RECENTER: Stereo Image Correction Plugin by Boom

RECENTER continuously analyzes the directionality of a stereo or M/S signal and rotates it toward a given target angle. Boom says this happens without narrowing the stereo image, so the width of the original recording is preserved.

The plugin is aimed at situations where manual pan automation would otherwise be needed across a whole recording. Typical targets include a vocalist who moves on stage, a stereo field recording with an unstable centre, and hard directional effects such as drive-bys or stereo whooshes that should sit in the middle of the mix.

Once the centre is restored, you can narrow or widen the centred stereo image and shift the output angle left or right. A mono filter lets you collapse the signal to mono below a chosen frequency, which is useful for controlling low-frequency content.

For more complex material, a multiband mode processes four frequency bands individually. RECENTER accepts both L/R and Mid-Side input, so it can decode M/S recordings automatically. An A/B comparison lets you check the original against the processed signal.