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Avoiding overdoing dynamics devices

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Avoiding overdoing dynamics devices

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- [Instructor] I'll read you a note that I received. And it says, "I'm hearing a bit of de-effing and de-ething." So they're replacing de-essing with two f's or th, effing and ething. That happens, that lispy sound happens when you're overusing using a de-esser. I have one set up here in the extreme to demonstrate that here with Stefan Pruett's Carefree. Listen. ♫ It's just a place when it's not with you. - [Instructor] There it is without the de-esser. ♫ Carefree. - [Instructor] Just rolled it out. ♫ It's just a place when it's not with you. - [Instructor] That's a very clear example of place when it's not. That's what happens when you de-ess to hard. ♫ It's just a place when it's not with you. - [Instructor] In the track. ♫ It's just a place when it's not with you. - [Instructor] Again without it, just to drive this home. ♫ It's just a place when it's not with you. - [Instructor] So de-essing is a kind of compression that is also frequency dependent. It really is just going after…

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