The Haas effect: creating width with tiny delays
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Why a few milliseconds of delay on one side makes a sound seem to come from the other, shown with Sample Delay, then pushed further into split channels, combined with reverb, and automated.
A psychoacoustic trick for width explained and demonstrated in a mix, including when it starts causing problems.
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:07 Track playback
- 1:24 Understanding the Haas effect
- 2:46 Sample Delay to offset one side
- 3:53 Volume matched channels
- 4:28 Track in context and discussing merits on other sound sourc…
- 5:54 Pushing Delay times up to split the channels
- 6:42 Getting creative with the Haas effect and reverb
- 9:25 Automating the right-hand Delay
- 10:33 Summary