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Stereo Box Pro - v1.0

An advanced stereo field manipulator (pan, widen, shift, rotate, pseudostereo, balance, phase, etc). Similar to the Waves StereoImager (DX) or PSP StereoControl (VST)

Parameters

* I/O Mode (0 - 8)
- Sets the input/output mode:

0: L/R - Normal Left/Right input
1: L/-R - Right channel is phase inverted (180 degrees) on input
2: -L/R - Left channel is phase inverted on input
3: -L/-R - Both channels are phase inverted on input
4: Mono -> LR - The signal is converted to mono on input, normal output
5: Mono -> MS - The signal is converted to mono on input, the output is in Mid/Side audio format (Center channel is output on the left audio channel, and the Stereo channel is output on the right audio channel)
6: LR -> MS - The signal is input as normal Left/Right channel audio, but is output in Mid/Side audio format.
7: MS -> LR - The signal is input as Mid/Side audio, with the center audio part on the left channel and the Stereo audio part on the right channel, and is output as normal Left/Right stereo audio.
8: MS -> MS - The signal is input and output in Mid/Side audio format.

/// see the "USING MS MODES" section below ///

* Gain (0 - 200%)
- Increases/decreases the input volume.

* Center (0 - 400%)
- Magnifies/shrinks the center sound image. 0% will make a stereo sound completely out of phase. Center will not affect stereo information. On mono sounds, this is simply a gain.

* Width (0 - 400%)
- Expands/shrinks the stereo field. 0% is mono. Above 100% will widen the stereo field "outside" the speakers/headphones. This has No effect on mono sounds.

* LRBalance (full left - center - full right)
- A "typical" left/right balance control. Shifts sound from full left channel to full right channel. This balance control is not linear-gain (i.e., the overall gain changes across the parameter range)

* Center Axis (-90 - +90)
- Balance control for the monophonic "center" part of the sound. Rotates the center axis -90 to +90 degrees, keeping the stereo information intact. Also known as center asymmetry. Acts as a linear-gain typical balance control on mono sounds. (i.e., the overall gain does not change across the parameter range)

* Stereo Axis (-90 - +90)
- Balance control for the stereo part of the sound. Rotates the stereo axis -90 to +90 degrees, keeping the center information intact. Also known as asymmetry or stereo asymmetry. No effect on mono sounds. (* the stereo axis control is inverted)

* Rotation (-180 - +180)
- Rotates both the center axis and stereo axis together, from -45 to +45 degrees. Acts as a linear-gain typical balance control on mono sounds.

* PSI Mode (0 - 3)
- Sets the Pseudo Stereo Imaging Mode:

0: OFF/RESET - Turns PSI off and clears internal buffers
1: NORMAL - PSI is mixed with the incoming signal
2: THRU - PSI is not mixed with the incoming signal
3: ASYNC - PSI from the original signal is mixed with the incoming signal

* PSI Spread (~0ms - 50ms)
- Sets the delay "spread" of the PSI. Values over 20ms can be heard as an echo.

* PSI Center Amount (-100% - +100%)
- This is how much of the delayed center image used for PSI. Negative values will reverse the polarity.

* PSI Stereo Amount (-100% - +100%)
- This is how much of the delayed stereo image is used for PSI. Negative values will reverse the polarity.

* PSI Mix Amount (-100% - +100%)
- This is how much of the delayed center and stereo image is crossfed for PSI. The delayed center will become the delayed stereo image, and the delayed stereo will become the delayed center (depending on the parameter below). Negative values will reverse the polarity. The Mix Amount is separate from and in addition to the previous two parameters.

* PSI Mix Balance (Full Stereo - Full Center)
- Sets the Balance between stereo and center image crossfeed for the PSI Mix Amount. Full Stereo means only the stereo image is delayed and fed as the center image. Full Center means only the center image is delayed and fed as the stereo image.

* PSI Mix Feedback (-100% - +100%)
- Sets how much of the PSI signal is fed back into itself. 0% is none. Negative amounts will invert the phase of the PSI before feeding it into itself. An amount of or near 100% can cause signal instability where the sound may grow louder and louder.

/// see the "PSI, WINDOWING, and ROUTING" section below ///

* Window Mode (0 - 3)
- Sets the Frequency Window Mode:
0: OFF/RESET - Turns off the Frequency Window
1: NORMAL - All subsequent routed parameters will only affect frequencies defined for the window
2: THRU - Only pass frequencies defined for the window
3: ASYNC - The frequencies defined in the window will pass the original signal which the subsequent routed parameters will affect

* Window HiPass (20hz - 20000hz)
* Window LoPass (20hz - 20000hz)
- Sets the frequency boundaries of the Window. If the HiPass frequency is lower than the LoPass frequency, then the frequency window is between the HiPass and LoPass frequencies. Otherwise, the window is inverted.

* Window Band Rez (Resonance) (-256 - +256)
- Sets the resonance of the Frequency Window filters. This amplifies (for positive values) or dampens (for negative values) the frequencies around the Frequency Window HiPass and LoPass settings.

/// see the "PSI, WINDOWING, and ROUTING" section below ///

* LFO 1 AND 2 CONTROLS:

* LFO Target (0 - 15)
- Sets the target parameter of the LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator). The parameter selected will be modulated around its set value by a percentage of its total range. A setting of zero turns the LFO off. Setting a target resets/retriggers the LFO

* LFO Type (0 - 5)
- Sets the shape of the LFO curve. This also resets/retriggers the LFO. You may choose from:
0: Sine wave
1: Square wave
2: Triange wave
3: Saw wave (up)
4: Saw wave (down)
5: Noize/Random (Note: This is a randomized but periodic LFO. Step capability may be added in a future release.)

* LFO Depth (-100% - +100%)
- Changes the depth of the LFO to a percentage of the target parameter's total range. With negative values, the LFO oscillates in the opposite direction.

* LFO Rate (0.25 ticks - 512 ticks)
- Sets the period length of the LFO. This is how long it takes for the LFO to complete one cycle (i.e., in "saw up" at a rate of 64 ticks, the LFO will sweep the parameter from a low value to a high value over 64 ticks, and then start back at the low value).

* LFO Offset (0% - 100%)
- Sets the phase offset of LFO 2 from LFO 1. Acts as an LFO trigger for LFO 2, setting the current LFO 2 position equal to the position of LFO 1, plus the phase offset. If the two LFOs are set to different rates, then setting offset will set the phase separation at that time, and then the LFOs will oscillate from there. The offset % can be though of as the percentage of one complete LFO cycle.

* ROUTING TABLE:
- This enables & orders each parameter in the specified sequence.

/// see the "PSI, WINDOWING, and ROUTING" section below ///

Attributes

* Sub-Tick resolution - Determines how often (in samples) the anticlick routine is triggered. Lower values = finer resolution = much more CPU. Default is every 64 samples.

* Anticlick strength - Value to reduce clicking on parameter changes. Parameters will slide quickly from the old value to the new value on every subtick (define above). The strength value defines a maximum percentage of change the value can make on each subtick until it reaches the target value. Higher values = better anticlick = longer sliding = more cpu. Default is 80.

* PSI Spread Smooth - Toggles limiting of PSI Spread parameter changes to prevent clicking. This parameter may be removed in later versions.

* DC Correction - Cancels out internal DC offset on the output (centers the output around zero).

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