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Duende Native User Guide Page 45
T
ransient Shaper
T
he Transient Shaper allows you to add attack to the
s
tart of a drum hit by increasing the amplitude of the
a
ttack portion of the signal whilst leaving the decay
u
nchanged. The right hand waveform is a processed
v
ersion of the one on the left. It has been passed
t
hrough the transient shaper where the amplitude of
t
he attack portion has been increased.
Switch the Shaper on by clicking on the ‘power’ button in its top left-hand corner. The central meter gives visual feedback on
how much attack is being added using the Gain and Amount controls. If this rises to the top red section then reduce the
effect.
Gain controls the detection level of the controller signal, and should be set so that only the transients you want to shape are
detected. If this is set too low then the Shaper will do nothing; if it is set too high then the Shaper will detect too many
transients, resulting in an exaggerated process, and the attack appearing too long. The default setting of 0dB should be a good
starting point.
Note that Gain doesn’t directly affect the output signal’s gain.
Amount controls the amount of the processed signal added to the unprocessed signal. This process can increase the peak
level of a signal significantly so watch the output meter carefully.
Speed controls the length of time the added attack takes to fall back down to the
normal signal level once it has reached the top of the attack phase. Turn the knob
clockwise for a slower speed, and longer transient.
The Inv switch inverts the processed signal so that it is subtracted from the
unprocessed signal. This has the effect of softening the attack, resulting in more
body in the drum sound.
The Audition switch allows you to listen to the processed signal, to assist in the set
up process.
Note that when the Inv and Audition buttons are both pressed, the signal will not be inverted.
Speed = 0 Speed = 1
The Shaper uses a control
signal to detect transients. Gain
controls the level of this signal.
You can adjust the Speed of
the signal’s return to normal.
You can also Invert the signal
Processed signal is added
to unprocessed signal.
Amount controls how much
processed signal is added
P
ress Audition
to listen to
processed
s
ignal