Sound Performance Lab 9842 - Manual (Page 14)

Transient Designer
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• Used to process guitar sounds, the T RANSIENT D ESIGNER softens the
instrument by lowering the attack. Alternatively, increasing the
attack lets the sound jump to the front of the mix, which works
particularly well for picking guitars.
• Highly distorted electric guitars are already highly compressed,
leaving them with minimal dynamic range. This can obscure the
note attacks, but increasing the attack setting clarifies the indi-
vidual notes.
• High distortion also prolongs the sustain, broadening the
sound. Reducing the SUSTAIN setting counteracts those effects.
• Increasing the sustain period of miked acoustic guitars
produces clearer audible stereophonic sounds. Reducing the
sustain value can help dry up the sound.
• When recording choirs, the effect of too much 'ambience' can
be reduced by using a lower sustain setting.
• Frequently keyboard and sample sounds are intensively
compressed leaving little of their original dynamic range.
Increasing the attack brings back the natural dynamics so the
sounds need less space in the mix and are easier to pick out,
even at lower levels.
• With the help of the T RANSIENT D ESIGNER 'Budget' drum machines
can provide sounds and grooves that sound far more powerful
and dynamic than the original untreated sounds.
• Effect sounds and sample libraries benefit from more punch
and more power – useful when working on TV commercials or
movie soundtracks.
• 'Out door' recordings often suffer from poor microphone posi-
tioning. The T RANSIENT D ESIGNER can help create the effect of re-
positioning the mics during the mix.
• However, like any good thing, you have to know where not to
use it. For example, use in mastering is not recommended as it's
rarely a good idea to treat a whole mix at once. Instead, treat
individual elements within the mix.
Backings
Guitars
Keyboards, Sampler,
Drum-Machines
Movie Post Pro
Mastering?
Applications