Merrial,

> But from what i've read, spatial enhancers split up the signal into bands and delay them differently

The widening effects I've seen use frequency-specific phase shift to make the image seem wider than the loudspeaker boundaries. Likewise for some stereo synthesizers that create stereo from mono. I'm not aware of anyplug-insthat apply only shift phase, but this is what you'd need to experiment on your own.

> Why would delaying the lower frequencies enhance the sound?

I don't think it would enhance the sound. That sounds more like the smoke-screen BBE uses to describe their spectral enhancer effects.

--Ethan

Thanks Ethan for the reply.

A quick follow-up question:

I'm not aware of anyplug-insthat apply only shift phase, but this is what you'd need to experiment on your own.

what is the difference between phase shift and delay? if i split a sound into two frequency chunks and then delay one of those chunks, i'm shifting the phase of the one chunk relative to the other, aren't I? all i would need is a DDL plug.

i guess really i should just go try it and see what happens...

c.

Merrial,

> what is the difference between phase shift and delay?

The difference shows up when you combine the original and phase-shifted versions of a signal. With delay you get a comb filter having a series of peaks and dips in the frequency response that extends infinitely. With phase shift you get a limited number, depending on how many shifting stages you use.

--Ethan