


Sonnox Oxford Professional Audio Engineers
If you find that your drum tracks don't really 'punch' in your mix, then you should consider the TransMod. Oxford Plug-Ins are used in an extraordinary range of audio applications including mixing for music production, live sound, broadcast, TV & I find that transient shapers are most useful for drums, and don't really use them on other instruments. The 'Overdrive' is a unique control to add some saturation to the attack of a signal, adding extra snap or 'weight' to a transient.Sonnox is the leading designer of innovative, high quality, award-winning audio processing plug-ins for professional audio engineers.
The Oxford TransMod has much more flexibility by making the length of time of the transient something that can be controlled. A little can really go a long way.There are many different 'transient shapers/designers' available (SPL, Native Instruments, etc). Sometimes I will use it on a snare track to increase the sustain. Sometimes I will use it on an individual kick drum track to decrease the sustain.
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All in all, this is a great sounding and useful plug-in, but is one that I would only recommend to those looking to bolster a plug-in collection, not start one. The price of the plug-in is definitely reasonable and for this reason it is suitable for both home studio owners and professionals alike. I don't think that it is a necessary plug-in to have, but if you can afford to have a plug-n that isn't essential but useful, this is definitely worth looking into as it can definitely come in handy often. This plug-in won't take up too much processing power and I think that as long as you have a decent system that you can currently run basic plug-ins on, that you won't have trouble running Sonnox Oxford Transient Modulator.While the Sonnox Oxford Transient Modulator plug-in is definitely a unique one, I'm definitely glad to have it around as it is great for tightening up sounds that I might not be 100% happy with. Thus far I haven't had any issues running this plug-in within this configuration, but have to say that I've never had a need to use more than two of these within a single session. I don't think that a manual is necessary at all for this plug-in and as long as you understand the purpose of this plug-in, you should be able to figure out how to use it rather quickly.I am currently running the Sonnox Oxford Transient Modulator on a Mac Book Pro that has a 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM.
