Feb 28, 2017 Transient Shaper takes this concept one step further, by letting the user affect either the entire frequency range—as most similar tools—or only the treble frequencies or bass frequencies. “ I’ve been waiting for a transient shaper like Smack Attack. I've been using it to deal with problematic samples in mixes, for instance 808s that have too much clicky attack, or 808s that fade out too quickly. In this edition of our free VST plugins roundup, let’s take a look at the best free transient shaper VST and AU plugins for compatible digital audio workstations on Windows and Mac. If you’re looking for a high-quality freeware transient shaper to add to your arsenal, you came to the right place.
Auburn Sounds has released Couture Free Edition, a freeware transient shaper in VST, AU, and AAX plugin formats for compatible digital audio workstations on PC and Mac.
Couture Free Edition is the latest audio effect released by Auburn Sounds, following the excellent Graillon 2 pitch correction and vocal processing tool. The free edition of Couture is a transient shaper optimized for adding punch to percussive sounds. The optional paid version of Couture (currently on sale for 39.20 EUR) adds a powerful saturation module to the plugin’s feature set, offering a wide range of analog and digital distortion types. The saturation module is disabled in the free version product, but there aren’t any other limitations.
Taking a closer look at Couture’s features, it offers three transient detection modes (Flat, Human, and Sybil) with adjustable bass amount, a transient shaper module with optional clipping, output gain adjustment, and real-time waveform monitoring. The interface is laid out logically and chances are then new users won’t need to read the manual before using the plugin. The transient shaper section features a knob for making the transient louder or softer, along with the clipping mode switch and the attack/release transient selection knob. The main transient shaper knob offers three scaling modes (x1, x2, and x3), thus allowing the user to make more precise adjustments if required.
The saturation module is only available in the full version of Couture. It offers a choice between six different distortion types (Bit, Rect, Fuzz, Sin, Bass, and Tube) and a pair of filters (HP and LP) which can be applied before or after the saturation circuit. Also included is a drive smoothing control which makes the distortion more mellow at higher drive settings. As mentioned above, the saturation section is disabled in Couture Free Edition, but you can freely access all the other features. If you’re interested in unlocking the full potential of Couture, you should take advantage of the ongoing 20% OFF sale. Find more info on the product page linked below.
You can download Couture Free Edition directly from the Auburn Sounds website, no registration required. The downloaded ZIP archive contains the manual installation files for all supported plugin formats. The software is compatible with all VST, AU, and AAX plugin hosts on PC and Mac.
Couture Free Edition is available for free download via Auburn Sounds(8.3 MB download size, ZIP archive, 32-bit & 64-bit VST/AU/AAX plugin format for Windows & MacOS).
Free Transient Vst
System requirements
- Mac OS X 10.12 or newer (older OS versions may work but are not tested).
- Windows 64-bit, versions 7, 8 or 10.
- Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 or newer.
- Screen resolution 1280x800 or larger.
- 8 GB RAM or more is recommended, as well as at least 8 GB hard disk space for installation (individual plug-ins take less space, while sample libraries may require additional disk space. Specific information available on each instrument's page).
- Softube account.
- iLok account.
- Internet access for downloading installer and managing licenses.
- iLok generation 2 and up, if you intend to use an iLok dongle for authorizing your plug-ins (note that an iLok dongle is not a requirement).
- In theory, any 64-bit VST, VST3, AU, or AAX (11.0.2 or higher) compatible host application should work.
However, due to plug-in host differences between DAWs - and our own rigorous testing standards - we only officially test our plug-ins and instruments in the most recent versions of Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Live, Studio One, Digital Performer, Reaper and Sonar. Softube plugins are not tested in the non-listed systems, but they most likely work as long as the system requirements are met. We cannot guarantee a solution for issues in unsupported systems.
Please Note: Softube plug-ins support 64-bit hosts only, and a 64-bit OS is required. Therefore, for example, Pro Tools 10.x is no longer supported (contact support for latest 32-bit compatible instalers).
Supported sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz, in both mono and stereo.
The most recent maintenance release of the DAW application is recommended.
AAX DSP is not in active development, but older products still support AAX DSP. For legacy TDM/VENUE, please see the Legacy Installers page.