Help fixing an irritating high pitch female vocal

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I hate sibilance, especially my brother, he is really annoying


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I can definitely hear what you're talking about, and you're right... it sets your teeth on edge. Definitely a resonant frequency, and a notch should tame it in those spots if well applied. Good luck.
 
I can hear it now but I can't help thinking that the sibilance and the noise are related to some process in the mix or mastering stage.

You wouldn't happen to have the separate tracks available for analysis?
 
The sibilance might be exaggerated from processing, but the resonance - how do you suppose that would happen? It's a constant frequency noise that doesn't change with her notes. Everything has a resonant frequency and if you push hard enough you'll hear them - noises like that happen all the time during tracking (which is why I said "just a resonance" dismissively in my first post - it's just a "deal with it and move on, no bfd, business as usual" kind of thing in my experience). I'm certain he's right in suspecting his signal chain or technique/positioning (something during tracking), and given enough time / experimentation he could probably track her without any audible resonance... I wouldn't bother, tbh. The recording sounds good and the fix is trivial...
 
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TyphoidHippo said:
The sibilance might be exaggerated from processing, but the resonance - how do you suppose that would happen? It's a constant frequency noise that doesn't change with her notes. Everything has a resonant frequency and if you push hard enough you'll hear them - noises like that happen all the time during tracking (which is why I said "just a resonance" dismissively in my first post - it's just a "deal with it and move on, no bfd, business as usual" kind of thing in my experience). I'm certain he's right in suspecting his signal chain or technique/positioning (something during tracking), and given enough time / experimentation he could probably track her without any audible resonance... I wouldn't bother, tbh. The recording sounds good and the fix is trivial...
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Well I am willing to bet the excessive sibilance wasn't recorded that way. If the highs were enhanced for vocal clarity for example then some other artifacts could enter into the mix. I don't have an answer on how it could happen and I am certainly not knocking the recording. It does sound good but I think the sibiliance was introduced by processing and not recorded that way. If the original unprocessed vocal track was available for study, you might find both of the "complaints" are not there
 
I hear nothing wrong with her singing - the vocal has that hi-freq resonant "rip" flavor that you typically get with condensers. You may wanna just use a low-pass filter starting up around 8K or so. You could also use a multi-band compressor to specifically hit THAT frequency (once you dial it it) and just trim a few dB off it. There is really nothing bothersome about the singing at all.
 
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