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SPL Analog Code Plug-in ® Manual Transient Designer...
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Content Installation Plugin Alliance Activation System Requirements and Compatibility MAC and Windows Installation Introduction The Analog Code Transient Designer Control Elements Link Attack Sustain Output Gain Power LED Signal LED Overload LED Settings A, B, C, D Mouse Wheel Control Applications Overview Drums &...
For details about system requirements and supported platforms or formats visit http://www.plugin-alliance.com/compatibility MAC and Windows Installation 1. Check for the latest plug-in software version before installation: http://software.spl.info/download 2. Execute the installer file and follow the instructions. ® Transient Designer Analog Code...
Introduction The Analog Code While SPL hardware products have been fascinating audio pro- fessionals from home studio owners to mastering engineers in the world’s most renowned facilities for years, the need for this technology in the form of plug-ins has also been an ever-growing demand.
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The Transient Designer plug-in is modeled from the SPL RackPack module. A new feature of this module in comparison to the stand- alone hardware versions is the output gain control that allows to compensate for level changes after processing the signal.
Control Elements With the ON button you can turn the Transient Designer on or off. The ON button is illuminated when the plug-in is activated. You can also click on the Power-LED to activate or bypass the plug-in. Link The LINK mode can not be activated when a mono track is pro- cessed.
Control Elements Output Gain The OUTPUT GAIN control allows you to reduce the output signal by up to -22dB or boost it by up to +6dB. This ensures that following devices receive an opti- mized level. The center position at 12-o‘clock equals 0 dB output.
Mouse Wheel Control All SPL Analog Code plug-ins support mouse wheel control for rotary controls and faders. Place the mouse cursor over a rotary control or fader and move the wheel or scroll ball of your mouse to adjust the control or fader.
Applications Overview The Transient Designer™ RTAS/AU/VST plug-in can be used with any host application that supports VST (i. e. Cubase, Nuendo, Wav- eLab, ...), AU (Apple Logic), or RTAS (Digidesign ProTools). You can manipulate the attack and sustain characteristics of a signal regardless of level in the most intuitive and simple way.
Applications Drums & Percussions The processing of drum and percussion sounds is probably the Transient Designer’s most typical application. • Emphasize the attack of a kick drum or a loop to increase the power and presence in the mix. • Shorten the sustain period of a snare or a reverb-flag in a very musical way to obtain more transparency in the mix.
Applications Drums: Ambience If your drums happen to sound as if the room mics have been placed in a shoe closet, the Transient Designer can immediately turn that sound into the ambience of an empty warehouse. Just send the room mics stereo channels through the Transient Designer and crank the ATTACK control to emphasize the first wave.
Applications Bass: Staccato vs. Legato Speaking of bass: Imagine a too sluggishly played bass track ... you may not have to re-record it: Reduce the SUSTAIN until you can hear clear gaps between the downbeats—the legato will turn into a nice staccato, driving the rhythm-section forward. The Re-Invention Of Reverb With all reverb applications mentioned below, the left and right channels of the Transient Designer are panned hard to left and right...
Applications Backings A common problem especially with tracks that are recorded and mixed in different studios: Backings lack of ambience, and find- ing a reverb that “matches” takes time ... so simply emphasize the original ambience by turning up the Transient Designer™’s SUS- TAIN control.
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