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The Stereo Width Fairlight FX in action
Stereo Width has the following controls:
— Width: Lets you control the spread of the stereo output. Settings range from 0 (Mono) to 1 (Stereo) to 2 (extra wide stereo).
— Diffusion: Adds more complexity to the output.
— Sparkle: Adds more high frequencies to the spread.
Surround Analyzer
The Surround Analyzer is a graphical meter that shows a spatial image of the audio being measured, rather than a typical bar graph meter. Due to its changing shape because of the signal being played, sometimes it is referred to as the “jellyfish meter.”
This type of metering is very useful; rather than relying on bars to indicate the directions in which audio is radiating, you can clearly see the relationship of all of the channels to one another.
The signal here is radiating more to the right, indicating the panning of the audio.