Energy Panner from Sound Particles uses the level of an audio source to create pan moves. Useful in stereo and even more useful in surround. If that sounds interesting you can now get this plugin for free!
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What Is Energy Panner?
Complex pan automation is laborious and becomes more laborious the more channels you are dealing with. Energy Panner is designed to be simple and quick to use. With its two different modes, Pan and Sliding, you can create anything from subtle movement to wild swings instantly.
Energy Panner uses the level of the input signal to dynamically change the position of the audio in the stereo field depending on what the music is doing; it also has a sidechain input so you could, for example, move a pad sound around depending on what a vocal is doing.
All start and end points for the stereo position are configurable, and the The Pan and Sliding modes allow a source to return to its starting position or to ‘stick’ before the next image shift respectively.
Time constants are controllable using familiar compressor-style controls (after all, it’s changing the output levels depending on input level). Other controls include Dry/Wet, Random and configurable output formats. Surround panning is folded down for use in stereo mixes.
To find out more about Energy Panner, check out Luke’s video in which he tries Energy Panner and its sibling Brightness panner.