SPL® Transient Designer
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Effortlessly reshape the attack and
sustain of any source.Revered as a “secret weapon” mix tool by some of the world’s finest engineers, the SPL Transient Designer plug-in for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces allows you to shape sustain and attack of your sources. This allows for total transparent control over important elements of your mix, such as snare drums, overhead and room mics, piano, and more.
Soften or slam percussion for maximum dynamic impact
Transparently shorten or increase sustain on drum overheads
Reduce or increase room mic ambience
Easily minimize mic bleed on important sources
UA Artist Tips & Tricks
Featuring Dave Isaac
Simple Features — Huge Control
With just three simple controls, Sustain, Attack, and Output Level, the SPL Transient Designer plug-in gives you a powerful fixative tool, as well as a creative one. Shorten or lengthen the “thwack” and decay of percussive signals such as kick drum, snare, and toms. Or, you can easily remove unwanted mic bleed, or expand the room sound of overheads. The result? Total control of individual drums and the dynamic impact of your mix.
Useful on any Instrument
The SPL Transient Designer plug-in is indispensable for a variety of instruments. You can enhance a piano’s delicacy by reducing a noisy attack, or add length to ringing chords. On acoustic guitar, you can accentuate or reduce the picking sound, depending on the part. The SPL Transient Designer also gives you control over the environment of a source. For example, easily reduce the amount of reverb on a choir, or take unwanted ambience out of dialog.
“The UAD SPL Transient Designer adds an energy that will bring out the life in your audio every time!”
– David Isaac (Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross, Eric Clapton)“I use the SPL Transient Designer on almost every one of my drums. You want your transients to shine through and ‘wow’ — this plug-in does it like no other.”
– Armin Van Buuren“The SPL Transient Designer plug-in is the perfect tool for crafting snare samples that can really make or break a groove.”
– Just Blaze (Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé)Customer Reviews
D. Watts
March 15, 2019
love it. so much better than the native alternative
feels way more like the hardware than the other native versions out there.
Read MoreJ. Keith
February 4, 2019
Fast and Easy
When I need something to snap or to tame over-plucky acoustic guitars. So fast and easy! Why bother wasting time dinking around with more options.
Read MoreM. Routledge
January 30, 2019
Over the top!
This is one of the best plug-ins I’ve purchased in a while. It has just the right stuff to get your kick, snare, acoustic guitar etc... over the top of the mix without forcing its way...
Read Morer. loyola Perez
January 16, 2019
Lo mejor de lo mejor!!
Si buscas manipular un archivo de audio hasta su límite este es tu compra Podrás dar el color y la solides que quieras en sonidos que apenas tenían presencia o atacar una parte en...
Read MoreJ. Poole
January 4, 2019
Thank God
I have been mixing a 'white whale' guitar track longer than I care to admit. It had nasty transients which caused me to stack three compressors to level out the attack which killed the...
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Key Features
UA-modeled, SPL endorsed plug-in version of Transient Designer’s unique Differential Envelope Technology
Increase or decrease the transients of percussive sources for greater impact, or a softened response
Sustain of sources can be transparently shortened or increased
Reduces or increases room sound or preexisting reverb on virtually any source
Highly useful as a gate substitute, a transparent tool for minimizing mic bleed
Attack can be amplified or attenuated by up to 15 dB while Sustain can be amplified or attenuated by up to 24 dB
Requires a UAD DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface available from authorized dealers worldwide.
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Customer Reviews
SPL® Transient Designer
D. Watts
love it. so much better than the native alternative
feels way more like the hardware than the other native versions out there.
J. Keith
Fast and Easy
When I need something to snap or to tame over-plucky acoustic guitars. So fast and easy! Why bother wasting time dinking around with more options.
M. Routledge
Over the top!
This is one of the best plug-ins I’ve purchased in a while. It has just the right stuff to get your kick, snare, acoustic guitar etc... over the top of the mix without forcing its way in.
P. Etherington
Boom!
Boom.
r. loyola Perez
Lo mejor de lo mejor!!
Si buscas manipular un archivo de audio hasta su límite este es tu compra
Podrás dar el color y la solides que quieras en sonidos que apenas tenían presencia o atacar una parte en específico de un sonido
!!!!Es espectacular probarlo!!!!J. Poole
Thank God
I have been mixing a 'white whale' guitar track longer than I care to admit. It had nasty transients which caused me to stack three compressors to level out the attack which killed the image. If transients are PROBLEM CHILDREN, this is the PADDLE. This unit doesn't stop at the 'blue jeans', it goes all the way to the 'bone' bypassing the peaks. Now I only need one compressor. You could fade in every note manually, or get this...
S. Sundin
The sound in the front?
You need this.
R. Jacobs
Wow
I used to see engineers pull this baby up and wondered what it was. And it does much more than you could imagine with two knobs! 10 stars
泰. 正谷
perfect tool
make perfect drum with this amazing plug in!
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Nice and easy
Just love simple plugins that do the job
j. Blanchard
Bang
This works great. Adds punch and sustain as needed.
T. Dimomeletis
Use it in everythig
Im just using it in everything, you can make all crispy sounds
C. Kaliampakas
It has a biiig difference between UADs version and SPLs
Its a must on kicks, snares, drum bus, but its really usefull on other instruments as well
D. Osberg
Sounds awesome!
Great for adding punch and sustain to transient heavy material! I’ve been using it on every mix, a must have in your plugin locker.
A. Evtimov
Powerful
Amazing tool! Bravo!
A. Evtimov
Powerful
Amazing tool! Bravo!
G. Hampton
I feel like I am cheating!
This is my new go to for use on about everything. Very easy to use and does its job really well. What can I say that the tutorials and other reviews didn't already say? I feel as if I am cheating to get the results I used to have to work harder to achieve! Thanks UAD!
M. Patey
So far so good
So far I'm using this plugin for an odd purpose... to roll off trailing ambience/room reflections in a recording space that is currently quite reflective, due to being renovated. It's not magical for this purpose, but it's working surprisingly well! I've used the 4-channel hardware unit to tighten up drums, and if you demo this plugin in that context, you'll find it's pretty close to the original for that purpose. Best advice is to record it right the first time, but this is very nice tool to have when you need it.
J. Ager
Designs Transients
Found this really useful for changing the transient of sounds. Favourite feature is the “Output Gain” knob, makes everything sound better! 5 stars from me
D. Perini
A very helpful plugi...
A very helpful plugi...