help with the esssssssssssssss

[rdfuze]

can anyone why i am getting such sibilance on my vocals. i am using a good anolog board, a sony 800 mic and a chandler limited mic pre and a good pop screen on the mic with a bit of compression form a tube tech compressor.
I also put a spl de esser on the vocal at mix down but it still sound very esssssssy to me. any help?

 

[Massive Master]

90% of it is the vocalist - Stop it there, and you have no problem.

 

[reshp1]

Hang the mic capsule at nose level, sing under it. Turn it slightly off axis (rotate about vertical axis) a little if you're still hearing too much ess. Other than that, there's not much else you can do.

 

[fenix]

i agree, a lot of it has to do with the singer. You might want to try a different mic too.

 

[Soundog]

If you are using a DAW or multitrack software, try using multiband compression on the vocal track. Use soft knee compression around the 8K frequency with a Q around 0.7 ( or whatever you think works ). Experiment with it.

If that doesn't work, try drawing notches in the volume envelope where the sibilants occur.

 

[Cosmic]

Hi,

If nothing else works, and you have to use her, get ruthless. Just had young lady singer, nice tones, but with my admittedly cheap condenser, a powerful 'ss' spike around 10k occationally.
EQ as Hammer: I Q-pointed it at 8, and slammed 10k down 12 db. It worked; she still sounded good through her range.
May/may not work for you, or her, but hey...give it a shot in your problem range and see what happens.

 

[Farview]

The singer is singing too quietly. It isn't that the 'ess' sound is to loud. It is that everything else is too quiet, so you have to turn everything up and the compressor has become your enemy.
1.Try a different mic (one without a hyped high end).
2.Try putting the mic about forehead high at about a 45 degree angle to the ground.
3.Have the singer stand back a couple of feet to get rid of the proximity effect.