![]() ![]() In practical terms, most adults are going to have trouble hearing anything over about 13,000 Hz. If you are familiar with the range of human hearing and the use of EQ (equalization) tools in audio (see my article about EQ here: What is Equalization, Usually Called EQ?), you’ll know that people can only hear sounds that exist between the frequencies of 20 hertz (HZ) and 20,000 Hz. Where does sibilance live on the frequency graph? The fast way (especially if you have a long file)īut both methods work because of the predictable frequencies where sibilance happens.So I'll mention two different ways to do this: One good thing about a de-esser is that you can apply the effect to the entire track at once. You’ve may have heard of something called a “de-esser,” yeah? de-essers are effects that are designed to filter and tame all instances of sibilance, while leaving the non-sibilant part of the audio alone. Just know that if you do any recording or audio editing of human voices, you will periodically be faced with sibilance that cannot make it onto the final version of the audio file. There are lots of reasons why this might happen, over-compression (see more info on compression here: Improve Or Ruin Your Audio With an Effect Called Compression and Vocal Compression Using Reaper’s ReaComp Effect Plugin), wrong kind of mic for that voice, too much reverb effect, etc. The good news is that you can use free sound editing software to fix this! You’ll be listening to the recording, and everything will sound great, until the speaker/singer utters the phrase “she sells seashells by the seashore,” and pierces your eardrums. The word "sibilance" refers to a sharp, biting hissing sound that happens whenever the recorded voice utters certain consonant sounds, especially the “S” sound (or sh, ch, etc.). ![]() If you didn’t already know what sibilance meant, my odd spelling above may have clued you in. One common problem with recording the human voice is sssssomething called "sibilance." ![]()
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