Effects and Plug-Ins : PanNoir Panner
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Alternatively, you can use the three upper knobs directly:
Main Pan Source Angle - The angle from the center of the main mic couple to the center of the
sources. Value in degrees, from -90° to +90°. Negative values indicate a source on the
left hand side, positive values indicate a source on the right hand side.
Note: To limit dragging to Pan Angle only hold down the crtl key to lock Distance while drag-
ging the circles on the screen.
Dist. Source Distance - The distance from the center of the main mic pair to the sources.
Value in meters, from 0.1m to 20m.
Note: To limit dragging to Distance only hold down the Crtl + Shift keys to lock Angle while
dragging the circles on the screen.
Div. Source Divergence Angle - The angle between the two sources, as seen from the center
of the main mic pair. Value in degrees, from 0° to 180°.
Note: To limit dragging to Divergence Angle only hold down the Shift key to lock Pan Angle and
Distance while dragging the circles on the screen.
Note: A divergence of 0° means the sources are superimposed, so the two channels of the input
signal will be summed, and then treated as a mono input. If you are indeed working with a mono
input signal, this is exactly what is needed, and you should never need to change the div. If how-
ever the input signal is a stereo pair, you will probably prefer to uses a non-zero div.
Note: This allows sources to be placed behind the main mic pair. This represents a 180° phase
shift in the audio signal (multiplication by -1) and is, in principle, not illegal. However, the simula-
tion is very likely to sound less realistic, since the real-world microphones used for recording
were probably neither designed nor placed to record what was behind them. Try it by all means,
you may like the effect!
Damping
The value determines the degree of source attenuation with increasing distance from the main mic pair. If no
attenuation is required the value is set to 0%.
Main Mic Pair Settings (lower section of the GUI)
The parameters Spac, Angle, and Dir set up the main mic pair. This setup should match the actual settings that
were used for the recording. If these settings are not known, the default parameters are probably a good approxi-
mation. However, feel free to try other settings to see if they improve the result.
In a similar manner to
Sources placement, the microphones on the lower screen can be clicked and dragged.
Active regions will turn pale yellow when the cursor is over them and bright yellow when clicked and dragged.
Keyboard shortcuts are described below.
Alternatively, you can use the three lower sliders directly:
Spac. Mic Pair Spacing - The distance between the two mics of the main mic pair. Value in
meters, from 0 m (mics on top of each other) to 2 m (2m away from each other, so in
other words, 1m away from the center point). Simply drag one mic from left to right on
the screen to change this parameter.
Angle Mic Angle - The angle between the two mics of the main mic pair. Value in degrees, from
0° (facing forward, parallel to each other) to 180° (facing left and right, opposite each
other). Hold down the
Shift key and drag one mic on the screen, rotating it, to change
this parameter.
Dir. Mic Directivity [0 , 2] - The directivity of the mics of the main mic couple. Value without
units. 0 = omni, 1 = cardioid, 2 = fig. 8. Hold down the
ctrl key and drag one mic verti-
cally on screen to change this parameter.
Gain L and Gain R Click and drag the knobs to set the Left and Right Gains. Clicking on the button
between the knobs links the Gain knobs. (Lit yellow.)
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