Widen a short stereo audio file

  1. Choose file
  2. Set options
  3. Get result

Limits in your browser: 1024 MB · 10 min.

Your file never leaves your device. Processed locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

FFmpeg extrastereo raises the difference between the left and the right. Wide pushes harder than light. A mono file has no difference to raise, so it stays centered. The file type stays. Audio up to 10 minutes. A video belongs on the video pages.

Pick light, medium or wide, then download the same file type. The difference between the sides grows. The work runs in this tab.

How to widen the stereo

1. Drop an audio file you already have. A photo or a video is refused here. 2. Leave medium, or pick light or wide. 3. Press “Widen stereo” and download.

GustKit runs the FFmpeg extrastereo filter. Medium uses a difference of 2.5. Wide uses 4. A file that is already stereo grows the gap between left and right. A mono file has no gap, so it stays centered. MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG and FLAC stay in that type.

More difference, not a second copy

Mono to stereo copies one channel into both sides. The two sides still match, so the image stays in the center. Stereo to mono mixes them into one channel. This page does the opposite of that mix: it raises what is different. It is not a pan. Pan moves the balance toward one side.

The audio stays in this tab

FFmpeg runs in this browser. GustKit does not fetch audio from a link. Close the tab and the file is gone. Files up to the limit shown next to the button.

How to check the stereo width

1. Play the download next to the original, with headphones if you can. 2. A sound that lived on one side should sit farther out. Wide should push harder than light. 3. If the file type changed, you opened a different page.

Mono to stereo copies one channel into both sides. This page runs FFmpeg extrastereo and keeps the file type. A mono file stays centered. Nothing is uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

The quiet side picked up sound and the file is still WAV. Did it work?

Yes. Wide uses a larger difference than light. The extension stays the same. A mono file stays centered because there is no difference to raise.

Why is the file type the same?

This page re-encodes inside the type you dropped. MP3 stays MP3. WAV stays WAV.

Can I widen the stereo and also mix it down to mono in one step?

No. Widen the stereo first, or mix it to mono first, then open the other page on the download.

Is the audio uploaded?

No. The widen runs in this tab.

The quiet side picked up sound and the file is still WAV. Did it work?

Yes. Wide uses a larger difference than light. The extension stays the same.

Can I widen the stereo and also mix it to mono in one step?

No. Widen the stereo first, or mix it to mono first, then open the other page on the download.