Before and after — same loop, Frost on the second half
Max for Live · Audio Effect
Frost
A transient shaper that gets to the attack before the compressor does. Two controls, no menus, no preset browser. Built for drums that need edges instead of more volume.
$24
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- Instant download, link valid 72 hours
- Works in Ableton Live 11 and 12
- Requires Max for Live (Suite or add-on)
- Free updates for the lifetime of the device
What the two knobs actually do
Drag the controls and watch the envelope change. The faint line behind is the starting position, so you see the difference and not just the state.
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Starting position
Your setting
An illustration of the control range, not a recording. The audio demo above is the real thing.
Two knobs, because two is enough
Most transient shapers give you six parameters and a graph. Frost gives you attack and sustain, and does the rest with a detector that follows the material instead of a fixed window.
| Attack | −100 to +100. Positive sharpens the hit, negative softens it without dulling the tail. |
|---|---|
| Sustain | −100 to +100. Shortens or extends the body. Extending stays clean up to about +60 on most drums. |
| Detector | Follows the signal rather than a fixed time window, so it behaves the same on a 60 BPM kick and a 170 BPM snare. |
| Latency | Zero. Nothing to compensate, safe on a live drum bus. |
| CPU | Roughly 0.4 percent of one core on an M-series Mac. |
| Requires | Ableton Live 11 or 12 with Max for Live. Tested on macOS 13 and later and Windows 11. |
| Delivery | ZIP containing the .amxd device and a one-page PDF manual. |
Everything together for $59
Kaltlicht Vol. 1, Frost and Halo — $26 less than buying them one at a time.