Waves DeEsser

Remove or Reduce Harsh Vocal "S" Sounds Easily Inspired by the vintage gear used for precision de-essing and high-frequency limiting, DeEsser tames "ess" and "shh" sounds. As recordings boost high frequencies for greater intelligibility with narration, audiobooks, vocals, and podcasts, de-essing is now more important t

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Supports Apple Silicon natively
AAX Native - Compatible with Pro Tools 11 and above
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Remove or Reduce Harsh Vocal "S" Sounds Easily

Inspired by the vintage gear used for precision de-essing and high-frequency limiting, DeEsser tames "ess" and "shh" sounds.

As recordings boost high frequencies for greater intelligibility with narration, audiobooks, vocals, and podcasts, de-essing is now more important than ever.

However, de-essing isn't only about voice - DeEsser's gentle de-essing action can reduce amp sim harshness, tame cymbals in drum loops, sweeten the sound of digital synthesizers, and more.

Features

  • Preview what's removed, to home in on ess and shh sounds
  • Fast, efficient user interface simplifies de-essing
  • Vary the range from 2kHz to 16 kHz to suppress high frequencies
  • Presets for male and female voice, as well as full mixes
  • Wideband or split modes focus the de-essing as needed
  • Choose bandpass or highpass filter for the sidechain

Choose Your Solution

Choose one of two ways to suppress ess sounds.

The highpass sidechain mode minimizes objectionable sibilants over the widest range, while the bandpass mode zeros in on problematic frequencies.

Fast and Simple

DeEsser uses a hard-knee compressor, so after choosing the frequencies you want to minimize, simply adjust the Threshold for the desired amount of suppression - as confirmed by the Attenuation meter.

Full Strength, or Full Fidelity

Split mode applies de-essing to only high frequencies, for maximum ess rejection.

Wideband mode is gentler, and is useful for voice-only de-essing because it removes the crossover in the processing path.

System Requirements

  • MacOS 12 Monterey and above
  • Officially supported up to MacOS 15 Sequoia
  • Windows 10 and above (64-bit only)
  • Intel, AMD, or Apple Silicon CPU
  • 8GB RAM or more (16GB or more recommended)

Plugin Formats

AAX Native, AU, and VST3

User Manual

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Types of proof

A copy of your purchase receipt for the original license or the most recent update/upgrade

A screenshot of your product registration

A photo of your package (either CD/DVD or printed manual), with the unique serial number included in the photo.

Get a free upgrade to RX10

This offer is valid until RX10's release.

Eligible Products

Purchase one of the following products:

  • RX9 Standard
  • RX9 Standard - Crossgrade from any paid iZotope product
  • RX9 Standard - Upgrade from any RX Standard, Advanced, or Post Production Suite
  • RX9 Standard - Upgrade from RX Elements/Plugin Pack
  • RX9 Advanced
  • RX9 Advanced - Crossgrade from any paid iZotope product
  • RX9 Advanced - Upgrade from RX Advanced 1-8, or Post Production Suite 1-5
  • RX9 Advanced - Upgrade from RX Standard 1-8
  • RX9 Advanced - Upgrade from RX Elements/Plugin Pack
  • RX Post Production Suite 6
  • RX Post Production Suite 6 - Upgrade from RX Post Production Suite 1-5
  • RX Post Production Suite 6 - Upgrade from RX Advanced 1-8
  • RX Post Production Suite 6 - Upgrade from RX Standard 1-8
  • RX Post Production Suite 6 - Upgrade from RX Post Production Suite 1-8

Exclusions

Only the upgrades and crossgrades specified above are eligible. All others listed apply to the full version of the product only. Education versions are not eligible.