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
R. Homes
June 21, 2016
A library composers friend
Without this product my life in library music world would be so much harder . The ability to drastically alter the shape and size of drums with this plugin helps me keep up with the many...
Read MoreM. Nykvist
May 17, 2016
SPL® Transient Designer Plug-In
Its on almost every drum channel in some Projects! Love it!
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May 5, 2016
The BIZNESS!!!
I use it on my drum bus and this thing is magic. Give my drums that "it" that it needs to really sound meshed together just like the hip hop records you hear on the radio. Love...
Read MoreG. Postorino
April 10, 2016
Back pocket punch and length
I think we've all been at a place during a mix where the drums just need some smack that you just can't seem to dial in with a compressor. Enter the Transient Designer. Beyond drums, this...
Read MoreD. Robinson
March 8, 2016
Great Plugin
I can't write comparing this to it's physical counterpart, but I will say that this little beast is a great plugin! Very easy to use and very effective!
Read MoreA. Yeats
February 26, 2016
Use it all the time!
Great tool for clarity and punch on drums. Simple to use but incredibly useful.
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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
R. Homes
A library composers friend
Without this product my life in library music world would be so much harder .
The ability to drastically alter the shape and size of drums with this plugin helps me keep up with the many changes that can occur with for sinc . Changing a drum sound from rock to funk to jazz to gospel has never been easier .
Drum replacement is now an option not a nesesety thanks to the SPL .
Many thanksM. Nykvist
SPL® Transient Designer Plug-In
Its on almost every drum channel in some Projects! Love it!
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The BIZNESS!!!
I use it on my drum bus and this thing is magic. Give my drums that "it" that it needs to really sound meshed together just like the hip hop records you hear on the radio. Love this plug.
G. Postorino
Back pocket punch and length
I think we've all been at a place during a mix where the drums just need some smack that you just can't seem to dial in with a compressor. Enter the Transient Designer. Beyond drums, this swiss army knife tool has applications across the mixing spectrum. The sustain knob is indispensable for delicate piano sounds in need of elongation and fluidity. I also love using it before a tape simulation, like the Studer A800 on a drum submix. By increasing the attack going into the tape machine, you can combat some of the transient softening associated with tape while still maintaining the warmth and saturation.
D. Robinson
Great Plugin
I can't write comparing this to it's physical counterpart, but I will say that this little beast is a great plugin! Very easy to use and very effective!
A. Yeats
Use it all the time!
Great tool for clarity and punch on drums. Simple to use but incredibly useful.
e. lloyd
useful tool
very useful on drums need to remember to used it more
J. De La Cruz
Nice vocal rhythmic changer
UA version of Transient Designer is much smoother than NI. I tend to use this mostly to shorten sustain on lead vocals and can really dial-in various rhythmic timing groove.
P. Jacobsson
Superb
This plug-in is very usable, works on everything. For example use it on a drumbus and it glues the drumset together. Exellent!
S. Belgrave
A superb, must have utility tool!!
The sustain control on this tool is just superb. Works wonders on drums/bass to help create that tight and punchy sound/feel. I demoed the Plugin Alliance (Brainworx) version too, this one by Universal Audio, is in my opinion way better,a very very close mirror of the awesome hardware unit. Gets used on every session!
M. Diaz Velez
Get the Rhythm
Great for Drums and rhythms, Is the best tool to deal when you don't need a compressor and you need to keep the dynamics musically. Excellent!
M. Diaz Velez
Get the Rhythm
Great for Drums and rhythms, Is the best tool to deal when you don't need a compressor and you need to keep the dynamics musically. Excellent!
t. stubbs
A definite must for your audio tool kit...
been using the original 4 channel hardware for years and always missed one of these ITB. There are plenty of similar type plugins but nothing quite comes as close as this version. Really punchy when needed and as much or little attack/sustain for saving drums, bass, messing with vocals and anything else you fancy slinging it over...
Grab it and know it's there for when you need it...K. Lofaro
Excellent
I A/B'd this against other transient designers and I found the harmonic saturation feature to be remarkable. Adding sweet presence and vibe. Highly recommended.
M. Ulloa
MUST HAVE
This is an amazing plugin. Punchy drums. I recommend 100%.
J. Mueller
Great Buy For Sure
I have about 75% of the plugs offered from UAD store and don't use some of them hardly at all. Other plugs I use all the time. This is one of those and I just got it a few weeks ago. Like others have said its a great tool and exactly what it claims. Great for dealing with pick sound or any other attack sound and you can increase or decrease. Works both ways for sustain as well. I wish I would have purchased this long ago. Great product and great value!
D. Bose
SPL Transient Designer / Great for kicks
This did a great job on a dance music kick in my latest tune... looking forward to using it on future tracks/elements!
D. Sharrad
Very handy on drums!
I've used this on drum and percussion sounds so far. It allows you to really make snares crack and give other sounds the bite they need in the mix!
W. Buonanno
Incredibly useful
One of the most useful plugins during a mix session !!
S. KHMIALEUSKI
Good sound.
Good! Very crisp sound,