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Smack Attack.

Transient shaping with independent attack and sustain, and adjustable curve shapes.

£29
Waves Smack Attack
Compatibility
VST3 · AU · AAX
Formats
Waves
Developer

Overview

Transients, shaped to taste.

Smack Attack is a transient shaper with more control over the initial attack than the usual design allows, letting you set the level of the attack and how much of it is processed. It makes a snare crack rather than thud, sharpens a strummed acoustic and hardens percussive rap vocals, and works in the other direction to settle hand percussion sitting too far forward. Transients and sustain can be tightened or extended independently.

Highlights

Emphasizes percussive peaks for more punch and presence
Customize attack levels, and how much of the attack to process
Selectively tighten or extend transients and sustain
Advanced features, parallel processing, MIDI control
Real-time graphic display makes it easy to optimize settings quickly
Controls attack characteristics more flexibly than ever before
Softens peaks to place instruments further back in the mix
Sensitivity control for selective transient shaping

Compatibility

Specs and requirements.

Licence and delivery

Formats
VSTVST3AUAAX NativeAAX DSP
Licence
Perpetual licence
Delivery
Instant download
Type
Transient Shaper
SKU
1246-2844
Product code
SMATCK

macOS

OS
11 or later (native Apple Silicon)
Processor
Apple Silicon & Intel

Windows

OS
10 or later (64-bit)
Processor
64-bit Intel / AMD

Apple Silicon and Intel Macs are both natively supported.

Waves

About the maker

Meet Waves.

Waves Audio, founded in 1992 in Israel, is one of the world's largest developers of audio plugins and signal processors. Its catalogue spans EQs, compressors, reverbs, and vintage console emulations used across music, film, broadcast, and live sound.

Waves Smack Attack

£29