#deessing

[aaploomusic]

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#DeEssing 😜 stay tuned✌️ (at Poonch, Jammu And Kashmir, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0VxD61HcEG/?igshid=1j9x80rwavv4s

[pgxmusic]

The point is .... what De-esser do I like ? They all plugin wise do it a little differently but if you want silky s’s that sound like the track got better ? Unfortunately , it’s one of these Unobtanium devices . You can’t strap a de-esser over a whole track and expect not to have overall degradation ... but that’s why we have this one rot rodded to such a level that it’s hard to notice . In fact it’s the same level of filtration we use on doing vinyl mastering . The vinyl mastering is basically on another level and these little tools are all part of the bigger picture ... but sometimes I can get away with using one on a 2 track stereo master and actually make the thing sound so pleasing that I have to listen to it over and over to make sure I wasn’t imagining how well it worked ... credit to the techs because this ain’t no swap a little diode and pop it back in, this is a lot of upgrades down to the power supply of the actual De-Esser. So next time you get a messed up S in the mix and someone said “fix it in the mix” and couldn’t do it , we probably can. The more complex or dense a mix gets , the more it becomes a challenge (other sounds around it) .:: and sure it can be subtractive , however I’m compensating some EQ and it allows me to still pull the air on top of the voice and it really made this one sound beautiful , even after the rest of the instruments join in etc ... #deessing #deesser #mastering #mixing #fixitinthemix #fixitinthenow #masteringmonday #music #pop #singersongwriters (at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu4CIzIFvN1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ydwhqdi9xln8

[sandboxpublishing]

😂😂😂 Ok not THAT bad. Nailed two out of 8, most other issues involve #deessing 🎤 and #EQ adjustments. Oh and I'm a bit aggressive with the @wavesaudio H #reverb 🤗 #studio #recording #protools #audioengineer #protools #experiencecounts

[mennismusicproduction]

How to Deal With Sibilance

Sibilance is the bane of my life when I'm mixing.

I love rock music and hard hitting, double or triple tracked vocals with some nice harmonies. But all the compression and high end you pump in to a lead vocal causes the "S" sounds to be almost unbearable, an improperly de-essed track will sound harsh and piercing at loud volumes. Not something you want in your mixes!

Here are a couple ways to deal with it:

Many people use De-Essers, to great effect, simply spending the time to home in on the frequency that has strong resonance and is offending most in the upper frequency spectrum and applying the correct amount of gain reduction to get rid of the harshness.

I simply cannot stand De-Essers.  

For my tastes, the attack times are too slow and the release times are too quick on the de-essers I've used. If you really push the amount of gain reduction you're doing you can hear these bad attack and release times along with pumping. The results just don't match up to my expectations. I much prefer using clip gain to take the volume of each sibilant sound down to a good level. This method doesn't attenuate any of the important high frequencies that we are trying so hard to push into our vocals to achieve clarity and character. 

It's a pain, but it's worth it in my mind. 

Have a great day music makers!