Is your vocal or dialogue track sibilant? Do the ESS and EFF sounds ping your ear like a crash cymbal? In this Pro Tools mixing tutorial I go over how to fix sibilance in a recording with both the stock AVID De-Esser as well as the Fabfilter Pro-DS.

0:00 Intro
1:02 What is sibilance?
1:47 What is a De-Esser?
2:10 EQ Plugin Walkthrough
3:01 Voice Examples of Sibilance
4:12 Starting with plugins bypassed
4:41 Automating the stock De-Esser on each voice
7:02 Copying settings to Fabfilter Pro-DS
7:31 Stock AVID De-Esser vs Fabfilter
8:55 Wrap-up and overview
9:20 Mic placement for sibilance
9:47 Start with stock AVID de-esser, then buy better when you need it
10:25 Outro

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