WAVES DTS Neural Mono2Stereo User Guide
- June 7, 2024
- WAVES
Table of Contents
WAVES DTS Neural Mono2Stereo User Guide
Introduction
Welcome
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Product Overview
The Waves DTS Neural Mono2Stereo plugin is a high-quality stereo synthesis tool that assists in the creation of surround content in the live broadcast and post-production market. Users have complete control over how mono elements are positioned and perceived in the final stereo or 5.1 mix.
When using the plugin in multiple instances on sub-mixes or individual mono sources, audio elements can be spatially separated to preserve intelligibility and create an enveloping image, nearly indistinguishable from native stereo content.
Key use cases:
- Anywhere a mono microphone is used
- Live and playback sports broadcasts
- Live and playback music events
- Internet streaming and webcasting
- Terrestrial radio broadcasting
Solving Problems for Live Sports Broadcast
To deliver a compelling experience to audiences watching live sporting events,
it is imperative to capture all of the sights and sounds of the game or race
event. Ambient sounds such as crowd noise, racing car engines, cracking
baseball bats, and comments from the football field are often captured as mono
sources. The challenge for mixers is to arrange all of these complex elements
into an immersive mix without masking the announcer’s play-by-play commentary.
With the DTS Neural Mono2Stereo plugin, broadcast engineers can easily create
a spectrally balanced stereo image from mono sources for accurate placement in
a 5.1 or 7.1 mix. As a result, the ambient effects will be decoded and
reproduced as the mixer had intended, preventing unwanted ambient content from
being steered directly to the center channel.
Solving Problems for Remote Broadcast
Broadcast networks and content providers are seeking cost-effective
technologies to improve audio workflows. The DTS Neural Mono2Stereo plugin is
an ideal software replacement for the legacy hardware components that many
broadcast trucks are currently using. By providing a software-based solution
in a plugin format, remote broadcast companies can now upgrade to modern
equipment without losing the processing tools that have become integral to
their production workflow.
Sample Rate Support
The DTS Neural Mono2Stereo plugin supports 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz sample rates.
Interface and Controls
Interface
Controls
**Input Section
**
Input Meter
Indicates the level of the incoming signal. The meter has a peak hold of one
second (standard in Waves plugins). The peak indication can be cleared by
clicking on the Red indication.
Additionally, a numerical display field below the meter displays the held peak value in dBFS.
Input Trim
The dB gain attenuation applied to the input before processing.
Range: -20 dB to 0.0 dB
Default: 0 dB
Settings Section
Operation Mode
The plugin has two user-selectable monitoring modes:
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Output (default) – Audio is processed by the plugin.
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Input – Input is bypassed (no processing) to both the left and right output channels.
Stereo Width
Controls the amount of phase difference between the resulting left and right
output channels.
Range: 0.0 to 1.0, corresponding to phase difference range of 0.0 to 90.0
degrees
Default: 0.0
Crossover Frequency
Lets you create a non-linear phase difference between channels, where lower
frequencies remain more mono (in-phase) while higher frequencies are made
wider. Frequencies below the crossover frequency remain mono.
Options: 0 Hz, 100 Hz, 200 Hz, 400 Hz, 600 Hz, 800 Hz, 1200 Hz, 1600 Hz,
3200 Hz
Default: 200 H
Lo-Pass and Hi-Pass Filters
Low-Shelf Gain
Range: -12.0 to 12.0 dB
Default: 0
Low-Shelf Cutoff
Range: 20 to 300 Hz
Default: 300 Hz
High-Shelf Gain
Range: -12.0 to 12.0 dB
Default: 0
High-Shelf Cutoff
Range: 2000 to 10000 Hz
Default: 3000 Hz
Output Section
Trim
Range: -9.0 dB to 9.0” dB, in 0.5 dB increments
Default: 0 dB
Output Channel Solo
The “S” solo buttons allow to monitor the processed signal of the L or R
output separately.
Options: On/ Off
Default: Off
Limiter
The Limiter section let you adjust the limiter and specify the ceiling using
the Ceiling slider. The limiter includes release time for a 20 dB recovery,
with a range of 50 to 5000 milliseconds.
Ceiling Range: 0 to -24 dBFS
Default: 0 dBFS
Limiter Release Range: 50 to 5000 ms
Default: 50 ms
Output Meters
Indicate the level of the outgoing signal. These meters have a peak hold of
one second (standard in Waves plugins). The peak indication can be cleared by
clicking on the Red indication. Additionally, a numerical display field below
each meter displays the held peak value in dBFS.
Wave System Toolbar
Use the bar at the top of the plugin to save and load presets, compare settings, undo and redo steps, and resize the plugin. To learn more, click the icon at the upper-right corner of the window and open the Wave System Guide.
References
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