Transient Suppressor¶

A Transient Suppressor reduces the level of non-program audio, transients from a microphone input. Transients would be defined as quick, short burst of unwanted noise. Image a conference room in which the attendees are eating lunch with silverware that clinks and clanks as the attendees eat. Without the transient suppressor the far end would be overwhelmed with all the transient clinks and clanks of the attendees eating. However, with a transient suppressor in line, only human speech would be sent to the far end and solitary clinks and clanks would be gated out.

Gain Reduction Meter: Indicates the amount of gain reduction applied when transient audio, clinks and clanks, are gated from the program audio or speech.

Response: There are three response presets that determine how much suppression is applied to transients in the program audio at the module’s input. Gentle, Normal, and Aggressive. Gentle would be less suppression of transients but would also have less effect on the attack time of program audio and speech. Aggressive will suppress the transient signals in a more extreme way, but may also cause the first syllable of the first word spoken after a pause to be missed or gated.

Active: Activates the transient suppressor onto the audio signal input according to the response selected.