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Waves Trans-X software guide

 

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Waves – Trans-X 

Software Audio Processor      

User’s Guide 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for Trans-X

Page 1: ...Waves Trans X software guide page 1 of 8 Waves Trans X Software Audio Processor User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...h and a bass drum track that kicks nicely when soloed but disappears when the other instruments join in An acoustic guitar track usually presents a very distinct pluck or strum versus its rich continuous harmonics The Trans X is perfect for making it sound as if it were recorded with different microphone placements or pick material A bassline track can enhance its rhythmic drive or tame it to beco...

Page 3: ...ory and you can use the trim button to bring the output peak gain to the full scale The Trans X can co exist with other dynamics processors such as compressors expanders and limiters and it can work before or after these processors in the signal path It may seem that using a fast attack compressor after the Trans X will destroy all the good work of the Trans X but in reality it doesn t necessarily...

Page 4: ... drum kits and also wide range polyphonic tracks will usually require the Multiband Here are some examples of such elements Bass Drum that sounds good on its own but loses presence when it plays along with other instruments A snare drum that doesn t sound close enough even when completely dry Or that sounds too punchy and needs to be looser A Drum loop that sounds somewhat worn out or originating ...

Page 5: ...nare while moderating the attacks of the hi hat You can do this by setting the crossovers so that the three lower bands have a positive boosting range and the hi hat gets a negative cutting range Each band has an On Off control so you can easily A B compare between the effect on just one certain band by turning the others off The On Off does not shut out the audio in the band but it shuts off the ...

Page 6: ...ack should be in order to be detected With a high Sensitivity setting even small attacks will be detected while a low setting ignores small attacks and detects only large amplitude attacks Too much sensitivity will begin to introduce continuous gain adjustment because it will be so sensitive that every upward fluctuation of the waveform will trigger it before it can reach any release DURATION 0 01...

Page 7: ...ts the gain of the overall output of the Trans X TRIM Click to Trim The Trim control is located between the clip indicators and shows the number that is the difference between the peak energy and the full digital scale or 0 0dBfs When you click the Trim control it will adjust the output gain by the indicated value For example if the Trim box indicates 3 2dB below full scale then clicking it will i...

Page 8: ...a yellow line represents the gain adjustment within the range The Trans X Multi shows a similar display with a dynamic gain line over the full band spectrum so that you can see how much gain is adjusted per each band OUTPUT METERS The output meters measure the top 30dB peak value Beneath each meter is a peak counter that holds its peak value until reset by clicking on the meters ...

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