DeEss:Dialogue

Premium and Ultimate Edition Only

This feature is available in the Premium and Ultimate Editions only.

DeEss:Dialogue is an audio processing tool designed to reduce or eliminate excessive sibilance in vocal recordings, which refers to harsh "s" and "sh" sounds. It specifically targets and controls the high-frequency content associated with sibilant sounds. By employing frequency-selective compression DeEss:Dialogue allows for the reduction of sibilance without affecting the overall quality of the vocal performance.

This tool is particularly useful in audio production, ensuring that vocals remain clear, smooth, and free from distracting or piercing sibilant noises.

The DeEss:Dialogue user interface shows a spectrum analyzer of the incoming signal (gray) along with the changes in the spectrum indicated with a red color. You can control the frequency range of the processing along with the threshold level directly in the spectrum analyzer.

Parameter Settings

• Threshold (dB)

Frequency components above the threshold level will be reduced according to the Reduction settings.

• Reduction (dB)

Sets the amount of reduction for signal components that are above the threshold level.

• Tame (dB)

The Tame control evens out resonances in the frequency spectrum.

• Channel Linking (%)

With the channel linking set to 100%, the amount of gain reduction will be the same for the left and right channels, even if there is a difference in level between these channels. The more you dial the knob away from 100%, the more the channels will be independently treated, with complete independence between the channels once you have a 0% channel linking. Channel linking values below 100% can result in shifts in the stereo image.

• Audition

Click the Audition button to listen to the audio changes resulting from the de-essing.