Overview
The most powerful De-Esser money can buy.
Psychoacoustically optimised to surgically and invisibly control sibilance.
Quick, simple, ergonomic interface.
Mastering presets by Bob Katz
Configurable from zero-latency, ultra-low CPU for post work to Linear Phase, oversampled ultra-high resolution for Mastering.
Dual-release Peak/RMS-based time detector for invisible operation.
Analogue-modelled single-release time detector for classic De-Esser behaviour.
Three-band sidechain EQ, and massively configurable Split EQ.
Per-channel or ganged control.
M/S and L/R processing
Large, intuitive time-plot.
Windows VST, VST3 and AAX as 32+64bit, RTAS 32bit
Mac VST, VST3, AU and AAX as 32+64bit, RTAS 32bit
Sound
Linear Phase crossover (Split) EQ
Zero-latency minimum phase mode, with Linkwitz-Riley crossovers.
Lookahead, dual release times, release hold, sophisticated GR smoothing options.
Oversampling mode to eliminate intermodulation distortions.
Full mixer section, with support for parallel processing.
Output balance for fine-tuning.
Upward expansion option.
Threshold, Ratio, Soft-knee and Gain-Reduction ceiling.
Variable Stereo linkage.
Complete set of Listen options for monitoring, including signal difference (output-input).
Automatic detection of sibilance/fricatives in solo voice.
Vision
Simple three-control interface.
Advanced section for precision control.
Spectrum analyser for locating sibilance.
Time-plot to highlight processed sibilances.
Freely-resizable UI.
Mac Retina support.
8 A/B banks.
Intelligent Undo/Redo.
Ergonomic channel linkage system.
Autolisten for configuring filters.
I'm assuming the Bob Katz presets are also ported from the original from a while back? I heard he favoured DMG essence over his hardware Weiss now.
I think DMG Audio Essence is by far the best plugin option for this. You just need to set the fast and slow release stages in reverse, so that the fast release acts as a sort of natural hold function. After that you can use the sidechain EQ section to progressively add more energy towards...
This philosophy of needing "the right tool for the job" is such nonsense the way most people here on GS live it. Of course you need the right tool for the job, but a carpenter doesn't need 17 hammers. And nobody needs 10 different de-essers. All mixers, producers and mastering engineers I know and work...
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