AutoPan Preset for Patcher "Around the Head"

Attached is a Patcher Effect Preset for AutoPan similar to Ableton's Autopan. This is a true autopan effect and not a "sum the left into right then left" effect such as Fruity PanOMatic, LovePhilter with an LFO attached to Pan, or Insert Panning controlled by an LFO or an Automation Clip. In those examples, silence appears momentarily in one channel then the other, if you invoke a maximum sized LFO amount, the result of which makes my eyes water. The attached preset preserves the stereo difference because it uses Stereo Shaper. Simple to use. Four controls. Effective. Mono compatible. No fizzies unless you have retrigger on in a VST somewhere or Unison Phase set to zero as in Sytrus. A true sine is a Shape choice due to Fruity Peak Controller's LFO shapes (sounds smoother than a Triangle IMO). Most pronounced results are with Amount and Phase set to maximum as in the Pic, below.

Here it is as a Patcher Preset:

AutoPan.fst: (14.06 KiB) Downloaded 347 times

Here it is a small project with Sytrus containg a saw on one side and a square on the other. Hit Play:

AutoPan & Sytrus.flp: (75.85 KiB) Downloaded 201 times

Do not expect to see left/right movement on a Meter as that is technically "balance" movement. You should see (and hear) amplitude movement which means even a mono signal will have movement. To prove this to yourself if this works (besides using ears) you could call up A Wave Candy Vectorscope or Meter, or record some audio in Edison and plop it on the Playlist with Multichannel view selected in the Audio clip sample view and you should see one channel waveform completely turn into a saw then a square and not a combination of the two. A combination of the two waveforms would sound different because there would be a mono sum into one channel as the autopan does it's thing. Blah. No need for level ramping because it runs continuously...unless you switched the master effects on from off or mute/soloed the effect in the FX Panel. Great for use as a Patcher Effect within a Patcher Generator or as an Insert Track effect to give "around the head" movement to a sound in your chain.

Pic:

: AutoPan & Sytrus.jpg (194.04 KiB) Viewed 1885 times