sibilance

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Hi - I'm sure this has been discussed - could someone point me to a thread? I never have a problem with this before but on one recording it's pretty bad. I tried compression & low pass filtering but I'm just an amateur & not good with settings. Any ideas? Thank you.
 
Not sure I could produce other than what you can search for yourself. But, the key in my experience is with mic selection for a particular voice. A pop filter is the second step to help with this. From there, a sweep of frequencies with a high 'Q' can help to find the ones that are jumping out and making the 'ess's come out. A de-esser plugin can help as well.

Posting a sample of what you are working with, would give me a better idea of what your problem is. Throw one up man. :D
 
+1 to the De-esser if your not using one, can clean things up nicely.
 
The best way to deal with sibilance is to get the vocalist to stop it. It's not difficult.

That said - If the vocalist can't improve their technique, SpitFish is the way to go in the VST world.
 
Sing with a lisp. :p

like was said, a de-esser or an high EQ cut with a tight Q
 
A deesser is what you really want to be using for sibilance problems. You can download a good free plug-in here: digitalfishphones.com - free audio vst plugins
You can also use a multiband comp to work as a sibilance plug-in. set your frequency band to say 5k upwards then attack to around 5ms and release around 50ms.

Along with de-essing you can use editing, by fading using fade ins and outs to cut off some sibilance, and you can use volume automation to cut out more also.
 
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