That’s much better than I’ve been able to get with that De-esser. Could you give me the exact settings you used? I have tried that De-esser testing frequencies between 3600Hz and 15000Hz as that seems to be the range where most of the sibilance lies. But I find it doesn’t make enough of a difference unless I turn it up so high that it’s just lispy. Also my DBX286S has a De-esser built in but I have the same issue with that.
Worth trying a foam cover on the mic, but you may have to apply > acoustic treatment > to your room to reduce the reverb.
The SM7B comes with two foam covers a smaller one and large one. I have tried both to no avail.
I had my processor disabled for that sample to get the raw audio. I normally have the expander gate enabled on my DBX286S when recording to cut out the background noise, which it does a decent job of. But I know that doesn’t completely solve the problem so I will look into getting some acoustic treatment.
Well I hope that’s not the case as I had braces as a child and so my teeth are pretty straight. No gaps in my front teeth either so it could just be down to my accent?
I ran the tests without DBX and without CL close and further away from mic and the whistling esses are prevalent in all of them.
My normal settings are Mic > Cloud Lifter > DBX286S ~40db Gain with expander gate and 48v phantom power > Solo Gain turned all the way off as it introduces noise > Computer, Level set to 100%, 1 channel, 24bit, 48000hz.
Thanks for all the advice btw. It’s invaluable.