Hi Deej,

De-essing - I have had little success with De-essing plugins over the years because they always seem to adversely affect the vocals no matter what settings I try.

I now edit all vocals manually to remove any sibilance. If you blow up the vocal line in your DAW you can easily see the sibilance as little bumps before the words. I use a 5-7Db cut to get rid of them.

Best Regards
Nigel

Nigel Spiers
Christchurch, New Zealand
info@nzacoustics.com