Punctuate: Auditory Transient Shaper

Punctuate is a cutting-edge multi-band transient modulator based on the Transient Emphasis section of the award-winning Elevate Mastering Limiter. Designed around the critical bands of the human ear, Punctuate allows you to control the transient emphasis or suppression of all 26 critical bands with just four intuitive controls. This makes it an incredibly powerful yet user-friendly transient modulator.

Transient shapers are essential tools for top mix engineers, who use them to enhance or soften the transients of instruments, emphasizing either the attack or sustain. Traditional transient shapers modulate the entire frequency range simultaneously, which can be problematic when the transient snap is occurring in only one band. Punctuate overcomes this limitation by employing a model of the human ear, enabling it to apply a set of transient shapers across the full spectrum of human hearing. This allows precise tailoring of the attack for a wide range of instruments, buses, and entire mixes without affecting the entire frequency range. The result is unparalleled transient shaping power, focused exactly where you need it.

Punctuate offers unmatched control and precision, making it an indispensable tool for achieving the perfect mix. Whether you need to add punch to your drums, clarity to your instruments, or life to your overall mix, Punctuate delivers the results you need with ease and accuracy.

Features:

• 26 Transient Modulators aligned to the critical bands of the human ear
• Adaptive Transient slider allows bands to work independently or smoothes them for more natural processing
• Emphasize or Suppress transients in each band, using the global Transient Emphasis slider to scale the overall processing
• Transient Length and Adaptive Transient Length controls allow you to fine tune the transient length
• Scrolling meter display shows the transient modulation in each band
• Mix control for parallel processing
• Same mastering quality input and output section available in all Elevate plug-ins
• Solo and reconfigure the bands for in depth sound design
• New preset librarian adds Categories, Tags, Descriptions, Artist links, Favorites, and Search to presets.
• Multi level undo/redo for easier workflow.
• True A/B comparison for making better mixing decisions.
• New Delta Listen Mode allows you to hear the changes being applied to your input.
• SET AS DEFAULT button allows you to save any settings as your default.