Author Topic: Loud "Shh" sounds on vocals. (Read 5174 times)

Lydian · « **on:** April 01, 2016, 04:10:13 am »

How do you get tame them? Is this a desser job?

manducator · « **Reply #1 on:** April 01, 2016, 05:54:59 am »

Yes, it's why de-essers are invented for.

Here are two examples of de-essing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEjKe-KH1nc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KgT6gyQQBU

Yo can also do it yourself with multiband compression or a dynamic eq; narrow 1 single band to isolate the offending ssss-sounds and if you only activate that band on your multiband compressor or your dynamic eq, you have created a de-esser.

De-essers are essentially multiband compressors but especially designed for the frequencies of the sss-sounds. The sybilla plugins in the videos above are 8 band compressors than can be used on a very narrow range. It's hard to do that with a regular multiband compressor.

Lydian · « **Reply #2 on:** April 01, 2016, 04:02:45 pm »

Thanks. I was just curious because I know that they tame the "sss" sounds but I wasn't sure about the "shh" sounds. I tried using a deesser on a vocal that I had yesterday but it didn't work out the way I wanted it to. I'm going to try a multiband compressor and see if I can get anything good to come out of it.

EDIT: Problem solved! Thank you for your help!

All it took was a multiband compressor.

manducator · « **Reply #3 on:** April 01, 2016, 09:11:48 pm »

You're welcome, Lydian!!

Author Topic: Loud "Shh" sounds on vocals. (Read 5174 times)

Lydian

Loud "Shh" sounds on vocals.

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