March 7, 2000. SpinAudio Software, a developer of professional audio processing plugins for the music industry released 3DPanner Lite 1.0.

This plugin opens a new series of SpinAudio products based on 3D Audio Positioning technology. This series will include 3DPanner Lite, followed Pro version and 3D Stereo Image Enhancer. SpinDelay and RoomVerb plugins are also planned to be enhanced with this technology. Click here to see more details.

3DPanner Lite is a an Audio Plug-In for Windows available in DX and VST formats. This plugin allows you to position an incoming audio signal in a virtual plane around your head allowing front/back discrimination. 3DPanner Lite supports Near field mode when the sound source can be positioned precisely close to the head or even inside it with automatic ITD (Interaural Time Difference) correction.

The 3DPanner Lite is an ideal tool if you want to make your mixes deeper and more spatial. The plugin is very mean on cpu usage so you can use it for many tracks in your mix allowing thus individual 3D panning of each one.

Key features:

• Easy to use sound positioning interface
• Far and Near Field modes
• ITD correction
• Distance simulation
• Skins technology support

Also:

• 3DPanner Lite provides a true stereo-in/stereo-out signal processing
• 3DPanner Lite processes sound in 32-bit resolution
• 3DPanner Lite supports processing with sample rate of 96kHz
• 3DPanner Lite fully supports VST automation

3DPanner Lite has a nice, user-friendly interface that allows you to position the sound in the virtual plane just by one mouse click.

3DPanner Lite supports Skins technology as well as other SpinAudio products. This technology allows to easily change product look by selecting different skins, which are available to download from SpinAudio Web site. The skins interface is open, thus everybody may design his/her own skin. Besides changing images, this interface allows also to specify positions of the controls and some of their properties.

Check out the 3DPanner Lite Interface screenshots. These screenshots correspond to the default skin shipped with 3DPanner Lite and two alternative which are available to download from our site. Click on the picture to see it in a full size.

System Requirements:
Platform: Intel Pentium, and compatible CPUs
Operating Systems: Windows 95/98, Windows NT

Minimal Configuration:
Pentium 100, 32 Mb of RAM, Video adapter that supports running in high color mode. 3Mb of free hard disk space.

A free demo version is available for download from http://www.spinaudio.com/download_demos.html.
Audio demos in mp3 format are also provided.

3DPanner Lite 1.0 can be purchased in the SpinAudio OnLine Shop. The current retail price is only $45. Users who buy the plugin in the online shop until March, 21st will be given the Pro version of 3DPanner for free when it's out.

Links: Demo Download Page, Spin Audio Home Page
Software: SpinAudio 3D Panner
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