Prepare to elevate your music with The Riser, an all-new instrument meticulously designed for crafting musical transitions of epic proportions. This powerful, synth-based instrument centralizes all the essential tools for composing heart-stopping transitions within one intuitive user interface. In mere seconds, you can construct breathtaking rises, dramatic falls, expansive swells, smooth fades, and much more, all powered by our coveted sound synthesis technology. For immediate inspiration and creative jumpstarts, The Riser includes 300 professionally crafted presets that you can easily edit, deconstruct, copy, mangle, and seamlessly implement into your tracks.

Stops Hearts. Tops Charts.

Transitions are critical for adding suspense, hype, drama, and essential movement to your music. While cymbal swells and reversed instruments were once the go-to methods, modern DAWs revolutionized audio editing, paving the way for intricate sound effects. When combined with advanced synths and powerful audio shaping tools, transitions truly transformed from a technical process into an art form. Until now, achieving this level of sophistication has often been convoluted and time-intensive, diverting your focus from the overall project. Producers frequently spent valuable time just trying to get plugins, virtual sample players, hardware effects, sound modules, and other gear to simply work together—and that was before even hitting "record." The Riser eliminates these hurdles, putting seamless, powerful transition design directly at your fingertips.

A 3-for-All: Core Oscillators

Featuring the most powerful and musical virtual synthesis available, The Riser can be used to create classic transitions or generate effects never-before-heard by human ears. The core of The Riser's magic lies in its three continuously variable oscillators: Sweep, Noise, and Chord. Each oscillator boasts a dedicated Filter send and a clear graphical parameter depiction, giving you unparalleled visual feedback and control.

• Sweep: This oscillator, featuring volume, frequency, and oscillator shape controls, dictates the direction and progression of your transition. Use it to create compelling rises, dramatic falls, sudden stops, and gradual swells with clear audible and visible feedback.
• Noise: Providing comprehensive volume, shape, and pitch controls, the Noise oscillator allows you to infuse unique textures into your transitions. Start shaping to add grit, sharp bite, subtle hiss, powerful punch, and more, giving your effects distinctive character.
• Chord: The Riser's Chord oscillator introduces you to an uncharted creative continent. Use it to precisely match The Riser's sonic structure to your song's key (or a contrasting one for tension) and blend it to taste; it can be as musical as you desire, opening up harmonic possibilities in your transitions.

Dynamic Modulation and Effects

Three Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs) provide additional, powerful modulation capabilities to your transitions. A tempo-sync'd LFO works in perfect harmony with your DAW's native song tempo, allowing you to easily increase the transition's rhythmic complexity. The second LFO is free-running, offering independent modulation without ties to the native tempo, ideal for more organic or unpredictable movements. Third, the unique Pumper effect modulates the synthesis with precise dynamics control in tandem with your track's tempo. This pulsating effect adds punch and rhythmic movement to the transition, and features various time divisions and depth controls for seamlessly adapting to or powerfully accentuating your track's groove.

For those looking for turn-key transitions, our team of expert sound designers has constructed 300 fully editable presets across various types, bringing modern, instantly usable transitions directly to your project.

Wide Compatibility

The Riser offers unequalled flexibility with your current production and composition setup. Available for Mac or PC and in AU, VST, and AAX formats, it can operate as a powerful instrument in nearly any popular DAW, including Logic Pro X, Cubase, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Sonar, Digital Performer, Reaper, and many more. It does not require specialty sample players or proprietary software to be used in your DAW project—simply call it up when you need it, and integrate it seamlessly. Furthermore, you can easily map your favorite keyboard or controller to the virtual knobs and faders within The Riser or most DAWs, offering fluid and intuitive operation that perfectly complements your composition style.

Get Effected: Integrated Studio-Grade Processing

We've integrated the most essential effects for transition design directly into The Riser, providing fast access to studio-grade audio manipulation heaven. A tempo-sync'd delay with versatile time-division can gently slap or completely drench your transition with the subtlety of a feather—or the impact of a sledgehammer. To add expansive space to your patch, mix in one of 4 distinct reverb types, all of which are completely adjustable to perfectly complement your track's ambience. To truly grab the listener's attention, we incorporated intuitive Panning and Width controls, letting you master stereo positioning and control the intimacy of your sound. The advanced Filter section features over 20 types, ranging from classic low-pass, high-pass, and band-pass, to complex multi-pole/pass combinations, band reject, and phase shift. When used in concert with The Riser's LFOs and continuously variable oscillators, you'll achieve standout results with a truly signature flair.

Invert Your Thinking: Unlock New Sounds

Experimentation is the key to boundless inspiration, and The Riser provides a few additional tricks to help you unlock entirely new sounds. A powerful randomizer will intelligently select values for the main parameters, instantly sparking fresh creative ideas. The innovative Invert mode will instantly reverse the entire transition, letting you hear it with the direction switched – rises become falls, swells become fades, and much more. Tap the Swap button, and those inversions will override your current setup, making it incredibly easy to create complementary patches and save them as new presets along the way.

Like You've Never Experienced Before.

We deeply understand the science behind the suspense, emotion, and impact that a great musical transition delivers. Until now, faithfully recreating the intricate transition you envision in your head has often been a convoluted, manual, and time-consuming process. The Riser puts intuitive sound-shaping tools precisely where you need them, allowing you to design effects that consistently keep the listener on the edge of their seat, transforming your musical storytelling.

• Transition designer optimized for electronic music production, scoring, and remix work
• 3 editable oscillators: sweep, noise, and chord for versatile sound generation
• 3 LFOs: free-running, tempo-synced, and Pumper for dynamic modulation
• 23 filter types including multi-pole and phase shift for precise tone sculpting
• 300 professionally designed, editable presets for instant inspiration and customization
• Randomizer generates unique patches at the click of a button
• Invert mode creates complementary patches by instantly changing transition direction
• Easy MIDI-Learn Mode: just click and twist to assign parameters to your favorite MIDI controller hardware
• Pumper effect creates pulsating movement
• Configurable delay and reverb with wet/dry processing; includes 4 reverb types for spatial depth
• Adjustable panning movements and master stereo width control for precise stereo imaging
• Wide compatibility: 64-bit AU; 32- and 64-bit VST/AAX; Mac or Windows