The Cargo Cult Spanner Plug-in
The Cargo Cult Spanner is a surround panner plug-ion d
esigned by real post audio pros to solve real world problems, Spanner has redefined sound design, editing and mixing in surround.
It's a panner, sure, but that doesn't even scratch the surface of what this thing can do. With complete, independent control of every channel, several industry-first features and an incredibly simple interface, it is possibly the most versatile plugin in your arsenal.
Spanner Key Features
- True surround panning with independent control of each channel
- AAX DSP and Audiosuite support
- Movie overlay for visual panning
- Panner follows track selection
- Pre-fade LFE send
- Upsize and downmix - mono thru 7.1.2
- Low CPU overhead, zero delay and double precision math
- Dedicated iPad remote control app
- Post-pan meters in mix and edit windows
Upsize and downmix - mono thru 7.1.2
Spanner can upsize or downsize, to and from all common track formats, allowing you to actually 'pan' an LCR into the 7.0 mix bus, or temporarily send a 7.1 stem to a 5.1 output for monitoring.
Spanner has complete, continuous control over input gain and channel position so the downmix is infinitely flexible and even realtime automatable.
Spin, Rotate, Pinch, Fly-over
Spanner offers panning options that you won't find anywhere else. Rotate lets ambiences follow a camera move, while spin is continuously dizzying.
You can automate an entire stem to shift left, then right, then collapse into the centre.
Or you can engage the proprietary Balls-To-The-Wall mode which gives super discrete 3D fly-overs, minimising bleed between channels.
Dedicated iOS controller app
The purpose built iPad remote control app opens up powerful new workflows for the edit-room, the predub or the final mix.
It instantly follows the currently opened pro tools spanner instance so you never have to think about loading a surround panner... it's just always there when you need it.