Media

Mid/Side Encode

Encode a stereo file into Mid/Side channels

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/audio-mid-side-encode' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/audioFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/audio-mid-side-encode' \
  -F 'audioFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'midLevel=0.5' \
  -F 'sideLevel=0.5' \
  -F 'outputFormat=wav'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/audio-mid-side-encode

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
audioFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
midLevel	range	No	Scaling for the Mid channel (sum of L+R).
sideLevel	range	No	Scaling for the Side channel (difference L-R).
outputFormat	select	No	—

File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/audio-mid-side-encode, then the returned filePath is passed to the corresponding file field.

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-audio-mid-side-encode": {
      "name": "audio-mid-side-encode",
      "description": "Encode a stereo file into Mid/Side channels",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=audio-mid-side-encode",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "audio-mid-side-encode",
    "arguments": {
  "audioFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "midLevel": 0.5,
  "sideLevel": 0.5,
  "outputFormat": "wav"
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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