Device · Dynamics
De-esser
Split-band compressor. The detector listens to one band between 2 and 12 kHz and reduces that band when it crosses the threshold. Wide applies the reduction to the full signal instead. The tape shows six seconds of the detector band with each reduction drawn from the top. Holding SC solos the detector band.
Parameters
A split-band compressor for sibilance.
| Parameter | Range | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Threshold | −60…0 dB | −20 |
| Freq | 2000–12,000 Hz | 6000 |
| Ratio | 1–20 | 4 |
| Attack | 0.1–20 ms | 1 |
| Release | 10–500 ms | 50 |
| Range (floor) | −80…0 dB | −80 |
| Wide | off/on | off |
Controls and display
Wide applies the reduction to the whole signal (the detector stays in the band). Surface (the catch tape): a six-second tape of the detector band's level (three seconds in the dock) with the threshold as a dashed line across it — every catch is a red curtain from the top, stamped S, so you see which esses it took and how hard. A BAND ladder on the left shows where the band sits (1k–20k); the readout column carries GR · DB with its amber MAX, DETECT · DB, CATCHES (click the cell to reset; bypassing the device also resets it) and SIBILANT · HZ; the six knobs sit on the strip beneath with Wide at its right end.
In the focus pane, drag the threshold line on the tape or the band line on the ladder (double-click either for its default). The SC button in the title bar, held, solos the raw detector band (audition exactly what it's catching).
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