De-essing

[Mikael Hansson]

Hi Martin,

Martin Naef wrote:
>> We forgot the popshield this weekend so when we listened to the last 
>> track in the car, we found out there was some sharp s's cutting through.
>>     
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> Erm, a pop-shield doesn't do much against sharp S's...
>   
Hmm, I just guessed that was the main reason as it was the only thing 
differing from last time we recorded vocals...well we had a fire in the 
fireplace this time but it doesn't matter, I think :)
>> Which is the best way to get rid of that? EQ or a dedicated deesser?
>>     
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> Deesser. A regular EQ might take away some of the "air" and bite of the 
> vocal.
>
>   
>> If I use a deesser, should I use it before or after the compressor?
>>     
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> Generally before, but it shouldn't be too critical IMHO. In case you 
> don't have a deesser, there's a free one here (I haven't used it myself, 
> but the digitalfishphone plug-ins generally have a good reputation even 
> if they're a bit long in the tooth now):
>
> http://www.digitalfishphones.com/main.php?item=2&subItem=5
>   
Yeah, I knew about that one but thanks anyway!

/Micke