A de-esser is essentially a specialized multiband compressor which specifically targets sibilance in a vocal. If you’re having an issue with sibilance in your vocals, let’s better explain what is a de-esser and how to use one to clean up your vocal. What is Sibilance Sibilance is the hissing sound associated with “S” sounds. It […]
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We’ve been doing a deeper dive on all of the components of our audio compressor settings chart recently, so let’s take a quick look the threshold setting. Let’s look at what the compression threshold is, what it does, and where to set it. What is the Compression Threshold The compression threshold setting dictates starting at
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The vocal chain refers to the processing or effects which you insert on your vocal track(s). I’m going to cover my own personal vocal chain and at the end I’ll share my recommended vocal chain order which I use on my vocals every time. Vocal Chain Auto-Tune Auto-tune is typically one of those set and
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Audio resampling can have two meanings, depending on the context. One, (and not to be confused with oversampling) it can refer to changing the sample rate of a clip of audio. In the context of multitracking, sampling, and in Ableton Live, we can use audio resampling to print audio from our set to a new
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An 1176 compressor is modeled after the Universal Audio 1176 analog hardware compressor which was first released in 1967. It is a dynamic FET (Field Effect Transistor) style compressor (see types of audio compressors) which works well on vocals, all types of instruments, buses, you name it. In this guide I’ll cover exactly how to
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