SPL Transient Designer 4
The Transient Designer 4 is an analog dynamics processor like no other. Unlike conventional dynamics processors that treat only signals that exceed or drop below a specified threshold, the Transient Designer 4 can shape sounds independent of their levels. Imagine increasing the attack transients of quiet instrumental passages, or abbreviating loud sounds that would normally bully a gate to stay open. Such tasks are child's play for the Transient Designer 4. While that might not seem earth-shattering at first blush, trust me, it is. The Transient Designer 4 is one of the most revolutionary products we have ever worked with, and the sounds it creates are nothing short of astounding.
The Transient Designer offers a completely new technology for level-independent shaping of the dynamic response of a sound: For the first time it is possible to control the attack and sustain of a signal in a very simple way!
Unlike other dynamic devices, the processing is not governed by the signal level but rather by its dynamic characteristics, so all signals (loud and soft) are processed equally.
The Transient Designer allows you to emphasise or smooth the attack and extend or shorten the sustain. For the first time it is possible to shape the dynamic path of a signal as you want, as if for example you were changing the microphone distance and position after the recording has been made.
With no effort you can shorten or lengthen the attack of all kinds of percussive signals, such as the bass drum, snares, toms, congas etc. to give them more kick, or to flatten the signals. It's almost like being able to change the amount of drum damping after the recording. The same applies to virtually any other signal: Amplify or reduce the picking sound of an acoustic guitar, hold the sound of the strings longer, reduce the reverb time of a choir, compress solo vocals, increase intelligibility, actuate the piano pedal "electronically", turn down the slapbass a notch or give it even more attack. You get the idea.
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