UNITED PLUGINS Transmutator

Away from the world of classic outboard gear emulations, there’s a whole host of innovative tools for the innumerable tasks that producers, artists, mixers, sound designers and DJs are faced with. Transmutator was developed by JMG Sound under the United Plugins umbrella to provide a crossfade and transition tool. Aside from the basic-level crossfading, Transmutator provides 16 blend modes that use two inputs to affect – and effect – one another across the crossfade.

SIDECHAIN UNCHAINED

This plug-in utilises the sidechain function found in many DAWs. Reason and GarageBand, however, are not compatible, as they lack a sidechaining function. Transmutator consists of two channels, A and B, the former carrying the signal of its host channel and the latter carrying the sidechain input. The central crossfade control is crowned by a colour strip that runs from red