He says the clap track is "taking its space more, doing what it's supposed to do, which is attack." He also compares them in context of the drumbeat of the song. He compares the claps with and without the processing, and you can definitely hear the attack being intensified by the plug-in. In the video, Fred wants to add a little attack, presumably to make the claps pop a bit more in the mix, and he removes a little sustain to tighten up the sound. Native Instruments Transient Master, opened here in Logic Pro X, is one of many transient shaper plug-ins available In more practical terms, it allows you to independently accentuate or reduce the attack and sustain portions of a sound, which can be really handy. Technically, a transient shaper is a dynamics processor like a compressor, except that it's not affected by incoming signal level. Most transient shapers are single-band processors, although there are some multiband ones. Let's talk a little about how such an effect works. He says that with or without a compressor, a transient shaper can really lift your sound. He's using Native Instruments Transient Master plug-in. We pick up the action with him working on a clap track. (You can watch the entire video if you're a Puremix Pro Member.) TWEAKING WITH FRED In this free excerpt, Fred is talking about how he uses a transient shaper plug-in. In the full video "Fred Everything Enhancing House Beats, he demonstrates techniques for making a classic House beat more interesting.
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