How It Was Recorded

Gear · compressor

dbx 902 De-Esser

Records it appears on · 1

  • Get Lucky

    Daft Punk · Random Access Memories, 2013

    • Lead vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedHardware de-esser so the vocal could be brightened without sibilance

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First choice · Emulation of this unit

Plugin Alliance Lindell 902 De-esser

de-esser

Models the dbx 902 de-esser.

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Alternative · Approximate

Waves DeEsser

de-esser

A simple de-esser that does the same job; not a model of the 902.

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