AIR music´s Transfuser.

[classic]

Have this software long time now.
Love the Idea of it and the sounds are really great.
Just in modern DAW´s there are problems with the GUI.
Like in Cubase Pro 13. There are parts missing at the bottom of the GUI.

Will there ever be an update or even upgrade?

Would love to see on.

[Choikdoi]

Have this software long time now.
Love the Idea of it and the sounds are really great.
Just in modern DAW´s there are problems with the GUI.
Like in Cubase Pro 13. There are parts missing at the bottom of the GUI.

Will there ever be an update or even upgrade?

Would love to see on.

I'd love to see this updated too. I still use it surprisingly often. But AIR simply don't do updates / new versions to their old catalogue. So, unfortunately, there's zero evidence that there's even the smallest chance they would do anything for Transfuser.

Edit - I mean in recent times, they haven't updated anything from their old catalogue. There was Loom II and Xpand2. So, a bit OTT to say "zero evidence".

[lotus2035]

There are parts missing at the bottom of the GUI.

I seem to remember clicking the arrows to hide then show the interface sections again would fix that sometimes.

[Saffran]

Sometimes i maximize the window and it adjust itself to the screen format.

[DCrown]

There's no other plugin like transfuser,
a lot of Air still in use, time for updates, though, Strike could also need addtition of new sounds or at least xp packs

[Brittlestem]

Will there ever be an update or even upgrade?

I'd love to see this updated too. I still use it surprisingly often. But AIR simply don't do updates / new versions to their old catalogue. So, unfortunately, there's zero evidence that there's even the smallest chance they would do anything for Transfuser.

Edit - I mean in recent times, they haven't updated anything from their old catalogue. There was Loom II and Xpand2. So, a bit OTT to say "zero evidence".

Not OTT at all. See relevant list below that I submitted in 2009.
Marvel at how many feature requests have been implemented in the last 15 years.
https://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=140 ... stcount=23


1. The ability to drag'n'drop/swap around Drum Pad FX.

2. The option to make Drum Pad send fx *post* volume/pan - so lowering a Drum Pad's volume also lowers it's send FX and changing a Pads pan setting is reflected in the Send FX.

3. The ability to drag a wave file from the Recorder into a User Audio folder in the Browser.
This makes the inability to save your own Drum Pad creations slightly less painful to workaround.

4. The ability to save your own cool Drum Pad creations - is there no
way that a wholly self-content file can be saved with FX/envelopes etc?

5. Most importantly, the ability to increase the Sequencer Pane to allow all Drum Lanes to be seen. I can't emphasize how crippling it is to not be able to see all the Sequencer Lanes at the same time.

6. Ditto using slices, trying to line up the desired slice to the right step is very fiddly with the present pane size.

7. Audition Browser samples *with* Insert/Track/Master FX. I very often find a cool snare only to find that with enhancers/compressor/maximizer on the FX it sounds completely different.
Also audition Browser samples in situ ie temporarily replacing the destination Drum Pad as the Drum Seq.

8. An option that when you select a slice it sounds/plays. Removes the need to audition it via the vertical piano of the piano roll and then hope that you've selected the right slice.

9. Being able to drag along a Sequencer Lane with the pencil tool, creating or deleting notes as you can in the Transfuser effect "Gater" would *greatly* speed up writing.

10. Also, having the most frequently used commands such as Copy/Paste current bar, Undo/redo, *deselect* brought out onto the GUI would, again really speed up the workflow.

11. The ability to mute/solo the different FX lanes in the Gater effect.

12. A Mario-like function for use with the gater- ie randomize option for each lane.

12. Mono/Stereo output button on each Drum Pad.

13. Back and forward arrows for Drum Synth Kits (above the drum pads)
For the FX presets.

14. Reverse and Note Repeat (a la GURU for glitchy effects) pages in the Drum Seq.

15. Copy and paste Track Automation Lanes. Copy Automation Lanes steps 1-16 to 17-32 and vice vers

17. Ability to save *User* FX presets. Also, FX "init" presets. (for Gater, for example.)

18. Pressing Record in Transfuser and then Play in Pro Tools starts
Transfuser Recording - with subsequent trigger notes from a MIDI region change the pattern in Transfuser - enabling one to play/record into Transfuser while listening to the whole Pro Tools session.
ie "wait for note" Record mode with proper pattern change.

19. Also, being able to play/Rec a pattern when it has no data in it - at present you have to draw in a note before it'll play.

19. Create cresendo works based on the current Page selected ie
if filter is selected then it creates a filtered crescendo, ditto pitch etc

20. Altering the settings on the Pitch etc page using the mouse is set to the slower setting, currently *always* requires a key modifier to enter the inevitable small change.

21. Drag and drop FX *exchanges* them rather than overwrites.

21. A Fine Tune page or alternative setting for the Pitch page..

22. Selecting or "highlighting" some lanes and choosing "copy current bar" and then pasting into a new bar *shouldn't* overwrite unselected lanes - thereby allowing one to copy and paste different lanes into different patterns and combine the best of both.

23. Right-clicking with the pencil tool deletes a node (ie slicer pan node) or note.

24. Option to turn off scroll while recording.

25. If left-clicking a lane in a Drum-Synth "Selects" all on that lane can we have right-clicking "Deselects" all - much, much easier than constantly having to go to the drop-down menu.

26. Ability to save Drum Pad Send FX and Insert FX set-ups.

27. In the Drum Synth display for each sample, having the wave overlayed the pitch/amp/filter thereby making sound design much easier.

28. At present it's impossible to draw nodes in the Drum Pads pitch/amp window in the *upper* far 3rd of the screen where the samples name is - and therefore deleting is also difficult if the zoom places a node in that area.

28. The drag'drop of Drum Pads has been unexpectedly removed with no explanation. The proposed solution unfortunately doesn't copy the old Pads pain-stakingly tweaked FX or sends - which also of course cannot be saved and reloaded into a new Pad.

A more elegant solution would be to have an option on the Tool(?) page which "Enables Drum Pads to be *swapped*" thereby also removing the danger of accidently copying over an existing Drum Pad.

29. The ability to copy and paste a single Drum Seq Lane into another single Lane on multiple or single pages- ie doubling up a kick Lane at the moment including all the velocity/pan/time information seems impossible, ditto trying out a Lane with a different sound etc.

30. Sample start and end midi learnable/Track Automation Lane usable

31. In the Drum Synth be able to load new samples leaving the destination Pad's FX and enevelopes intact.

32. Gater FX - copy/exchange/swap pages 1 and 2

[JonSolo]

This is a plugin that I have really enjoyed and used often over the years. As much as I would like to see an update, I am not sure Air is the one to do it. They would really need to tighten up to pull off this feat.

[ChristopherWD]

Most of AIR's plugins were really something unique and it's a huge shame that they're essentially abandoned at this point, with no meaningful update in sight and a (somewhat) new product like being focused on instead.

They're the only reason I even keep iLok around at this point...

[lotus2035]

I have said in the AIR forum that I think Transfuser 2 is one of the best drum/loop plugins ever made. Such a shame it was abandoned. Even a modern remake with the same functions would have been something special.

[DarkS474]

The most annoying bug with Transfuser 2 latest version on PC is that the false error of not being able to access some soundbanks/presets all of a sudden. Even relocating the .big files won't solve the issue immediately. It usually happens all of a sudden on projects with many tracks in any DAW (Mixcraft 9, Reaper 6 or 7, Studio One 5 Artist). It rarely happens on new blank projects adding a few Transfuser 2 tracks but it might happen after a while all of a sudden later on.
It is like multiple instances with references (pointers) to the .big files corrupt Transfuser 2 and then it gives the false error like the .big files disappeared or got corrupted but that is never the case.

[machinesworking]

Most of AIR's plugins were really something unique and it's a huge shame that they're essentially abandoned at this point, with no meaningful update in sight and a (somewhat) new product like being focused on instead.

They're the only reason I even keep iLok around at this point...

The problem isn't that AIr aren't still producing plugins though, here''s a list of Mac OS Sonoma compatible Air plugin, all of them are new products, made in the last couple years. The problem is they don't seem to be interested in keeping most of the instrument collection up to date. Barring Vacuum Pro which is redone as Tube Synth and a few of the traditional instruments that have been repackaged as well.
https://support.airmusictech.com/en/sup ... patibility

[Sir Hannes]

Hi,

I need to open up some sessions I used Loom 2 and Hybrid 3. Can't anymore (Logic 10.8.2 Sonoma). Interestingly they create glitches without being triggered by MIDI notes, goes up to resonance.

AIR still sell these products to customers worldwide. So I wrote them and asked about a destination in time or - a clear no that they won't update these products anymore.

Looking forward for your experiences.

[Bladerunner1962]

I "try" to use this great Plugin over the last years.
Something is wrong developed in Transfuser.
I work in my DAW with racks. Each rack contains once Transfuser VST with e.g. all guitar presets. A second rack contains the best of bass presets. And so on....
So I could combine several racks with one selected preset from each rack.
For all other VST instruments this works pretty good to combine several VST instances.
The only one which makes problem is Transfuser.
If I open only one of the Transfuser racks everything works good.
If I open e.g. a second rack with Transfuser I get the famous "missing contont" error.
So Transfuser seems not be able to run in several/multiple instances on a DAW.

[bmanic]

Good news!!

https://www.airmusictech.com/beta-signup.html

Public beta of Apple native ARM Silicon updates now available.

[db3]

Happy to have Hybrid 3 & Vacuum Pro back...although I've already had a Live crash.