Sonnox Oxford Transient Modulator - Manual (Page 6)

2.3 Recovery 2 OPERATION
2.3 Recovery
The recovery control modifies the long-term timing
of the envelope processing. Small recovery values
will allow action to almost each and every transient,
even if they repeated very rapidly in the programme
material. Longer recovery values will gently
and progressively reduce the action depending on
the rate at which transients occur in the programme.
So, for example, setting a long recovery value can
prevent excessive action on small rapid transients
in the signal (ie. hi-hat spill), which directly follow
large transients (ie. a bass or snare drum). The recovery time is adaptive such that after a
period of absence for large transients, small transients in quieter sections of the
programme will be progressively included once more into the process, in the normal way.
The effects of changing the recovery are usually quite subtle, and for the most part small
to midrange settings will work best for most typical material.
2.4 Rise
Time
The rise time value modifies the response of the envelope detector to fast transients and
provides a method to decrease the sensitivity of the process to short term events in the
programme. With the control set at minimum, all transients, however short, will be
processed. Increasing the rise time value reduces the overall speed of the envelope
detector, such that short-term transients will be progressively ignored as they fall beneath
the value of the rise time setting.
This control can be used to prevent unwanted action from fast, largely inaudible transients,
or it can be used as a sound effect. For example, a rise time value can be set such that the
initial attack of an instrument is excluded during an overall transient reduction or increase.
This allows you to ‘model’ the sound of the overshoot to soften or harden the effect.
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