Create Movement and Space in Your Mix with IO Panner
In modern music production, dynamics and spatial positioning of sounds play a crucial role in creating an engaging and immersive mix. Autopanners have become an indispensable tool for adding movement, rhythmic pulsation, or subtle spatial shifts to any element of your track – from synth parts and guitar arpeggios to vocal effects and drum loops. But what if you need a tool that goes beyond simple sinusoidal or triangular panning shapes? What if you want full control over every nuance of sound movement in the stereo field?
That’s where IO Panner comes in – a powerful and flexible VST effect from B Serrano, designed to create multi-layered autopans with unparalleled precision and control. Forget the limitations of standard LFOs – IO Panner offers a completely new approach to panning, relying on a complex and intuitive graphical envelope (GUI envelope) that allows you to shape the movement the way you want it.
Key features of IO Panner
The heart of IO Panner is its unique control system, based on a graphical envelope. This approach opens up endless possibilities for creative panning:
- Advanced graphical envelope: Allows you to create up to 32 separate segments (stages) of panning. This means you can build incredibly complex and detailed sequences of movement in the stereo field that are impossible with traditional autopanners. Each stage can have its own duration and target position in the panorama.
- Unlimited duration: Theoretically, the duration of the movement created by the envelope is infinite. You can set the time for each segment from 1 nanosecond to several minutes or even hours. This gives you full control over the tempo and scale of panning effects – from super-fast tremolos to slow, smooth movements unfolding throughout the entire track.
- Playback modes: The envelope can work in loop mode (Loopable), continuously repeating the panning pattern you create, or as a one-shot effect (1 shot), which is ideal for creating unique transitions or accents.
- Synchronization with the host tempo: For musicians working in sync with a DAW, IO Panner offers the ability to sync with your project’s tempo (Host-Bpm syncable). This makes it easy to create rhythmic panning patterns that fit perfectly into the groove of your track.
- Individual curve types: Each individual segment (stage) of the envelope can have its own curve type. This means that the transition from one pan position to another can be linear, exponential, logarithmic, or have a different shape, allowing precise control over the speed and character of the movement.
- High-precision editing: The IO Panner interface is designed for high-precision editing. You can fine-tune each point of the envelope, ensuring full control over the shape of the panoramic movement.
Application possibilities
Due to its flexibility, IO Panner can be used in a variety of scenarios:
- Creating complex, non-linear panoramic movements for atmospheric pads or textures.
- Adding a rhythmic “pulse” to synthesizer basses or arpeggios.
- Simulating the movement of live instruments or creating the effect of presence in space.
- Expanding the stereo image and adding “air” to the mix.
- Creating unique sound effects and transitions.
- Using in sound design for animating sounds.
IO Panner is not just another autopanner. It is a tool for creating complex and expressive spatial effects, which gives you full control over the movement of sound in the stereo field. If you want to go beyond basic panning and add unique dynamics to your mixes, IO Panner will be a valuable addition to your collection of plugins.
The plugin is available in VST format for Windows (Win32) operating system. Download it today and start experimenting with sound space!
