythm delay](#Recording-a-rhythm) You record a delay rhythm by playing midi notes into the plugin. The first note starts counting, and each note after that creates a delay tap, with a maximum of 16. -- Independent **effects per tap** - - A **moog style filter** with creamy drive +- Independent effects per tap: + - A [Moog style filter](#Filters) with creamy drive The parameters are (optionally) linked to velocity and note. - - **Panning**, linked to the note -- Four **midi triggers:** - - **mute input** - - **mute output** - - **clear taps** - - **lock taps** - - There are two modes for the input and output mute: "toggle" and "direct": - - **Toggle-mode** is how most mutes work: the triggers turn the mute on when it's off and vice versa. - - **Direct-mode** is more like an instrument: the mute is on by default and the trigger turns it off only as long as you hold the trigger note. + - [Panning](#Panning) linked to the note +- Four [midi triggers](#Triggers): + - mute input + - mute output + - clear taps + - lock taps + There are two modes for the input and output mute: "toggle" and "direct": + - Toggle-mode is how most mutes work: the triggers turn the mute on when it's off and vice versa. + - Direct-mode is more like an instrument: the mute is on by default and the trigger turns it off only as long as you hold the trigger note. - The rhythm pattern is saved alongside the other parameters in the preset and DAW session. -- Stereo from end to end +- [Stereo from end to end](#Faux-HRTF-panning). + ## Manual @@ -67,10 +68,25 @@ The first note determines the center of the stereo image The **center** slider allows you to change that to another note. **panning amount** controls how much each note is panned. -Not just the delay and the filter, but also the panner is fully stereo. -Instead of turning down the level for one channel a lot, when you want tox pan to the other side, these panners ad a tiny bit more delay to one side, and they make that side slightly duller and quieter. -The overall effect is that the sound seems to be coming from the opposite side. -The signal retains it's stereo-width: sounds that where coming from the opposite side of where you panned, will still mostly come from there. + +#### Faux HRTF panning +Normal panners operate on the level of each input. +Let's say we want to pan left. +A regular stereo panner would either turn down the right channel, or mix some of the right input into the left output. +When you hard-pan, the first method will turn off the right input, and the second method will have a mono mix of both channels in the left output. + +The panners in DEL2 work differently. +When you pan left, they do three things: +- Add a bit more delay to the right input. +This is called the [Haas Effect](https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/what-is-the-haas-effect.html). +- Make the right side slightly duller +- Make it a bit quieter. +Together they emulate a [HRTF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-related_transfer_function)". + +The upside is that the signal retains it's stereo-width and sounds that where hard-panned in the input don't get lost. +The downside is that you get comb filtering when you listen in mono. +Since this panner is only on the delay and not on any of the main channels of your mix, the stereo width you get is more than worth it. + ### Triggers To set which note controls the trigger, just click the button and play a note.