Free Audio Production Tools (Episode #5)

SpikeQ is a FREE Transient Shaper By Low Wave Studios

When you need more surgical precision at increasing that attach or reducing sustain, sometimes a compressor just won't do, so you may have to rethink your tools and SpikeQ may come in handy.

It includes 4 EQ bands for extra accuracy on the attack quality and a x2 Amount switch for extra attack, just remember, sometimes a little tweaking goes a long way.

From the developer:

"SpikeQ is a frequency based transient shaper.

As a distant cousin of Drum Snapper, it features the same attitude for increasing the Attack of a source, but expands it with the ability to enhance certain frequency areas on the attack portion of a sound.

Do you have a source that is too buried in a mix?

Do you want to make certain frequencies pop?

SpikeQ enables you to add huge boosts of eq but not making them too boomy and loose (in the low end) or too splashy (in the high end).

It features 4 semi-parametric eq bands (low and high shelves and 2 peak bands);
2x Amount to use on sources with low dynamic range or to have extreme effects;
A Clipper to avoid big spikes on the audio;
Oversampling for the clipper section, to avoid aliasing;
Attack and Release controls to shape the behavior of the transient shaper;
Output gain (pre-clipper);
Dry/Wet control to mix between the processed and unprocessed signal"

Get SpikeQ here!

SpikeQ is completely free, but you may consider supporting Low Wave Studios on Patreon.

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