Mid Side VST Plugins
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Below I've listed just some of the mid side vst plugins available to accomplish mid side mastering.

FREE:

These plugins either provide basic mid side operations and processing, or involve mid side techniques as an option.

• Voxengo MSED
• Tone Projects' Bass Lane (Formerly OtiumFX)
• BrainworX' bx_solo
• Flux' Stereo Tool and Bitter Sweet II

BASIC OPERATIONS:

These will allow things like basic widening or narrowing, and shifting the panorama of a mix.

• PSP's Stereo Controller
• Waves S1
• BrainworX Control V2

EQ:

Independent adjustment of the mid or side spectrum.

• Voxengo's Curve EQ
• PSP Neon
• BrainworX' bx_hybrid
• Flux' Epure II

COMPRESSION:

• Voxengo's Soniformer - (multi-band or spectral compression/expansion)
• UAD Fairchild
• Flux' Alchemist – multi-band options
• Fab Filter's Pro C

LIMITING:

I never thought something like mid side limiting would be possible but they've found a way!

• BrainworX bx_XL

MASTERING SUITES:

These incorporate eq, compression, image adjustments, and more within one streamlined interface.

• Ozone 4
• T-Racks 3

MORE SPECIALIZED AND UNIQUE PROCESSORS:

These plugins use mid side techniques directly or are involved in part of more proprietary processes.

• Roger Nichols Detailer (Sadly, no longer available)
• Waves Center
• Crysonic: Sindo V3
• BrainworX: bx_digital V2 and bx_dynEQ
• Mathew Lane: DrMS

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