Waves Trans-X

Waves Trans-X | The Ultimate Tool for Transient Shaping and Dynamic Impact

In any professional mix, precise control over audio dynamics is crucial to the success of a project. Waves Trans-X is a powerful transient shaping effects plugin designed for audio engineers and music producers, offering unparalleled control over audio transients. Whether you want to make every drum hit explosive or soften overly sharp guitar plucks, Trans-X makes it easy to achieve. It's not just a simple dynamics tool; it's a creative powerhouse that can reshape a track's character and adjust an instrument's front-to-back placement in the mix.

With its intuitive interface and precise algorithms, Trans-X accurately detects and processes the attack portion of your audio, allowing you to freely enhance or reduce its impact. For drum processing, you can easily make your kick drum punchier and your snare drum snappier and brighter. More importantly, Trans-X offers an innovative multi-band processing mode. Even when working with a full stereo mix, you can independently process transients in different frequency bands—for example, enhancing low-frequency drum hits while softening mid-high frequency guitar plucks or vocal sibilance. This ultimate mixing plugin will completely change the way you handle dynamics, bringing unprecedented clarity and energy to your music.

Core Advantages & Use Cases

Precise Transient Enhancement & Attenuation
With intuitive Range, Sensitivity, and Duration controls, you can precisely increase or decrease the attack portion of your audio. Whether you're injecting life into weak drum hits or taming overly aggressive percussion, Trans-X is the perfect tool for the job.

Reshape Instrument Character & Clarity
Make acoustic guitar plucks more articulate and clear, or make electric bass finger-style notes smoother or more aggressive. Trans-X can alter the fundamental attack characteristics of an instrument, helping it stand out in a dense mix.

Powerful Four-Band Processing
The Trans-X Multi version splits the audio into four independent frequency bands, each with its own transient shaping controls. This means you can process the kick, bass, vocals, or cymbals on a stereo master individually without affecting other frequency ranges, achieving surgical precision.

Adjust Front-to-Back Depth in the Soundstage
By controlling the intensity of transients, you can subtly change an instrument's perceived position in the mix. Enhancing transients makes a sound feel closer and more aggressive, while reducing them pushes it further back, helping it blend into the background.

Ideal for Individual Tracks & Stereo Masters
Whether you're processing individual instrument tracks, a drum bus, or a stereo 2-track file where stems are unavailable, Trans-X's flexibility handles it all, making it an indispensable tool in post-production and mastering workflows.

Features & Included Software

Technical Specifications (Tech Specs)

• Plugin Type: Transient Shaper
• Processing Modes: Trans-X Wide (Full-Band), Trans-X Multi (Four-Band)
• Supported Channel Formats: Mono and Stereo
• Latency: 0 ms (Zero Latency)
• Max Sample Rate: 96 kHz
• Main Controls: Range, Sensitivity, Duration, Output Trim
• Multi-band Crossovers (Trans-X Multi): Three adjustable crossover points to freely define the four processing bands
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX Native
• System Compatibility: Supports the latest versions of macOS and Windows operating systems
• Host Compatibility: Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Cubase, Nuendo, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Reaper, and other major Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)