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TRANSFORCE
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TOTAL TRANSIENT CONTROL
The Transient Shaper Built For Sound Designers
TRANSFORCE is the transient shaper plugin for designers and producers who want both punch and control without the usual trade-offs. Independent processing on attack and sustain. Spectral processing that separates tonal content from noise. Parametric EQ and saturation per band, on each side. A Stylize module, a Clipper, and a Limiter to finish the job. Built for sound design, yet equally capable in music production.
Transient EQ that does what a transient shaper plugin can’t do alone.
Most transient tools force a trade-off. Push the attack and the sustain rides up with it. Tame the body and the punch goes flat. TRANSFORCE splits attack and sustain into two signals you shape separately, each with its own parametric EQ across multiple bands and its own saturation. Shape the low end of the attack and remove rumble from the sustain at the same time. You get punch hits hard, and the sustain element sits exactly where you want it.
THE SPECTRAL SLIDER – TONAL-VS-BROADBAND SEPARATION
Spectral processing across attack and sustain, independently.
This is special, the Spectral Slider separates the tonal resonances in a signal from the noise content, then lets you process each across attack and sustain. On a sci-fi element, add tonal character to the attack and leave the sustain clean. On a guitar, pull the pick attack off the front of the note without touching the body. On a snare, shape the ring without touching the crack.
Multiple EQ bands inside each Attack and Sustain module
This is special, the Spectral Slider separates the tonal resonances in a signal from the noise content, then lets you process each across attack and sustain. On a sci-fi element, add tonal character to the attack and leave the sustain clean. On a guitar, pull the pick attack off the front of the note without touching the body. On a snare, shape the ring without touching the crack.
BUILT FOR SOUND DESIGN – DRUMS, FOOTSTEPS, IMPACTS, DIALOGUE, WHOOSHES
A transient processor plugin made for the work sound designers actually do
Footsteps that land without losing their weight. Impacts that punch through without burying everything around them. Dialogue with plosives pulled cleanly off the front of each line. Whooshes and risers whose leading edge stays sharp while the bloom of the sustain is controlled separately. Sidechain trigger input for signal interaction, presets drawn from real production sessions from top-name artists, and AudioSuite support for batch-processing SFX libraries in Pro Tools. Every control on the plug-in exists because a sound designer needs it.
EQUALLY POWERFUL FOR MUSIC PRODUCTION
The same powerful transient design on drums, vocals, guitars and more
The processing within TRANSFORCE applies to any material where attack and sustain behave differently. Tighten the snap of every transient on a drum bus while letting the sustain breathe. Pull the pick attack off a guitar without touching the body of the note. Balance the hammer strike of a piano against its sustain. The Stylize module adds the low-end body that modern productions are built on; the Clipper adds weight; the Limiter handles output. This is one plug-in, five modules, powerful for music and post.
Typical Use Cases
Movie & TV
Sound Design for Drums, footsteps, impacts, dialogue, whooshes.
Game Audio
Shaping large sets of sounds at scale.
Sound Design
Sci-fi, impact, and creature work where attack and sustain need different tonal treatment.
Drums
Drum bus and individual drum processing.
Music Production
Guitars, piano, vocals, and any material with a defined attack and decay.
SUPPORTING THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND
Designed for sound designers and music producers who shape the world of film and television.
“TRANSFORCE is a transient playground of colour and tone, from surgical correction to wild dynamic distortions, a worthy addition to any audio toolkit.”
“Sculpting attack and sustain separately gives you exceptional control over your sounds' shape. Tone Mode's ability to reduce tonal elements while adding saturation gives Transforce an edge over similar tools.”
Enos Desjardins Sound Designer Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning (Oscar-Nominee for Best Sound)
“This is definitely a force to F*** with! I collect transient tools, and this one has got to be one of the sharpest and original shapers of them all.”
Paul Godfrey Producer / Engineer / Mixer Founder of Morcheeba • Biz Markie • Big Daddy Kane • Slick Rick • Mos Def • Janko Nilovic
“TRANSFORCE is excellent across the board, not just for drums, but to bring character and harmonics to other instruments in your score. The way it allows me to shape and transform simple, cinematic pulses into explosive, tribalistic percussion beds is nasty work.”
Baby Brown Emmy-Winning Composer / Producer DJ RECTANGLE • EMINEM • DISNEY+
“What I love about TRANSFORCE is that it was clearly designed by sound designers for sound designers. It adds clarity, focus, and impact while still preserving the natural tone and authenticity of the original recording.”
Robert Dudzic Sound Designer Bad Boys: Ride or Die • The Tattooist of Auschwitz • Carry-On
“This is not just a transient manipulator … it’s a whole creative sonic toolbox.”
Cameron Craig Grammy-Winning Producer / Engineer / Mixer UNKLE • SIA • JOHN GRANT
“Transforce is incredible for taming or exciting transients, or both! The saturation, distortion, and clipping make it perfect for mangling sounds or helping them cut through the mix. It'll be in my percussion chain for years to come.”
Thor Fienberg Grammy-Winning Recording Engineer / Mixer Masters Of The Air • Venom • Elio
“A unique way to add and control bite, edge, grit, and sizzle. Adjusting saturation and distortion this way lets you tailor the fit in your mix. Put it up front or at the end - you choose, which is amazing.”
James David Redding III Emmy-Winning Sound Designer The Queen’s Gambit • The Four Seasons
TOTAL TRANSIENT CONTROL
The Transient Shaper Built For Sound Designers
TRANSFORCE treats attack and sustain as two separate signals. Each one gets its own parametric EQ across multiple bands, its own saturation, and its own tonal vs broadband split. Built by sound designers, for the sessions sound designers actually run. Equally at home in music production.
A transient shaper is a plug-in that processes the attack and sustain portions of a sound independently. Where a compressor reacts to level, a transient shaper detects the front edge of each sound and gives you separate control over that edge and the body that follows. TRANSFORCE takes that separation further by giving each side its own parametric EQ, saturation, and tonal vs broadband control.
A compressor controls dynamic range by reducing the level above a threshold. A transient shaper detects attack and sustain as separate events and lets you shape each independently, without setting a threshold or introducing compression side effects. A compressor reacts to the loudness of a sound, whereas a transient shaper reacts to its position in time.
They are different. EQ acts on a frequency band regardless of when that frequency occurs, whereas a transient shaper acts on when something happens, regardless of its frequency. TRANSFORCE combines both, with parametric EQ per band on attack and sustain, which is why it covers ground neither tool can cover on its own.
Free transient shapers give you single-band attack and sustain control, and they can work well on simple sources. TRANSFORCE adds parametric EQ on each side, per-band saturation, and the Spectral Slider that separates tonal content from noise. If you’re shaping a kick that just needs more snap, a free tool is fine. If you’re working on layered SFX, dialogue plosives, or anything where tonal and broadband content want different treatment, that’s where most free plugins fall short.
Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Nuendo, Ableton Live, Studio One, Reaper, Bitwig Studio, and FL Studio. Any modern DAW that supports VST 3, AU, AAX Native, or AudioSuite. Native Apple Silicon supported.
Yes. AAX Native and AudioSuite are both supported. AAX DSP is not supported, so HDX dub-stage workflows that require DSP acceleration aren’t available.
Yes. Transient detection requires look-ahead, so the plug-in always adds some latency. The amount is user-adjustable to balance accuracy against latency, but cannot be set to zero. Modern DAWs compensate for latency automatically.
Please note: This plug-in requires an audio host software. It does not work as a standalone application. It works with the most common audio host software apps that support VST 3, AU or AAX plug ins:
Logic Pro
Pro Tools (11+)
Cubase
Nuendo
Ableton Live
Reaper
ILOK
Available licensing options:
Machine License activation and USB Dongle
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