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A repair plugin specific to dialog. The De-Esser is a specialized filter that’s designed to reduce excessive sibilance, such as hissing “s” sounds or sharp “ts” sounds, in dialogue or vocals.
A graph shows you which part of the signal the controls are set up to adjust, while reduction and output meters let you see which part of the signal is affected and what level is being output.
The De-Esser Fairlight FX
The De-Esser has the following controls:
— Bypass: Toggles this plugin on and off.
— Listen to Ess Only: This checkbox at the top right lets you listen only to the ess that is being removed. This is very useful to determine if too much signal is being removed or if more ess attenuation can be applied.
— Frequency Range: Two controls let you target the frequency of the “s” sound for a particular speaker.
— Target Frequency: A knob that lets you target the frequency of the offending sibilance. Sibilant sounds are usually found in the range of 5 - 8kHz.
— Range: switches the operational mode of the De-Esser. Three choices (from top to bottom) let you switch among Narrow Band, Wide Band, and All High Frequency which processes all audio above the source frequency.
— Amount: Adjusts the amount de-essing that’s applied.
— Reaction Time: Adjusts how suddenly de-essing is applied. There are three choices.
— Slow: Equivalent to a slow attack.
— Medium: Equivalent to a medium attack.
— Fast: Equivalent to a fast attack.