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Overview

Name | Version: Carver - The Most Powerful Transient Shaper 1.2
Author: NoirLabs
Device Type: Audio Effect
Description: Carver is a new type of natural transient shaper that allows for an unparalleled level of transient control, all without any change in perceived volume. Whether it’s making drums hit harder or fading them down to just the transients, Carver just became your new secret weapon.

New features in 1.2 -
https://youtu.be/j4j2fposQqI

Check Carver out in action here - https://youtu.be/lg9ZHWcZL04

For a more in depth video - https://youtu.be/0a8fLBpe2xA

Features

- Natural sounding transient shaping without changing the perceived volume
- Quickly define the transient and release length
- 3 different shaping curve types
- Transparent input and output clipping
- Split distortion between the full sound, just the transient, or just the body of the sound
- Waveform display that clearly shows the defined transient length in real time
- Adjustable detection sensitivity to pick up more or less transients
- Incredibly accurate transient detection and capable of detecting very dynamic input material
- Choose between Stereo, Mid/Side, Mid, Side options for shaping
- Designed with simplicity and quickness in mind
- Low CPU usage

Change Log:

v1.2
- Fixed a critical bug that would prevent the proper lookahead compensation from initializing in sample rates other than 48000

v1.1
- New attack and decay curves; Natural, Punchy and Classic
- New transparent input clipper and output clipper with anti-aliasing filters to prevent aliasing without oversampling when clipping
- New distortion mode to choose between distorting the whole input, just the transient or just the body of the sound. Additionally a presence control has been added that acts similar to a transient driven EQ control to subtly boost the high end of a sound
- Can now choose between processing in Stereo, Mid/Side, Mid, and Side.
- Transient detection is no longer semi-level dependent, will detect transients at near silence with equal accuracy to full loudness
- Slight UI and UX updates to make things easier to use and read
- All control are now midi mappable and automation enabled
- Major CPU optimizations reducing the overall usage significantly

Details

Live Version Used: 10.1.18
Max Version Used: 8.1.5
Date Added: Sep 24 2020 13:06:41
Date Last Updated: Sep 03 2024 18:05:19
Downloads: 0
Website: https://bit.ly/NL_carver
ⓘ License: Commercial
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Comments

This is great!
Posted on September 24 2020 by BG23 | Report Issue
I wanted to buy it, but I have read comments that it has a bug
Posted on May 21 2021 by karpermusictrip | Report Issue
It's a great device. But when i load it back from an old set it actually is buggy and i have to reload all the instances. Which is a bit of an issue right now that hopefully will be fixed
Posted on November 08 2021 by telkmx | Report Issue
can't purchase it on your site. won't take my cards i think because i am overseas. could you enable paypal for gumroad?? all the people i buy from on gumroad use it. never have issues.
Posted on November 20 2021 by fatvonfree | Report Issue
Anyone know if this is still bugged like these comments say?
Posted on August 17 2022 by Beautifulgoblins123 | Report Issue
Still buggy..
Ive tried messaging them many times and no answer. I would be carefull to buy it w no support
Posted on November 15 2022 by telkmx | Report Issue
The gmaudio transient shaper is nice and w updates :)
Posted on November 15 2022 by telkmx | Report Issue
I have responded to multiple emails from you Telkmx and have received no response back when asking for information as to how its buggy, or what is going on so I can diagnose the problem. We have had extremely low bug reports and if they do occur, it tends to be due to graphical glitches in Windows and Mac that are fixed by reinstalling Ableton.
Posted on February 02 2023 by Technoir | Report Issue
Does it support Push 3 Standalone? I read some nice reviews about Carver and would need a good transient designer to have with me on the go. 
Posted on March 29 2025 by TobeTob | Report Issue

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