Transient Shaper

Overview

Transient Shaper can be used to transparently alter and shape your sound’s attack and sustain characteristics while enhancing the sound’s presence without affecting the overall level.

Module Interface

The Transient Shaper module includes the following sections:

1. Meters and Displays
2. Module Header
3. HUD Controls

Meters and Displays

Meters and diplays illustrate how the Transient Shaper is responding to and processing the input signal.

1. Waveform Displays
2. Gain Envelope Trace

Waveform Displays

• Input signal waveform is displayed in dark grey, behind the output signal waveform.
• Output signal waveform is displayed in light grey, in front of the input signal waveform.

Gain Envelope Trace

Displays the incoming signal with a superimposed colored curve that indicates the amount of gain adjustment applied in real time when you’re shaping an envelope.

Module Header

1. Multiband Crossover Spectrum View: Access the Multiband Crossover Spectrum View and controls. For more information, see the Multiband Crossover Spectrum View chapter.
2. Envelope Modes
3. Learn
4. Reset
5. LFE (not pictured, surround instances only.)

Envelope Modes

Determines the type of ADSR envelope settings to apply. Choose from three different Envelope modes:

• PRECISE: Fastest recovery time to next transient. Most accurate and responsive when adding or removing attack to a signal.
• BALANCED: Middle of all three modes. Quick attack and a medium release time when recovering from one transient to the next.
• LOOSE: Slowest transient recovery time and adds large amounts of sustain.

Learn

Enable Learn in the multiband mode to quickly have natural crossover cutoff points using a few criteria and minima in the spectrum. Placement suggestions are based on intelligently identified areas of sonic importance in your audio signal such as sibilance, resonance, and rumble.

Reset

Enable Reset to revert the entire Transient Shaper module back to factory default. If you wish to return to settings you were using before clicking the Reset button, you can use the Undo History window to revert to the settings before the Reset event.

LFE

This option appears when Neutron is inserted on a 5.1 or 7.1 surround track. When enabled, the LFE channel will be processed along with all other channels. When disabled, the LFE channel will not be processed by the associated module. If necessary, latency compensation is applied to the LFE channel when it is disabled, to ensure timing is maintained between all channels.

HUD Controls

The controls in the Transient Shaper module work together to customize your sound’s shape. The following controls are available in the Transient Shaper HUD:

• Attack
• Contour
• Sustain
• Gain Difference Meter

Attack

Adjusts the amount of level (decibels) applied to the initial transient.

• Increasing Attack results in an exaggerated and punchy sound.
• Decreasing Attack results in a softer, warmer sound.

Contour

Control the per-band response across a multiband spectrum of Transient Shaper:

Shape		Description
	SHARP	Fast and tight release time. Useful for short and staccato audio.
	MEDIUM	Transparent and linear release envelope. Useful on most audio.
	SMOOTH	The slowest envelope of all modes and allows more of the initial transient through to affect Sustain in a gentle way. Useful for sustained audio.

Sustain

Adjusts the amount of level (decibels) applied to the sustain of the transient.

• Increasing Sustain results in a dense, airy sound.
• Decreasing Sustain results in tighter, more aggressive sound.

Gain Difference Meter

Displays the current average amount of gain in decibels (dB) applied to the signal.