De-essing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[coyotekells]

Originally Posted by LCD

That the type of tip i'm looking for... good looks... hard to find stuff for this Intel Mac tho...

Are you on crack? Mac Intel is the standard pro audio platform.. most plugins worth their salt are available for OS X Intel.

[Storyville]

I am on crack and let me tell you, I can find software for a mac.

Anyway, my experience is that no de-esser really does the job right without degrading the vocal quality. Step one for me is automation - generally when I'm doing vocals (I usually do those last) automation is the first step. Unless there's a shiz ton of vocal backups, in which case I do a sum mix and then automate. It seems like a lot of work, but it really makes the rest of the vocal mixing a breeze even outside of the esses.

If it's still a problem (9 out of 10 times it won't be) I may try a de-esser, or simply just some eq, or a multiband. De-essers basically only hit the highs - and never seem to function correctly on wideband mode. The problem with only hitting the highs is then the subtones of the ess stick out - and rather than having a bright annoying ess, you have a dark, flat, annoying ess.

Sibilance sucks.

[TC Custom Audio]

Quote:
Originally Posted by LCD
That the type of tip i'm looking for... good looks... hard to find stuff for this Intel Mac tho.

Originally Posted by coyotekells

Are you on crack? Mac Intel is the standard pro audio platform.. most plugins worth their salt are available for OS X Intel.

That post is from February 2007 (almost three years ago). Perhaps you should try some crack for yourself.

[s.d.finley]

Originally Posted by Sannytown

Quote: Perhaps you should try some crack for yourself.

Dude!!! Stop bogarting the pipe, pass it! Remember: puff, puff, pass.

[phillysoulman]

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[Chris Lago]

I hate esses, and I have the worst mic and worst pre for Sibilance.