I've have reviewed the original Stereoizer3 and Elements gives a path to its basic functionality at a lower cost and less CPU usage. The same algorithms are used under the hood just without individual controls over many deep parameters that are already pre-optimized. Inter-aural intensity difference and inter-aural time difference--the two main ways us humans locate sounds within a stereo field are adjusted together by a single control. Stereo audio tracks are adjustable anywhere from center-locked mono to very wide stereo.

Stereoizer Elements maintains the Analysis feature that shows stereo spread relative to frequency. Stereo balance is a simple adjustment with readout display with a Linear Width control that goes from -100% to +100% plus the Mono button quickly collapses stereo down to mono to hear what that sounds like.

I found Stereoizer Elements to work great in music mixing for controlling how much stereo space and width sustaining pads, pianos, drum kits, choirs will occupy. Manipulating stereo imaging is important to me as any other processor(s) I use in music mixing.

Stereoizer Elements also does a pretty convincing stereo conversion from mono sources. When applying Stereoizer Elements to a mono guitar track, at about 40% width, I could start to hear certain frequencies "shuffled"--spread out left and right.

The Focus Elements plugins are available for both Windows and Mac OS in 64-bit AAX, VST3, AU and AudioSuite formats. NUGEN Audio Stereoizer Elements is available for $49 USD download.