REQ: Composition Power Tools by Side Brain

TRANSIENT DESIGNER – ADD PUNCH TO ANY SOUND
by Side Brain | Dec 14, 2016 | Ableton Stuff, Ableton Racks

It’s been a while since the last Ableton Rack. I’ve been busy with my school. We’re about to move to a bigger space and open 2 new classes. Been taking a lot of my time. But…. we are back again with another free rack!

This time I decided to finally build a transient designer. Such a useful tool that is missing from the factory effects the Ableton comes with.

A Transient Designer is a very smart but very easy-to-use dynamic effect. It usually comes with two controls. One to boost or reduce the attack (punch/snap) of the sound. And the other is for boosting or reducing the sustain (body) of the sound.

A transient designer can be used to add punch to drums, basslines, leads, and vocals. But can also make things tighter if they are too busy and dense.

For this rack, I used opposite gates to isolate just the attack and sustain of the sound and then boost or cut volume using the Saturator.