9.5

Table Of Contents

Included Effect Plug-ins

Dynamics Plug-ins

Dynamics

Reduction

Controls the intensity of the de-essing effect.

Threshold (-50 to 0 dB)

If the Auto option is deactivated, you can use this control to set a threshold for the

incoming signal level above which the plug-in starts to reduce the sibilants.

Release (1 to 1000 ms)

Sets the time after which the de-essing effect returns to zero when the signal drops

below the threshold.

Auto

Automatically and continually sets an optimum threshold setting independent of

the input signal. The Auto option does not work for low-level signals (<-30 db peak

level). To reduce the sibilants in such a file, set the threshold manually.

Side-Chain

Freq (25 Hz to 20 kHz)

If the Side-Chain button is activated, this sets the frequency of the filter. You can set

the frequency either in Hz or as a note value. If you enter a note value, the frequency

is automatically displayed in Hz accordingly. For example, a note value of A3 sets the

frequency to 440 Hz. When you enter a note value, you can also enter a cent offset.

For example, enter A5 -23 or C4 +49.

NOTE

Make sure that you enter a space between the note and the cent offset. Only in this

case, the cent offsets are taken into account.

Q-Factor

If the Side-Chain button is activated, this sets the resonance or width of the filter.

Side

Activates the internal side-chain filter. You can now shape the input signal according

to the filter parameters. Internal side-chaining can be useful for tailoring how the

gate operates.

Monitor

Allows you to monitor the filtered signal.

Live

If this button is activated, the look-ahead feature of the effect is deactivated. Look-

ahead produces more accurate processing, but adds a specific amount of latency

as a trade-off. If Live mode is activated, there is no latency, which is better for live

processing.

Positioning the DeEsser in the Signal Chain

When recording a voice, the DeEsser’s position in the signal chain is usually located after the

microphone pre-amp and before a compressor/limiter. This keeps the compressor/limiter from

unnecessarily limiting the overall signal dynamics.