RackPack: Transient Designer
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The new Transient Designer provides a revolutionary concept
for
level-independent dynamic processing. In this it differs in principle
from common compressors that are based upon processing signals
of a specific level. Working with the Transient Designer is very simple:
Attacks can be amplified or attenuated and sustain may be prolonged
or shortened. However, the possibilities for studio and live application
are seemingly endless.
Technical foundation is
SPL‘s Differential Envelope Technology
(DET)
which allows level-independent dynamic processing by calculating dif-
ferences in generated envelopes. These envelopes are always track-
ing the curve of the original signal to provide optimal results in every
moment of the music.
Thanks to the level-independent processing DET the setting of a
threshold is needless. Other common controls of dynamic process-
ing, such as ratio or parameters for time-constants are automated and
optimized adaptively in a musical manner according to the characteris-
tics of the input signal.
So 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 24 dB.
Thus, in a very obvious and simple way, the Transient Designer opens
a whole new dimension in dynamic processing with entirely new, stun-
ning and vast possibilities for dynamic manipulation and processing
that cannot even be duplicated with several daisy-chained, conven-
tional compressors or other dynamics devices.
A new feature of the Transient Designer module for the RackPack
series is the
output gain control
that enables you to compensate
changes in the level of the processed signal. This ensures a simple
and safe adjustment of levels for any following device – especially A/D
converters.
The Transient Designer uses the excellently specified
THAT 2181-VCAs
,
which are particularly natural and transparent sounding and renowned
for minimal distortion values. The 2181 processes highest amplitudes
without damping of high frequencies or reducing bass.
Each channel is equipped with a
relay hard bypass
to ensure the
switching audio signals directly from input to outputs in the case of a
power failure. Signal flow is always maintained.
Introduction
