on the subject of dynamics...

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Member Since: May 25, 2002

Since there's been discussion on compression and the such, I've been wondering if anyone has really made use of compression and EQ together for de-essing or other useful tricks. I've gotten somewhat pleasing results but I'd like to hear if others have skill at doing so and maybe could speak of it!

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Since: Apr 03, 2002


May 25, 2002 01:24 pm

no, I personally haven't, as I use a dedicated De-eser plugin, but I would be curious to hear the frequencies you used to zero in on the "s'es".

Member
Since: May 25, 2002


May 25, 2002 03:03 pm

Actually, I've been using the compressor and eq for smoothing out bass in overall mixes but for voice I think I've used 5k-8k and adjusted the freq around those. It takes some eq boost to hear a real difference. How do the plug-ins visually show what's happening, if at all?

Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002


May 26, 2002 08:41 am

I haven't really had any visual assistance from De-essing or graphic EQ plugins, but the graphic displays on things like compressors and parametric EQ's is very cool, nothing in real time, but it does graph out the parameters you have set and gives you a better view or what you have going on. It's the same for things like stereo imagers, reverbs (some of them) and a few other plugins really give decent graphic examples of what your plugin is set like...

Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002


May 26, 2002 03:02 pm

I have used my sidechain for adding and subtracting EQ. I also have used it for some seriously warped effect's. You can use it to pulse in a gate or another effect, such as a filter or phase ior flange, by keying off another beat. It make's for some pretty off the wall effect's.

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Since: May 24, 2002


May 27, 2002 07:11 pm

yeah, i often find that applying a noise gate onto the end of the 's-ing' vocal will greatly reduce the annoying frequency. this technique literally cuts off the 's' sound. there is, of course, a trade-off, as your vocal might now sound a little stunted, but i almost always prefer it to the obnoxious, 's' sound. with a little patience and persistence, this gating technique works quite well.

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