Define your stereo image in ultimate detail with WidthShaper 2. Take control with three bands of mid/side stereo adjustment, each driven by its own drawable LFO and envelope follower. Use it on single tracks and buses, for sound design, mixing and mastering.
Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 2 effects plugin, use WidthShaper 2 on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.
Try it out — download the ShaperBox 2 demo and use WidthShaper 2 in your tracks today.
“WidthShaper is incredible! Being able to automate stereo width automatically and in time can create some serious mojo and contrast in synths or guitars!
John Nathaniel, Producer/Mixer/Songwriter (OneRepublic, Switchfoot, Kygo)
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“I love this on uprisers! The expansion of the width will make sure that your build-up will sound really really huge and gets a lot of energy going.
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John Nathaniel
R3SPAWN
“WidthShaper offers unprecedented control over the width of your tracks. You could draw in a specific shape to target the midrange of a snare on a certain beat, have a synth slowly swell over time, or pump the stereo width in time with the beat, while leaving the low-end untouched.
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“WidthShaper can be used across genres and to liven up all sorts of signals. I cannot think of another plugin that gives such control over stereo width. WidthShaper is a unique stereo width control tool.
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Videos show Widthshaper 1 – all techniques work in Widthshaper 2
Get tight mono bass
Lock in your low end by narrowing bass frequencies to mono – keep it tight, centred and solid
Widen your top end
Shimmering synths, sizzling hi-hats, glossy FX… Spread them across the treble with multiband widening
Expand your drums
Widen specific hits in mixed material using LFOs, envelope followers, and multiband targeting
Create super-stereo risers
Make your risers expand until they fill up the entire stereo field, for an exciting build-up to any drop.
Cableguys quality
Like all Cableguys plugins, WidthShaper 2 uses top-quality DSP, for seriously good sound that professionals rely on. Side-only mid/side operation means audio is always 100% mono-compatible. And our multiband crossovers use Linkwitz-Riley filters for a flat frequency response and zero latency.
LFOs that you design
From gradual expansion to rhythmic widening, any mid/side modulation you can imagine is only clicks away. Simply draw the exact LFO shape you need with Cableguys' easy editing tools. Lock LFOs to tempo with sample accuracy, or trigger any rhythm with MIDI notes.
Introducing Pens
New! Designing your dream widening LFO just got even easier with three powerful, easy-to-grasp Pens. Draw crisp lines, smooth arcs and flowing S-curves. Create subtle mid/side movement or wild stereo fluctuations. Switch back to classic single-node editing anytime.
Flexible envelope followers
New! Create widening effects that react to the dynamics of your beats, loops, melodies – anything. Expand snare transients to make them leap out of the speakers. Have a synth fill the soundstage as it grows in volume. Trigger widening from other tracks in your project using sidechain routing.
Multiband widening
WidthShaper 2 gives you a separate widening LFO and envelope follower for the lows, mids and highs. Add width only to frequencies that need it. Expand top-end air, widen mids, and make the bass mono for a super-solid bottom end. New! Steep 24dB crossovers join the classic 6 and 12dB models, for even greater precision.
Runs in ShaperBox 2
WidthShaper 2 runs in Cableguys' ShaperBox 2 effects plugin. Use it on its own, or combine it with Time, Filter, Volume and Width Shapers for elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out. Buy Shapers individually — or save 69% and get all 8 Shapers with the ShaperBox 2 Bundle.
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28 filter types
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Zero-delay feedback algorithms
New! Multiband mode + 8 Phasers
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8-bit and beyond
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MIDI triggering
New! Punchy compression
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PanShaper 3
Deluxe autopanner
Stereo sweeps
Creative patterns
Psychoacoustic FX
New! Haas mode
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WidthShaper 2
Stereo expander
Wider risers
Super-stereo tops
Tight mono bass
New! Envelope follower
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