Hi All!
I am new to the forums. This is my first post. So a quick introduction. I’ve been getting into VCV Rack Pro in December of 2023. Just wanted to go Pro straight away because of the VST3 support, I never used the free version before, but my guts told me this was some great software worth the purchase, this I combine with a comprehensive workflow in Cubase Pro. Since December 2023 I have binge watched Omri Cohen’s YouTube channel full of awesome and very useful tutorials to learn the program. And now feel like I can be creative enough to create my own patches, started developing my own workflow etc.
So my question to any developers of modules & plugins is basically to create a dedicated Stereo Widener plugin. I know of the Mindmeld Collection which is an amazing collection (even bought the Shapemaster Pro to support the developer), and it’s mixer’s stereo width functionality. I am also aware of the Bassmaster Plugin, which does do some stereo widening, but I can’t push it too much for what I need. I really like the crossover functionality in that plugin, but sometimes (very often actually) I need it to go wider. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Mindmeld collection is one of the best collections out there.
Is there any chance anyone could develop a dedicated Stereo Widening plugin, with perhaps Multi-band support, so you can have the bass set to 0 width, mids, high, and an air band. Preferly with a max frequency response of about 0hz to 40Khz, and adjustable crossover frequency per band.
It would be really cool to have 4 (or 3 or even more) individually controllable and separate bands each with their own crossover frequency selection, with a spread of of 0 to for example 400%, perhaps even 800% (yeah I know that sounds crazy, but sometimes it’s really what I need). I know that Bassmaster only goes up to 200% but sometimes that just isn’t enough, in most cases it’s not for my use cases.
Perhaps include an overall stereo out for all bands, and even incorporate separate stereo outputs for each channel of the Multi-band channels, so you can mix/process each band individually with for example compressors etc. And sum them later with dedicated mixer, and route that to the main mixer.
That’s basically what I am looking for at the moment, and feel is missing in the collection of plugins (I have about 2165 plugins installed, but can’t find any plugin that does just this).
My thanks would be great, and would even be willing to pay for a plugin like this if the price is right (30 USD is a bit expensive for a single plugin, but I’d still buy it).
Many thanks in advance, and looking forward to hearing any feedback, solutions, input and suggestions. I could even help mocking up a GUI design for this as guideline (however I lack the skill of coding it myself).
Looking forward to your input and comments!
Kind regards, Levien
A happy VCV Rack user