Effects • Re: What is your favorite transient shaper ?

I also have at least the NI Transient Master, but it sounds plasticy to me.

Any specific type of material or generally speaking?

In general, but I guess it should work for low-harmonic electronic music. Plasticy means that it doesn't give expected transient snap or bottom weight. I.e. too smooth and thin. Most likely because the timing fits the transient unideally or the curves are too pure.

Seems like a taste thing viewtopic.php?t=440377. However, it certainly has less tuneability than some others.

Or well, the plastic sound is clearly e.g. in these demos https://en.audiofanzine.com/transient-s ... rrows.html. It squashes the snap unnaturally rather than reveals it.

I took liberty to download the mp3 they used for the drum break in those examples with Transient Master and after some A:B with Neutron's transient shaper I can hear what you call the plastic sound or lack of pop. And no question NI is sub-optimal with those drums, especially the unnatural roll-off of the cymbals, that the article is calling gating. In my test, if the Sustain knob in Transient Master is attenuated below about 20% this becomes more and more apparent.

Transient Master seems to hold up better with the guitar and bass in their examples. Might stick to using it with electronic material. Noted that it is not the best transient shaper choice for acoustic drums.

Statistics: Posted by kidslow — Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:16 am

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