Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Everyone says you have to choose: keep the width, or keep mono compatibility. In this video I show why that tradeoff is outdated, featuring the OD Ancora plugin (detailed tutorial).
Get the OD Ancora Plugin: tokyodawn.net/od-ancora
Work with Me (Mixing, Mastering, Studio Design, Audio Brand Partnerships): warpacademy.com
Ancora, the plugin by Jan Ohlhorst at OD, can improve correlation, restore lost low-end energy, and preserve width in a way that sounds almost impossible.
We’ll look at real examples in mastering, bus processing, and production:
1) A slowed + reverbed vocal example with severe phase cancellation
2) An LR workflow for taming extreme vocal panning without collapsing the whole image
3) A detuned saw wave synth bass example showing why simple bass mono processing causes level loss
Along the way I break down how Ancora’s Mid-Side and Left-Right modes work, what Rephase is actually doing, and how controls like Target, Depth, Bands, and Timing let you shape width dynamically instead of using static compromises.
If you’ve ever struggled with width vs mono correlation, unstable low end, or bass that disappears in mono, this one is for you.
Thanks to Jan Ohlhorst / finemastering for the collaboration on this video and for helping push the conversation forward on modern low-end monitoring and mono compatibility.
Everyone says you have to choose: keep the width, or keep mono compatibility. In this video I show why that tradeoff is outdated, featuring the OD Ancora plugin (detailed tutorial).
Get the OD Ancora Plugin: tokyodawn.net/od-ancora
Work with Me (Mixing, Mastering, Studio Design, Audio Brand Partnerships): warpacademy.com
Ancora, the plugin by Jan Ohlhorst at OD, can improve correlation, restore lost low-end energy, and preserve width in a way that sounds almost impossible.
We’ll look at real examples in mastering, bus processing, and production:
1) A slowed + reverbed vocal example with severe phase cancellation
2) An LR workflow for taming extreme vocal panning without collapsing the whole image
3) A detuned saw wave synth bass example showing why simple bass mono processing causes level loss
Along the way I break down how Ancora’s Mid-Side and Left-Right modes work, what Rephase is actually doing, and how controls like Target, Depth, Bands, and Timing let you shape width dynamically instead of using static compromises.
If you’ve ever struggled with width vs mono correlation, unstable low end, or bass that disappears in mono, this one is for you.
Thanks to Jan Ohlhorst / finemastering for the collaboration on this video and for helping push the conversation forward on modern low-end monitoring and mono compatibility.
