| It's funny, b/c I had another take on it... I really found all the controls useful. Rocked it on a mix in MS mode today, and it was pretty amazing.
I just disabled the right side in the middle of an MS chain and de-essed the center of a mix. Basically, the suppressor will show you where the sibilance is most active, so you can set the range of frequencies visually really quickly, and not be "de-essing" in any registers you don't need to be. Yes, ears are king... but can you tell me when listening to a vocal/ mix the exact top and bottom frequencies of sibilance, which may even change over time/ course of a song? This thing really lets you get specific. And you can change attack/ release times and ratios.
Plus it has some trick where it can follow RMS and de-ess to varying degrees depending on program (trace the loud/ quiet dynamic on a vocal for instance, where the threshhold shifts depending on program). Probably best on individual tracks in this mode (not mixes/ masters).
I recently tried this and Mr. Frindle's newest plug.... hate to say it, but I got more immediately pleasing results from this one, although they don't do the exact same thing anyway (apples to oranges).
I don't have a Weiss here, but I'd be interested to hear people compare the suppressor with the Weiss de-essing abilities. |