Boz Digital Transgressor 2 is a hybrid transient designer with two 3-band equalizers for EQing the “attack” and “sustain” individually. Available for Windows & Mac (AAX, AU, RTAS, VST2, VST3).
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The Transgressor 2 plugin from Boz goes above and beyond what you would expect from other standard transient designers. It gives you the ability to craft the sound of drums and other instruments through the attack, sustain, and timbre. The Transgressor combines a transient designer with two equalizers. Transgressor 2 plugin not only lets you equalize the attack and sustain portions of the instrument’s envelope individually, but it also lets you dial in the specific low, mid, and high frequencies independently on each.
What if you need a brighter attack but want to keep the dark resonance of toms or kick drum? Perhaps you need more midrange attack but wish to brighten the resonance of a hi-hat? Perhaps you’re happy with the overall sound of snare but the attack is just a little too bright. The answer is the Transgressor. Only Transgressor gives you the ability to control transients and sustain without compromising one for the other.
EQ plug-ins only make global changes to an instrument; whatever you do to the transient is also done to the sustain and decay. Even dynamic EQs change the entire envelope, even if it’s only momentarily.
Transgressor gives you 2 EQs. One for your attack and one for your sustain, letting you shape exactly the way you want your attack to sound.
There are three bands to each EQ section (low, mid, high) with variable frequency selection and gain for each band. Each band also gives you three selectable filter types that are particularly suited to each band.
For example, the low band has high-pass, low shelf, and bell, while the mid band has bell, bandpass, and slant, which boosts highs while cutting lows and vice versa.
Do you want to add bite to your snare without increasing the snare buzz? Transgressor is your go-to plug-in. Do you need to reduce the ringing in your snare without changing the tone? No worries. Transgressor does it easily. Transgressor is also a great tool for reamping a snare. The high-frequency attack coming through a speaker will not excite the snare head enough.
You need midrange information to make that happen, which requires transient design and dramatic EQing. Transgressor’s ability to boost the gain on the low and midrange portion of the attack, while eliminating sustain lets you do it in one simple process. Better still, it gives you the ability to easily craft the sound of the re-amped snare with adjustments on the fly.
In addition to giving you full control over the sound of your transients, Transgressor adds another layer of creativity by letting you use the detector with an external sidechain. This lets you adjust the EQ and sustain of any instrument triggered by another.
For example, some engineers use room mics just for ambience. However, if you mix like Chris Lord-Alge and derive the body of your drum sound from the room mics, perhaps you’ll find that you need to increase the attack on the snare drum hits. Put Transgressor on your room mics and route the snare drum to the sidechain.
Then the transients will only trigger when the snare drum is hit, but it will affect the sound on the room mics. This is highly effective for getting big drum sounds without washing them out in reverb.
Mac OS X 10.5 or greater. Formats: AAX, AU (Audio Units), VST, VST3 (32 & 64-bit), RTAS 32-bit only.
Windows XP or greater. Formats: AAX, VST, VST3 (32 & 64-bit), RTAS 32-bit
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Anonymous (verified owner) –
Top of the line plugin!
Phillip Müller (verified owner) –
Amazingly versatile yet direct and powerful in shaping the transients. Wish I had had that tool earlier. So far I used it for a clean electric guitar that sounded too spiky, and for vocals and speech with sharp Esses. And the great difference of this plugin is the two equalizers, which give you a lot more control over the character of the sound. You get softer edges without losing clarity. Very useful!
akira (verified owner) –
good.