Bertom Phantom Center: An Innovative Stereo Processor
Meet Bertom Phantom Center, from developer Bertom – a plugin that rethinks how you work with stereo imaging. This powerful tool focuses on precise extraction and processing of the phantom center from your stereo signal, offering a significantly different approach compared to standard Mid/Side processors.
The key difference of Phantom Center lies in how it processes the side components. Unlike Mid/Side, where they are negatively correlated, here the side signals become decorrelated. This ensures that hard-panned sounds remain isolated, without entering the center or the opposite side. The result is a cleaner and more separated stereo field.
Key Functionality and Advantages
- Precise Phantom Center Extraction: An efficient algorithm allows you to clearly isolate the central part of the stereo signal, where the main elements of the mix are usually located.
- Flexible Frequency Control of the Center: Use the built-in high-pass (HPF) and low-pass (LPF) filters to affect the extracted center. Frequencies outside the filters are redirected to the side channels, giving you full control over the focus of the central elements.
- Decorrelated Side Channels: This unique approach minimizes crosstalk and artifacts that can occur with traditional Mid/Side processing, providing a more natural and wider sound.
- LCR Output Option: For advanced processing, the plugin can output separate L, C (Center), and R (Right) channels, allowing you to apply individual effects to each component. (Although the algorithm is aggressive and not for upmixing, the separation and merging are lossless).
Who is this Plugin For?
Bertom Phantom Center is ideal for sound engineers and musicians who strive for maximum clarity, focus, and unique control over their stereo mixes. It will help you to more clearly define vocals, bass or other central elements, clean up the mix from unwanted frequencies in the center, or create interesting stereo effects, unavailable with standard tools.
Technical Information
- Supported Formats: VST, AU, AAX
- OS Compatibility: Windows (32/64-bit), MacOS, Linux
Try Bertom Phantom Center to discover new possibilities for working with stereo imaging and take the quality of your mixes to a new level.
