De-essern

[spaceman]

Är det någon som har tips om en bra de-esser för att framförallt

få bort s-ljud i sång ?

[sisältää]

I realtid eller i efterhand?

[spaceman]

I realtid eller i efterhand?

Vilket föredras ? Det spelar väl ingen roll om man råkar få med Ssss-en

i realtid om man kan få bort det i efterhand, eller ?

[sisältää]

Är det studioinspelning vi snackar om så är det förstås bäst att ta bort dem i efterhand eftersom du då inte riskerar att förstöra inspelningen. För bästa resultat letar du upp alla ess i inspelningen och EQ:ar dem till schysst nivå.

Orkar du inte vara noga så kan en kompressor med side-chainfunktion göra jobbet hyfsat.

The problem: You have a vocal, but sounds such as the letters "S" and "T" are sounding really harsh, and burst through the mix too much. You don't want to equalise them out of the vocal sound, because the vocal sound is actually quite nice apart from those explosive "S" and "T" sounds.

The solution: Using fast "Attack" and quite fast "Release", set the compressor at about 3:1 and then place an equaliser into the side-chain. Suck out all bottom end, and middle, and apply a boost at around 3 to 6KHz. You will find that adjusting the "Threshold" will control how powerful the "S" and "T" sounds can get. Overdo it and the vocal can sound very strange. Set it so that it gets the "S" and "T" sounds just how you like them.

Note: It is understandable to think that you might need two compressors on a vocal - one to perform de-essing, followed by another one doing "normal" compression. This is not so. One compressor can do the two jobs at the same time! Simply compress the vocal as normal. Then insert an equaliser into the side chain, and apply a small boost around the sibilant region (around 3KHz-6KHz). This will cause the compressor to over-react on sibilant sounds, thereby de-essing at the same time as compressing. Use the EQ BOOST to control how much sibilant sounds are CUT.

It is VERY, VERY IMPORTANT not to overdo de-essing. If you do, the singer will sound like they have a lisp. Or should that be lithp? :-) In any case, once you've screwed it up by overdoing it during recording, then there is little you can do to rescue it later - so go easy on it! (you can always de-ess some more during mixing if required).

It's important to understand that the equaliser you choose to place in the side-chain does NOT affect the frequency response of the sound going THROUGH the compressor, just what the compressor internally LISTENS to. It therefore effects how the overall volume responds to changes in volume at certain frequencies. This is known as "Frequency SENSITIVE compression". It is also possible to purchase more complex compressors that actually DO affect the frequency response in different bands, and this is known as "Frequency SELECTIVE" compression - there is a big difference between the two, although the names are similar, and even professionals get the two terms mixed up sometimes.

http://gonzoft.tripod.com/articles/a4/a4.htm

Edited April 12, 2005 by sisältää

[spaceman]

Tack för tipsen Sisältää.

[sisältää]

Inga problem.