Waves DeEsser: De-Esser Plugin

Inspired by the vintage gear used for precision de-essing and high-frequency limiting DeEsser tames “ess” and “shh” sounds. As recordings boost high frequencies for greater intelligibility with narration audiobooks vocals and podcasts de-essing is now more important than ever. However de-essing isn’t only about voice. DeEsser’s gentle de-essing action can reduce amp sim harshness tame cymbals in drum loops sweeten the sound of digital synthesizers and more.

Choose Your Solution

Choose one of two ways to suppress ess sounds. The highpass sidechain mode minimizes objectionable sibilants over the widest range while the bandpass mode zeros in on problematic frequencies.

Fast and Simple

DeEsser uses a hard-knee compressor so after choosing the frequencies you want to minimize simply adjust the Threshold for the desired amount of suppression—as confirmed by the Attenuation meter.

Full Strength or Full Fidelity

Split mode applies de-essing to only high frequencies for maximum ess rejection. Wideband mode is gentler and is useful for voice-only de-essing because it removes the crossover in the processing path.

Features:

• Preview what’s removed to home in on ess and shh sounds
• Vary the range from 2kHz to 16 kHz to suppress high frequencies
• Wideband or split modes focus the de-essing as needed
• Fast efficient user interface simplifies de-essing
• Presets for male and female voice as well as full mixes
• Choose bandpass or highpass filter for the sidechain

Requirements:

Platform	CPU	RAM	Disk	Notes	Additional Requirement	Audio Card	Ports	Internet Required	32 Bit Support	64 Bit Support	Plugins
mac	Intel or Silicon Architecture	8	16		Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024 USB displays are not supported as the primary display.			0	0	0
windows	X64 compatible Intel or AMD CPU	8	16		Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024			0	0	0