This week's featured free plug-in from our free plug-ins database is Midside Matrix from Goodhertz that pares down their mid/side processor plug-in - Midside, to just the essentials: mid/side matrixing, gains, monitoring, & metering.

Midside Matrix Features

• M/S encoding & decoding

• M/S mute functionality

• High-resolution M/S gain faders

• Pre/post fader level metering

• Flip left/right

• Click-free operation (fully automatable)

• Large goniometer

• Stereo Width Control

Changing the stereo width in Midside Matrix is as simple as boosting or cutting the side signal. If you want to make a stereo source wider then try a +6dB sides boost. Need to make something mono? — just mute the sides all together.

Easy Mid/Side Conversion

Using Midside Matrix, it’s incredibly easy to convert between M/S and L/R stereo signals without needing to worry about extra buses, gain staging, or incorrect panning.

Using two instances of Midside Matrix, any stereo processor — even analog hardware — can be converted into a mid/side-capable stereo processor.

Simple Mid/Side Recording

For anyone you uses or works with recordings make with an M/S Microphone then this is a no-brainer of a plug-in. The M/S microphone technique is extremely flexible and sounds great in lots of applications, but because of the complexity of creating an M/S recording in most DAWs, it’s often incorrectly setup or avoided altogether.

Sign Up Required

To get the free Midside Matrix plug-in you will need to create a free account with Goodhertz. When you download and install the free plug-in you will also get demo versions of all their other plug-ins. If you don’t want to install these other plugins just uncheck them at the install stage.

Midside Matrix is available for Mac and Windows in AU, VST and AAX.