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Spatial Panning

Each band has independent spatial positioning with LFO-driven modulation orbits. The same LFO that drives the band’s phaser also drives its spatial movement, creating a unified relationship between timbral modulation and spatial motion.

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Mono Compatibility

Splitting frequencies across the stereo field means phase cancellation in mono is inherent to this effect. If your output needs to survive a mono fold, use CHAKRABOOST on a send or bounce the result, rather than applying it to a master bus. The spatial processing is the most mono-unfriendly part of the plugin — locking all bands to center (Pan 0.0, Pan Depth 0.0) eliminates this issue but also removes the spatial dimension.

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LFO-Driven Orbits

The phaser LFO simultaneously modulates spatial position:

• Pan Depth controls how much the LFO modulates the X position (left-right).
• Pan Depth Y controls how much a quadrature-offset (90-degree phase-shifted) version of the same LFO modulates the Y position (front-back).

When both depths are active, the combination of the original LFO on X and its quadrature offset on Y traces elliptical or circular orbits through the spatial field. The shape of the orbit depends on the relative depth values and the Orbit Angle rotation. The Orbit Angle parameter rotates the entire orbit path, tilting the ellipse or circle to any orientation in the 2D spatial field.

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Per-Band Spatial Parameters

Parameter IDs use the bandN_ prefix (e.g., band1_pan, band4_panDepth).

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Global Spatial Parameters

These controls affect the spatial rendering for all bands.

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Pan Laws

Four pan law options determine how level is distributed as a source moves between speakers:

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Stereo Width

A stereo width control with mid-side processing is available for the stereo bus. Values below 1.0 narrow the image toward mono; values above 1.0 exaggerate the stereo spread by boosting the side signal relative to mid.

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Surround Rendering

When the speaker layout is set to Quad, 5.1, or 7.1, panning uses VBAP-style (Vector Base Amplitude Panning) 2D panning to distribute each band across the available speaker positions. The Pan and Pan Y coordinates map directly to the 2D speaker array. An object panner mode provides binaural rendering with ITD (interaural time difference) and ILD (interaural level difference) models for headphone monitoring of surround mixes.

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Modulation Lock

Right-click any pan knob to lock that band’s spatial position. When locked, the LFO modulation is suppressed for that band — the pan position remains static at its current coordinates regardless of Pan Depth or Pan Depth Y settings. The phaser LFO continues to operate normally on the phaser sweep; only the spatial modulation is bypassed. This is useful for anchoring specific bands (e.g., keeping Band 1 locked to center while higher bands orbit freely).