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Spotlight lets you to pan and focus a sound using a single control. Move anywhere on the polar surface to pan in that direction. Move inwards to widen the sound, and outwards to focus it. An arc visualizes the real direction and spread of the audio. It changes to warmer colors if the sound becomes too wide, to guide you to ensure mono compatibility. Together, these features support you in shaping the stereo image of a track quickly and confidently, freeing up your mind for higher-level tasks.
Initially, I wanted to create a panning plugin as a way to learn audio plugin development in Rust. But as I dug deeper, I found that not all pan knobs behave the same. If you pan completely to the left, one pan knob will silence the right channel, but a different pan knob will bring content from the right channel into the left one. This is likely done so the audio from the quieter side doesn't disappear, but it is equivalent to reducing stereo width, and it doesn't play nicely with sounds that are meant to be wide, eg. pads.
Spotlight gives you an interface for controlling the stereo balance and stereo width independently yet simultaneously in a way that makes sense. You can perform stereo shaping moves quickly and confidently, without distractions.
I hope you enjoy using the plugin!
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About Spotlight on Product Hunt
“An intuitive stereo shaping audio plugin”
Spotlight was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #187 on the daily leaderboard. Spotlight lets you to pan and focus a sound using a single control. Move anywhere on the polar surface to pan in that direction. Move inwards to widen the sound, and outwards to focus it. An arc visualizes the real direction and spread of the audio. It changes to warmer colors if the sound becomes too wide, to guide you to ensure mono compatibility. Together, these features support you in shaping the stereo image of a track quickly and confidently, freeing up your mind for higher-level tasks.
Spotlight was featured in Music (53.7k followers), Audio (2.2k followers) and Electronic Music (1.1k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 16.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Spotlight?
Spotlight was hunted by Daniel Fernandes. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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