Our brains also want to know where the sound is coming from. To figure that out, our ears look to the first thing they hear. Wherever the sound came from first is seen as the original direction. So imagine the singer is right in front of you and the speaker amplifying her voice is to the right. The Haas Effect is a great way to make an instrument sound wider.Ĭheck it out (Make sure you’re listening with good speakers or headphones): Your brain will interpret her voice as being right in front of you. All you have to do is create a delayed version of the sound you want to make wider. Then pan the original and delayed sounds in opposite directions: one hard left and the other hard right. The timing of the panning is the most important part.įor the Haas effect to work, the delayed sound needs to come less than 40 milliseconds after the original sound. Usually somewhere between 5 and 35 ms works best. But within that range, there’s no definite answer.ĭifferent sounds need different delay settings.Īny time you use the Haas effect, experiment with how long the delay is. Generally speaking, percussive sounds need shorter ones. And pianos and guitars need longer delays.Īs long as it’s within the 5 to 35 ms range, pick whatever delay sounds best to you. You could create a new channel and copy the audio to it. Then delay the second channel by 5–35 ms. Or you could just add a send to the track and create a delay on the return bus. There’s one major downside to the Haas effect. The Haas effect can create phase issues in your mix.īy creating a really short delay of a signal, you risk phase interference. Some frequencies may get cancelled out or even get louder. There’s an easy way to check if you have phase issues. Pay attention to the sound(s) you’ve used the Haas effect on. Summing the left and right channels together will highlight any phase problems.Ĭompare them to the other instruments in the mix. I highly recommend checking this any time you use the Haas effect. Let’s say you’ve used the Haas effect to widen out a guitar part.
Take note of how loud the guitar sounds when compared to the vocals and the snare.
Switch the mix into mono and see if the guitar is still well balanced. If the Haas effect is causing problems in your mix, there’s a simple trick that may fix it.
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