I'm sorry I didn't mention that I mainly use Adobe Audition for mixed songs by different artists, like Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, etc. just to name a few. This is a snippet from a song (only vocals and piano) to show you what I mean. This screenshot shows only the snippet without any effects or edits: The next one is the same snippet where I used the Center Extraction effect: I used for the next screenshot this setting: I used on the unedited snippet this mastering settting twice and then I used the same Center Extraction settings as I did for the second screenshot: When I use the mastering AND center extraction I get a clear result for the center channel, in this case the vocals (they start around 0:07 on the screenshots and end between 0:15 and 0:16). But as you can see in the last screenshot the piano from the side channels are suddenly in the center channel due to the mastering effect. I would love to use this mastering setting to get the best result when I extract the center channel but this is not possible when you can hear the higher frequencies from the side channels (in this case, the piano). Is there a setting to avoid this?
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