The routing goes into the Audio Input (only visible when you enable the 'Show drum and FX' section). Kong the Drum Designer can be used as an external effect if you need it. Can I use transient shapers on different instruments? So with that in mind, if you are going to use them, handle them with care. It is a different technique while they can also make things 'too loud' pretty fast. On a personal note, I barely touch transient shapers (I prefer compressors instead). It totally depends on what your sounds need to be doing. Do I always need to use a transient shaper? The amount will determine the output level (in a general context). A lower decay will drop the transient pretty fast while a positive decay will make the transient drop in loudness rather gradual.

The decay will determine how long the transient shaper will have an increase in loudness. The transient shaper in Kong has 3 settings:Ī positive attack will mean that the sound becomes louder at the beginning of the transient (increase loudness on the start of the sound).Ī negative attack will mean that the sound gradually builds up of the beginning of a transient. Which makes sense since this is a Drum machine by default.

Where do I find a transient shaper in Reason?įrom a stock device perspective, there is one device that houses one. Hence they are often used in drums and percussion. The transient shaper usually looks at the start of a sound and increases it or decreases it depending on the state of the attack. This is what an acoustic guitar could look like using a transient shaper. This is an acoustic guitar sample without a transient shaper. They can make a sound go from a hard snappy beat to something that gradually builds up. The transient shaper is often used to focus on the starting point of a sound (for instance drums and percussion elements). The shaper usually comes with two major settings: Attack and sustain (some transients use a decay). What is a transient shaper?Ī transient shaper changes the dynamics of a sound, rather than changing the dynamic range of a sound (which a compressor does). In this article, I won't be touching the VST realm (otherwise there would be no end to this article anyway). Since Reason 9.5 came with VST support there are plenty transient shapers to choose from.

In this article, I want to briefly touch on transient shapers, what they do and how you are able to set them up using a stock device to make them work. A transient shaper is something different compared to what compressors are doing (yet they are mixed up pretty often). In Reason, we had a Transient Shaper since Reason 5.

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