The Transient Designer offers a completely new technology for
level-independent shaping of the dynamic response of a sound: For the
first time it is possible to control the attack and sustain behaviour
of a signal in a very simple way! Unlike other dynamic devices, the
processing is not goverened by the signal level but rather by its
dynamic envelope, so all signals (loud and soft) are processed the same
way.
With no effort you can
shorten or lengthen the attack and sustain of all kinds of percussive
signals, such as the bass drum, snares, toms, congas etc. to let them
jump into your face or to flatten the signals. Booming toms for example
are dried up in seconds — it’s almost like being able to change the
amount of drum damping after the recording. Your idea of a kick drum
sound is a kick drum in the words best sense? Just dial it in.
The same applies to
virtually any other signal: Amplify or reduce the picking sound of an
acoustic guitar, hold the sound of the strings longer, reduce the
reverb time of a choir, actuate the piano pedal “electronically”, turn
down the slap bass a notch or give it even more attack, etc.
The
Transient Designer provides a revolutionary concept for dynamic
processing rendering controls such as Threshold, Ratio and Gain
superfluous. The Transient Designer's automation is highly developed,
so that while the processing going on inside the box may be very
complex, the user has to deal with just a few intuitive controls.
Differential Envelope Technology
SPL's
Differential Envelope Technology is the first analog solution for
level-independent shaping of envelopes allowing transients to be
accelerated or slowed down and sustain prolonged or shortened. The
degree of dynamic processing required to do this couldn't be duplicated
even using a chain of several conventional compressors, yet only two
controls per channel are required to allow the user to completely
reshape the attack and sustain characteristics of a sound. Attack can
be amplified or attenuated by up to 15dB while Sustain can be amplified
or attenuated by up to 24dB, enabling weak drum sounds to be made much
more percussive and powerful, or for over-percussive transients to be
softened. All necessary time constants (Attack, Decay and Release) are
automated and optimised adaptively in a musical manner according to the
characteristics of the input signal. This results in natural sounding
signal processing and fast operation.
How does the Transient Designer work?
The
Transient Designer uses envelope followers to track the curve of the
natural signal so that optimum results are guaranteed regardless of the
input signal's dynamics (for more information refer to Tech
Talk). Because of the level-independent processing inherent in
Differential Envelope Technology (DETª), manual threshold
adjustments are not required. In order to maintain the cleanest
possible signal path, the Transient Designer uses the excellently
specified THAT 2181-VCAs, which are especially natural sounding,
transparent and create minimal distortion. High amplitudes are
processed without damping of high frequencies or reducing bass.
Sound benefits
The attack of a
bass drum or a loop can be emphasised with a single control to increase
the punch and the penetration in the mix
Sustain of snares
or toms can be shortened very musically for more transparency
Beats any gate
for drums – must-have for live engineers!
Acoustic or
electronic instruments get "in the face" sounds or can be smoothened
with lower attacks
De-verb
capability! Less Sustain shortens reverb flags of any sound (more
elegant than gates do)
New panorama
effects based on different dynamic effects per channel – great for
loops
Other features and connectivity
For
stereo operation the Link function connects channel pairs (1 and 2
and/or 3 and 4). Linked channels are controlled by the same side-chain
voltage so as to maintain a coherent and stable stereo image. When
operating in Link-mode, the control elements of the first (or third)
channel, including the Active switch, control the second (or fourth)
channel, too.
Each
channel is equipped with a relay hard bypass circuit to ensure a
minimum signal path when the process is bypassed and to provide power
fail safety. The Signal-LEDs allow to quickly monitor the signal flow,
which is particularly important if the four channels are connected to a
patchbay. The Transient Designer is fitted with XLR-connectors for
balanced operation. To improve signal quality, SPL has developed a new
hybrid-component balanced input/output stage using all laser-trimmed
resistors with a tolerance of 0.01%. This approach has resulted in an
exceptionally high CCMR (common mode rejection) better than -80dB at
1kHz.
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