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INSTANT DYNAMIC CONTROL

Must-have dynamics effect. Enhance attack, control mix presence,
fix problem recordings the secret spice in your mix.

- Bring sounds from the back of the mix to the front
- Enhance attack on drums and percussion
- Fix muddy recordings, or reduce reverb


THE MAGIC WAND OF DYNAMICS PROCESSORS

Based on a studio favorite, TRANSIENT MASTER is a must-have
dynamics effect -- uniquely powerful, deceptively simple and
extremely useful. It's the go-to tool for positioning drums and
percussion, letting you mix from front to back and dial-in just the
right amount of space.

TRANSIENT MASTER is also a mix-fix for problematic recordings and
with only three knobs -- Attack, Sustain and Gain -- it's quick and
easy to use. Shape your sound, and make TRANSIENT MASTER the secret
spice in your mix.


FOR DRUMS AND PERCUSSION

TRANSIENT MASTER can make radical changes to a sound, or just add
subtleties. Fine-tune both Attack and Sustain to get exactly the
right sound for your beats.

Raise the Attack for assertive kicks and crisp snares, or apply
TRANSIENT MASTER to the whole drum group for added punch and
definition. Reduce Attack to calm things down -- on a hissing hi-hat,
for example. The sound becomes less aggressive, and blends further
back into the overall mix.

'Sustain' controls room sound and space. Make snares ring out or
add depth to the whole drum group by raising Sustain. Reduce Sustain
to tighten things up or kill long reverb tails.


FOR GUITARS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS

TRANSIENT MASTER is great on any instrument with intrinsic attack.
If a guitar track has too much pick sound, apply TRANSIENT MASTER
and reduce the Attack. To liven things up, raise the Attack -- the
additional bite at the onset of each note adds presence.

Use 'Sustain' to correct room sound on recordings. For a giutar
track with muddy reverb, apply TRANSIENT MASTER and lower the
Sustain to choke the reverb. Add subtle Attack, and your guitar is
now crisp, lively, and sitting at the front of your mix.

TRANSIENT MASTER can even put life back into pre-processed,
over-compressed tracks. When nothing else works, TRANSIENT MASTER
can provide an instant mix-fix at the turn of a dial.


FOR MIXING

TRANSIENT MASTER is indispensible for mixing drums, guitars,
pianos, plucked strings \ anything with intrinsic attack. It gives
you another axis to work on. As well as panning left and right, you
can position things quite precisely at the front or back of a mix
without juggling volume levels.

Generally, more Attack and less Sustain brings a sound to the
front; less Attack and more Sustain blends a sound into the
background. Even before EQ, you can effectively 'stack' sounds
according to the priorities of a particular mix.


HOW IT WORKS

Transients are non-tonal material at the onset of a sound. The
Attack control emphasizes or de-emphasizes transients, making a
sound more or less lively without affecting the overall level. The
Sustain control cuts or lengthens the sustain part of a sound.

TRANSIENT MASTER effectively re-shapes the envelope, affecting the
sound at its source. Engineers agree that this 're-shaping' delivers
particularly natural and musical results \ and it's quick and easy
to get there, thanks to the simple, three-knob design. Try TRANSIENT
MASTER, and you'll wonder how you ever managed without it.

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