How do I separate an instrument using RePAN Plugin?

RePAN separates a stereo mix into a number of different spatial bands. If the instrument you want to extract is the only source present in a given spatial band, then you can separate that instrument using RePAN. This sometimes occurs in older stereo mixes. However, in most modern mixes, there are often many instruments at a given place in the stereo field. These will also be separated with the instrument you want to separate.

Regardless of the target use case, the first step in using RePAN is always to carefully listen to the mixed music and analyse how the mixing process positioned each source in space. A good rule of thumb is to always apply RePAN on the simplest mix available. For example it will be easier to extract a lead guitar from a guitar stem than from the full mix, or, if a good quality guitar stem is not available, it will help to remove some other sources from the mix prior to using RePAN (with stem separation tools such as AudioSourceRE’s other plugins VOXLESS and DRUMLESS).