sssssibiliant essssesss

[precocious]

Hey there! First, I'm new to the board and to home recording in general. However, I've got a fairly decent mic (shure sm57) and Sound Forge and ACID Pro 4, my guitar, and tons of time.

My problem today (if you all could help me out) is that the pronounciation of my s's are TOO LOUD.

As a general rule they aren't, but for one song, I'm going a sort of crackly FM stereo process for the vocal track, and I love the results. The only thing that's wrong is that my esses are really really loud. Being new to ACID, I'm not sure what FX envelope to use that covers--is it frequency, or gain, or what?--dealing with this.

Using a volume envelope on the s's is really noticeable. Any help would be greatly appreciated (I can let you take a listen if you really need to.)

[Leeking]

Are you using a pop filter with the SM57?

You HAVE TO use a pop filter with SM57.

[precocious]

So there's no in-program solution or workaround for this problem? I kinda broke the bank getting what I've got, so buying more stuff isn't much of an option at the moment.

Any kind of hack/hints+tips will do! Thanks.

-misty

[AlChuck]

Pop filters are only effective for plosives, not sssssibilance.

You should be able to find suggestions for sidechaining a compressor plug-in with an EQ plug-in if you search on de-essing. There are also de-esser plug-ins on the market; I have an inexpensive one from dBAudioware...

Here's one from our very own sonusman:
http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/arc...p/t-11666.html

(I heard he has pnuemonia -- get well fast, Ed!)

[precocious]

I'm such a newbie, I had no clue there was a name for it (de-essing)!

Now that I know the name for it (and the info you gave me) I can probably find what I need through google, or at least some good places to start.

I really appreciate it. Thanks for the help!

-misty

[AlChuck]

This is the one I have:

http://www.db-audioware.com/dbs.htm

[crankz1]

Yamaha makes a VST plugin called Vocal Rack . Very nice comprehensive vocal track plugin.
You would need a VST wrapper though, such as VST DX Wrapper Pro.

-Ken

[Strryder]

If you can use VST plugins, try the "spitfish" de-esser from digitalfishphones, it's pretty good, and it's free. I think spin audio has a free VST wrapper that will let you use 1 VST plugin at a time.