superior drummer 2's transient fx was made by??

[joeymusicguy]

i used to know the answer to this, and now i forget

who made the in-plugin fx (specifically the transient designer) for superior drummer 2?

 

[sawtooth]

That would be Sonalkis

 

[joeymusicguy]

That would be Sonalkis

awesome, thank you.

i went to their site and couldn't find a separate transient plugin of any kind

anyone know if they make one??

 

[sawtooth]

Don't know if they make one but I like Stilwell Audio's Transient Monster.

 

[joeymusicguy]

im leaning towards either sony sonnox transient modulator or spl transient designer

 

[Jordon]

I'm a big fan of SPL. A little goes a long way with that one.

 

[Dollarosa]

don't get the SPL, tried it and hated it. Tried the sonnox it was really good, but didn't feel like spending that much on a transient designer.

 

[fenders]

what exactly is this good for? i used S2.0 a while back, but what is the practical use outside of the program, and for what instruments, etc?

 

[egan.]

what exactly is this good for? i used S2.0 a while back, but what is the practical use outside of the program, and for what instruments, etc?

Drums would be the obvious choice. I used the sony transient plug for a while and it does some cool things on snares and toms.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Love me some transient designer. mmmmmmmmmm

 

[NSGUITAR]

The sonnex is the SHIT dude.


I sometimes put it on the drum buss and it beefs the hell out of it. I can post a clip if you'd like, one without sonnex and one with.


Another thing that's fun to do it so duplicate a drum buss and soften the transient to create a room sound.

 

[Morgan C]

SPL is pretty good. They had a free 'SPL Attacker' version, which was just the attack portion of the transient designer (and it can't lessen the attack, not sure if the full version can). I really like it, it brightens the attack as well as increasing it (helps out when clipping/limiting can soften the highend a bit), whereas a lot of other transient designers will give you a really dull attack.

 

[timislegend]

flux makes a free one called bittersweet

*pretty useful

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I would love to hear a single snare hit with 1-2 db of attack added to it from each of the said plugins we are discussing.

 

[joeymusicguy]

you pretty much can't get away with an amazing drum sound without a transient designer

need attack and sustain. its better than using compression which doesnt translate after programming (because you're putting pre-compressed hits together rather than hits into a compressor)

people love slate samples, they've been through a transient designer of some sort, no doubt.

 

[Dexter_prog]

what is it exactly that this plugins do? I am not quite getting it.

 

[mva801]

SPL calls it a "level independent dynamics processor." It does similar things as a compressor, but there is no threshold control, and all the ratio/ time constant controls are automated within the plug/ hardware box.

Basically it's just shaping the waveform like a compressor would, but without needing it to be at a threshold. That way it's processing all the lower level material as well.

 

[pipaguapique]

SPL on Yamaha Sub Kick FTW!!

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

what is it exactly that this plugins do? I am not quite getting it.

The idea is it makes the transients (the loudest parts) more/less obvious - on drums, it's about making the instant the stick/beater hits the skin really stand out. They also often have decay/sustain controls to adjust the 'ring' or fade out of the hit too, so for instance on a kick hit you can make the 'smack' stand out and the 'whump' shorter and more obvious.

Steve

 

[Sora01]

I love SPLs transient designer, I use it on my snare a lot.

Where else could you use this on the kit? I heard toms and the drum bus, but for the drum bus...would this sound ok with the OHs as well, if they were running through the bus i mean?

Need to try this when I get home.