Apparatus for manipulating an audio signal having a transient event, comprising: a signal processor for processing a transient reduced audio signal, in which a first time portion comprising the transient event is removed, or for processing an audio signal comprising the transient event to obtain a processed audio signal; a signal inserter for inserting a second time portion into the processed audio signal at a signal location, where the first time portion was removed or where the transient event is to be replaced in the processed audio signal, wherein the second time portion comprises a transient event not influenced by the processing performed by the signal processor so that a manipulated audio signal is obtained, wherein the signal inserter is configured: for determining a time length of the second time portion to be copied from the audio signal having the transient event, for determining a start time instant of the second time portion or a stop time instant of the second time portion by finding a maximum of a cross correlation calculation, so that a border of the second time portion matches with a corresponding border of the processed audio signal as far as possible, wherein a position in time of the transient event in the manipulated audio signal coincides with the position in time of the transient event in the audio signal or deviates from the position in time of the transient event in the audio signal by a time difference smaller than a pyschoacoustically tolerable degree determined by a pre-masking or a post-masking of the transient event. a signal processor for processing a transient reduced audio signal, in which a first time portion comprising the transient event is removed, or for processing an audio signal comprising the transient event for processing a transient reduced audio signal, in which a first time portion comprising the transient event is removed, or for processing an audio signal comprising the transient event to obtain a processed audio signal; a signal inserter for inserting a second time portion into the processed audio signal at a signal location, where the first time portion was removed or where the transient event is to be replaced in the processed audio signal, wherein the second time portion comprises a transient event not influenced by the processing performed by the signal processor so that a manipulated audio signal is obtained, wherein the signal inserter is configured: for determining a time length of the second time portion to be copied from the audio signal having the transient event, for determining a start time instant of the second time portion or a stop time instant of the second time portion by finding a maximum of a cross correlation calculation, so that a border of the second time portion matches with a corresponding border of the processed audio signal as far as possible, wherein a position in time of the transient event in the manipulated audio signal coincides with the position in time of the transient event in the audio signal or deviates from the position in time of the transient event in the audio signal by a time difference smaller than a pyschoacoustically tolerable degree determined by a pre-masking or a post-masking of the transient event. for determining a time length of the second time portion to be copied from the audio signal having the transient event, for determining a start time instant of the second time portion or a stop time instant of the second time portion by finding a maximum of a cross correlation calculation, so that a border of the second time portion matches with a corresponding border of the processed audio signal as far as possible, wherein a position in time of the transient event in the manipulated audio signal coincides with the position in time of the transient event in the audio signal or deviates from the position in time of the transient event in the audio signal by a time difference smaller than a pyschoacoustically tolerable degree determined by a pre-masking or a post-masking of the transient event.