Waves DeEsser

Records it appears on · 5

• Rehab

  Amy Winehouse · Back to Black, 2006

  • Lead vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedDe-essing the lead vocalSettings: Centred around 5506 Hz, threshold 22, probably no more than 3 dB of reduction
• bad guy

  Billie Eilish · When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, 2019

  • Lead vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedDe-essing after the compressorSettings: Set at 6557Hz
• All the Stars

  Kendrick Lamar and SZA · Black Panther: The Album, 2018

  • SZA vocals · Mix effectsVerifiedThree de-essers stacked on the SZA vocal sum, each aimed at a different harsh frequency, working like narrow multiband compression.Settings: Three instances targeting 11400Hz, 15032Hz and 2000Hz
• Sum 2 Prove

  Lil Baby · My Turn, 2020

  • Lil Baby lead vocal (mix chain) · Mix effectsVerifiedFirst de-esser on the vocal aux, doing most of the sibilance control because the vocal felt too bright.
• Mine

  Taylor Swift · Speak Now, 2010

  • Lead vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedFollowed the moderate compression on the lead vocal track in Niebank's account of Mine.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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