Joachim's Venus filter (29-Oct-06) | Planet Filter Series

The overall purpose of this effect, is to give you control over the stereo perspective and to add variation and life to the signal.
The sound travels in from the top of this plugin and downwards through the different functions. So the stereo spreader is the first process the sound goes through, and the panning is last.

## Pre stereo:

This is a stereo spreader. At 0 you have mono, at 100% the signal is untouched. At more than 100% the amount of stereo will increase.

## Phaser amount:

This is the mix amount of the phaser. At 0.0 dB it is disabled.

## Phaser speed:

The "Phaser" as i call it, is a set of moving EQs that when boosting in one side, they cut in the other side, to get maximum stereo effect.

## Chorus amount:

Dry - wet mix between original and chorused signal. This somewhat CPU intensitive chorus is disabled when Chorus amount is at "0".

## Chorus speed

Detuning amount and speed of the chorus. At very low values, you can get stranger-like effects. Normal chorusing at anything from 30 to 100, and above that you can get strange horror-like detuning effects.

## EQ mono treble / mid / bass:

This is a normal simple 3-band equalizer. I thought this was convenient to have.

## EQ stereo treble / mid / bass:

These three sliders adjust how much stereo is present at high, mid and low frequencies.

## Randomizer amount:

The randomizer is a strange EQ that gradually boosts different frequencies at a random position in the stereo perspective. The Randomizer is disabled when set to 0.0 dB.

## Randomizer speed:

How fast the randomizer works.

## Stereo limiter:

A rather unique feature that makes sure that the stereo perspective is always below a certain amount. This means that if the incoming signal has a little stereo, nothing will be changed. But if the incoming signal has a lot of stereo, the Stereo limiter will make the stereo perspective more narrow and monoish. Typically you would turn up the "Pre stereo" a little, when using this effect, to compensate for the stereo lost by using this effect.
Technical explanation: The signal is transformed into M-S stereo, and this is a compressor/limiter on the S part of the signal.

## 1.2.3.4.Pan

Panning of four selectable frequency bands. This panning is achieved by boosting the EQ in one side and attenuating it in the other side. When set to 0 and the "PanLFO amp." is also 0, this entire part of the Venus plugin is disabled.

## 1.2.3.4.Freq

Using these, you can select what frequency bands are to be panned.

## Bandwidth

This sets how wide the four above frequency bands are.

## PanLFO amplitude

How much to auto-pan the four frequency bands. (Notice that the 4 bands are panned at slightly different speeds to give a "phat" effect.)

## PanLFO speed

How much to auto-pan the four frequency bands. (Notice that the 4 bands are panned at slightly different speeds to give a "phat" effect.)

## Panning:

A normal panning thingie.

Plug-in written by Joachim Michaelis Homepage | Latest machines | VUmeter.exe

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