ARTICULATE
Audio ADSR
ADD SMACK, PUNCH, BODY, AND AIR
Take control of your mix with Articulate, the next generation envelope shaper that makes fixing dynamics as
simple as using an EQ. More than a transient shaper, Articulate separates your audio into four bands: Attack,
Decay, Sustain, and Release. By dialing in the desired level on the corresponding fader, you can instantly
add Smack, Punch, Body, and Air to any source.
Every sound contains four essential elements...
SMACK
The initial transient gets your attention
Four elements. Four sliders. Infinite control. Articulate.
Articulate divides the envelope of any sound into four powerful segments: Attack (Smack), Decay (Punch), Sustain (Body), and Release (Air). Giving you direct control to enhance transients, boost presence, or subtly control sustain—dial in clarity, punch, and precision exactly how you want.
SCULPT YOUR DYNAMICS
Sidechain-Triggering
Shape one sound with another. Articulate’s Sidechain mode ducks transients and reshapes envelopes based on an external input—tighten bass with a kick, clean up reverb tails, or add groove without crushing dynamics. A smarter way to control the mix.
Anthony Baldino
(Tenet, Transformers: Rise of the Beast, The Mandalorian)
“I'm using multiple instances in every session.
Truly a magic plugin.”
Sebastian Morton
(Sting, Seal, Donna Summer, Iron Man 2)
“I’ve always dreamed of having ADSR-style envelopes for any audio source—amazing!.”
Theodore Shapiro
(Composer: Severance, Yellow Jackets, Tropic Thunder)
"This is really cool!
Love it for drums."
Justin Meldal-Johnsen
(Beck, NIN, M83, Air, St. Vincent)
"I’ve found my favorite tool for designing transients and envelopes. It gives you more control, a great sonic character, and an intuitive interface. Highly recommended."
Including 70+ Presets For
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Drums
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Synths & Keys
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Guitar
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Effects, Ambience, and Creative
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Vocals
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Bass
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Mixbuss & Mastering
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Sidechain
FEATURES
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Independent Envelope Shaping: Precision over ATTACK, DECAY, SUSTAIN, and RELEASE stages for ultimate transient definition
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Sidechain Detection: Use external audio sources to shape transients and envelopes dynamically—resolve mix clashes, enhance separation, and clean low-end buildup effortlessly
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Separation Control: Adjust from smooth shaping to aggressive transient enhancement.
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Solo & Mute Per Envelope Stage: Instantly isolate parts of your envelope, fine-tune details that matter without affecting the rest
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Professional Peak Limiter: Integrated peak limiting, for artifact-free control
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Fully resizable UI!
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Color Schemes! Don’t like the look of it, change it
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70+ Presets
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Full Preset Librarian with Categories, Tags, Descriptions, UNDO, and A/B Comparison
TECHNOLOGY
Articulate combines two areas of research that are very close to our hearts here at Newfangled Audio. We've spent 10 years researching the best ways to measure the amplitude envelope of an audio signal. One might think it's a trivial problem, but getting a very accurate measure that is both fast and stable is quite difficult. With this highly accurate envelope detector in hand we applied a good measure of psychoacoustic understanding to separate the audio signal into elements that are important to how we, as humans, experience sound. This research is ongoing, but we were so pleased with the results of these experiments we wanted to share this product now.
ARTICULATE OR PUNCTUATE?
Transients are one of the most essential elements of a good mix. Both Punctuate and Articulate are first class products for controlling the transient impact of your sound, but how are they different?
Punctuate is uniquely suited to mastering and 2-bus scenarios where you want to change the transient impact of an entire mix without artifacts.
Articulate is an audio ADSR which gives you unprecedented direct control of the entire envelope of a single instrument, allowing you to fit sounds in the mix almost without thinking about it.
Articulate and Punctuate use entirely different algorithms to achieve their unique goals.