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De-essing a vocal track

De-essing a vocal track - Pro Tools Tutorial

From the course: Vocal Production Techniques: Editing and Mixing in Pro Tools

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De-essing a vocal track

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- [Narrator] A specialized version of a multi band compressor is called a de-esser. Like any multi band compressor, a de-esser is able to focus on specific areas of the frequency range, in this case, the high frequencies. And apply large amounts of compression to that range only, while leaving other frequencies untouched. Sibilance in a voice is the sound of s's and t syllables, being over emphasized in a recording. Different voices might have more sibilance, and different mics might be those frequencies out as well. These problematic frequencies range around five to eight kilohertz in a female voice, and from about three to six kilohertz in a male voice. So if we use a de-esser, like the stock Pro Tools one, we go ahead and insert it. Plug in, Dynamics, it's part of a dynamics control, so it's in the Dynamics subset. And we call it the Dyn3 De-Esser. So if you use a de-esser like the stock Pro Tools one, we are able to compress only the high frequencies when they occur. And we can…

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