Subtractor Synth Patch is incredibly loud on right side

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genericname
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13 Sep 2018

I'm trying to make a sound effect using the subtractor, but I'm having trouble since most of the sound in the question comes out the right speakers/headphone. This even more evident when I pan the sound, since it changes the timbre as it's panned from left to right. I tried to do some research on this issue, but unfortunately most of it was hardware related. The closest thing I found mentioned an overabundance of frequencies as a possible cause.

I attached the synth patch in question. It's not a hardware problem by any means, I even tested some old music I made, and the volume on the left/right side was about right. I also used the patch in a new reason document, and I still got the same result.

It's also occurred with a couple of other sound effects I've made, specially the ones that are low frequency.
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Loque
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13 Sep 2018

I would be really suprised if Subtractor can sound only on one side. It is a mono synth.

I speculate, you have more than just this Subtractor and somewhere you go from Mono->Stereo which might be wrong cabled. PLease provide the complete patch or a screenshot from the backside.
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Oquasec
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13 Sep 2018

Sounds like the phase knob's doing the crap.
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genericname
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13 Sep 2018

Loque wrote:
13 Sep 2018
I would be really suprised if Subtractor can sound only on one side. It is a mono synth.

I speculate, you have more than just this Subtractor and somewhere you go from Mono->Stereo which might be wrong cabled. PLease provide the complete patch or a screenshot from the backside.
I tested the patch on it's own and the problem still persisted. It's not a cabling issue. The patch should be in the OP as an attached file.

madmacman
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13 Sep 2018

I dropped the patch into an empty project and couldn't find any issues. Master meter looks fine, too.


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Loque
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13 Sep 2018

madmacman wrote:
13 Sep 2018
I dropped the patch into an empty project and couldn't find any issues. Master meter looks fine, too.



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Same here... I expect something other is wrong with OP build.
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genericname
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16 Sep 2018

Since some are saying that they're not seeing any problem with the audio, I updated the OP with the reason file and the exported wav file. It isn't as obvious on bass-boosted headphones, but with normal headphones (and computer speakers to a lesser degree), you should be able to hear the unbalanced audio.

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16 Sep 2018

Are you SURE it isn't a hardware problem? You don't describe seeing more signal in the right channel, only that it "sounds" right heavy.
I'll take a look at the files shortly…
EDIT:
I just looked at the files, the audio is perfectly centered here.

It's possibly a hardware problem after all, as your signal path is 100% MONO (so there's nothing that COULD affect one channel differently from another).
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Oquasec
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17 Sep 2018

I wonder how you could pull that off without using anything else
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