Turning down S's with automation is SO much better than using a de-esser, in my opinion. You have more control and it's more accurate. Also, it's completely transparent. I don't care how good your de-esser is, it will always dull your vocal somewhat. The whole process really doesn't take that long. I find I can go through all the vocals in a song in about 20 minutes. And that's not just for turning down the S's. I also use clip gain to turn down any loud sections and turn up quiet sections so I have a nice normalized vocal level BEFORE any compression. It's worth the time.
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Turning down S's with automation is SO much better than using a de-esser, in my opinion. You have more control and it's more accurate. Also, it's completely transparent. I don't care how good your de-esser is, it will always dull your vocal somewhat.
The whole process really doesn't take that long. I find I can go through all the vocals in a song in about 20 minutes. And that's not just for turning down the S's. I also use clip gain to turn down any loud sections and turn up quiet sections so I have a nice normalized vocal level BEFORE any compression. It's worth the time.
Great video! Thank you for covering Imogen Heap, as talented as she is she's still under rated by the vast majority of people
You are doing amazing. keep it up
Brilliant! So proud!
that was fun all throughout
nice mixer chain breakdown, will try to adapt some of these. a bit ironic that the mic quality isnt great in this vid lol
Noted!
Nice work! I think Imogen Heap also uses a vocoder hooked up to a keyboard in her production. Not 100% sure either but it sounds like she does.
Yes good point she definitely does! Would be interesting to look into which plug ins she uses for that 🤔
Seems like its the TC-Helicon VOICELIVE 2. Ableton does have a built in one though and its not terrible. @@rozmusicprod