They each feature intuitive user interfaces and pristine sound quality. Literally every piece of software they make is fantastic.
Leapwing is one of the most underrated plugin manufactures out there. That said, if those aforementioned techniques are used, stereo enhancers and wideners can serve quite well as “icing on the cake” processors, incrementally improving the overall clarity and spaciousness of your mixes. Similarly, I find that proper balancing and application of equalization to avoid frequency masking is (usually) more important than stereo wideners. For example, no stereo imager is going to solve improper panning, like when a majority of tracks are clustered straight up the middle rather than appropriately spread to the sides. In this article, I’m going to cover my favorite plugins to create a better sense of stereo width when mixing, but I will preface this by saying that sometimes stereo width is better achieved by employing proper mixing techniques rather than the latest and greatest plugins. The amount of depth and width one can create when mixing is surprising if you use the right techniques and tools. One area of focus has been in creatively figuring out how create as much perceivable space in stereo productions as possible. Since stereophonic sound began to overtake mono in the late 1960s, engineers have worked at making the most of those two channels. There’s Neuralink, which claims to be able to stream music directly to the brain, but such technological advances are not likely to take place in my lifetime. I’m not sure anything will ever replace a pair of headphones or earbuds for runners and subway riders. We’ve got two functional ears (if we’re lucky and we take care of them), and stereo is quite literally a perfect fit for our biology.
I, for one, would embrace larger scale mixes (as they open up a Pandora’s box of creativity for music producers), but I can’t argue with the practicality of stereo. While movie theaters and certain film enthusiasts’ homes might be outfitted with Dolby Atmos surround sound systems, which are capable of up to 128 channels of sound, good old 2 channel stereo is still the most popular format for music listening. Apple recently announced that a Dolby Atmos-powered spatial audio feature is now included in Apple Music. For as long as we’ve been able to reproduce sound, we’ve sought to create a more immersive listening experience.
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