NIN Ghosts I Stereo placement

[robn]

I have been listening to Nine Inch Nails Ghosts in the studio lately and everytime I hear Ghosts 5 the stereo placement leaves me wondering how they got the buzzing drone to wrap so far around the right part of the stereo field. I can never seem to place things that clearly to the extreme left or right in my mixes. Alan Moulder and Trent did a fantastic job making these songs very '3D'. Anyone have any tips for extreme 3D effect stereo placement such as that?

[xpulsar]

Probably M/S processing. When used to real extreme limits it can make things sound like they are way outside the speakers.

Download Brainworx Solo for free and have a really cool tool for widening things.

http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/plugins/bx_solo

-Collin

[robn]

Ah. That makes sense. Wasn't thinking in that direction. I will definitely give that a try. Thanks!