I just handled the license requests from @Michael_K (1st place, IK Multimedia) and @Christoph_K (2nd place, Metric Halo).
Next up is @WrightAudio.
I enjoy the tech chit-chat, that's what a forum is good for. Less experienced folks and amateurs get a lot of inspiration about what they could try.scottfitz wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2024 05:02 CEST
After a few years it does become a little testing to go around in circles. Are headphones ok to use? do we need a headphone amp? can we use a de-esser? are stock plugins ok or do we need to spend £10,000 on ones which say SSL on them? Should we mix loud or soft, what proportion of the time can we mix loud? Can we put loads on the mixbus or should we have hardly anything on the mixbus? If we do not have decent answers for all the questions then we are totally lost.
Agreed, there is nothing wrong with a de-esser or any other plug-in, it's more a question of how it is used. Most of the de-essers we heard were giving the vocals a weird lispy edge. We personally prefer not to use them.scottfitz wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 14:53 CESTWell done all and thanks again to the song providers, I don't want to appear ungrateful for all the hard work that you've done to create this opportunity for us to learn.
But...... (Sorry)
I wanted to say one last thing which concerned me because I know a lot of people are trying hard to learn here myself included. We can all have different approaches and sworn methods but in reality, objectively and truthfully there is nothing inherently wrong with a de-esser....