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What is your favorite dedicated outboard De-esser (not plugins)? I've been looking at the dbx 902, Drawmer MX50, SPL. Which would you choose? I was also looking at the dbx 263x but I believe in is unbalanced is it not?

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AudioGaff Sat, 02/14/2004 - 11:19

There really isn't a good dedicated de-esser being made that I know of. The dbx 902 is good and popular, but prices are all over the place. I find that mic choice/placement, mic pre choice, pop filter choice/placement, and eq can fix about 90% and the other 10% can be addressed by a parametric and comp using the sidechain. Having a singer with the talent that also knows how to sing into a mic is always the best answer.

The de-esser in my Focusrite Red-7 while not perfect is very useable, and I get some very good specific results using my TC DBmax as well as my Eventide DSP4500 or DSP7000.

anonymous Mon, 02/16/2004 - 08:41

The 263 has unbalanced I/Os. Considering that they are cheap and do the job, why not get a couple ?? If the unbalanced I/O is a problem, it can be solved. There are some +4/-10 - level - switch - boxes out there aswell.

A studio here in Stockholm (Polar studios, the quite well-known former Abba-studio) have a couple of modified 902´s. I think the mod is that they operate on a higher voltage than originally, and is supposed to reduce the s-sounds very nicely.