Drums & Percussion

One of the most interesting applications of the TRANSIENT DESIGNER is processing drum and percussion sounds, both from samples to live drum sets:

•The attack of a bass drum or a loop can be emphasised to increase the power and presence in the mix.

•The sustain period of a snare or a reverb-flag can be shortened in a very musical way to obtain more transparency in the mix.

•Recording a live drum set, toms or overheads can be shortened without physically damping them.

•Miking live drums is considerably faster and easier, because the apparent 'distance' of the microphone can be corrected by varying the ATTACK and SUSTAIN values.

•The TRANSIENT DESIGNER is a perfect partner to noise gates in live drum miking.

•Corresponding adaptively to the duration of the original signal, the sustain can be shortened more musically than with tightly adjusted release times, effectively reducing crosstalk.

•When recording live drums or other instruments on a HD recor- ding system, the TRANSIENT DESIGNER prevents time-consuming removing of crosstalk signals on the hard disk.

•It is possible to create unusual dynamic effects, including new and interesting pan effects. If, for example, a mono loop is patched through two channels of the TRANSIENT DESIGNER panned hard left and right in the mix, such that the left channel is processed with increased ATTACK and reduced SUSTAIN while the right channel is adjusted in the opposite way, a very special stereo loop sound is created. You have to try this to appreciate what it sounds like, but expect to hear a lot of unusual stereo movement.

•By reducing ATTACK and increasing SUSTAIN, signals that are too up-front sounding can be moved back into the mix. Additionally the FX parts of 'too dry' signals are strengthened.

•Drum sounds are easier to integrate into the mix. If the acoustic level of a snare is expanded to approximately +4 dB by increa- sing the attack value, the effective increase of peak levels in the overall mix is merely about 0.5 dB to 1 dB.

Applications

Transient Designer

9842 specifications

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