How To Edit Sibilance In Audacity!

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4 жыл бұрын

So you've recorded something amazing, but listening back you hear the grating sound of sibilance! This tutorial will show you how to analyze particular portions of audio that conatin unwanted sibilance and show you how to adjust fix this overemphasized "ssssss" plaguing your perfect production.
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@benjaminroberts8124 Ай бұрын

Holy smokes, my man! I’ve spent all day watching vids and messing around with EQ, Dessers, spectral editing and nothing was doing the trick. Cut and reduce the volume nailed it. Thank you so very much for this!

@noglin3491 Жыл бұрын

Still helping people out 3 years later! Oh my gosh this saved my recording.

@joeessayvoice 5 ай бұрын

It's as timeless as it comes! Thanks noglin!

@jamesythetrue 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I didn't expect the sibilant treatment to be so rudimentary, yet so effective. Thanks for the tip! You have a new subscriber.

@joeessayvoice 2 жыл бұрын

When it comes to audio, I think simple is the best approach! Thanks for the subscribe J.J!

@tony5444 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial and seriously helpful! I was having issues using that fish plug in and learning more about how to navigate de-ess helped me greatly! Thank you!!!

@joeessayvoice 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Neil! This is just the surface. Head on over to my other video on De-esser for Audacity. It’s like the automated version of what I describe here!

@shawndouglas4854 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, thank youuuu!!!! I always just assumed I had to do blanket filtering and what not to try to EQ it away but I never got the result I was really looking for. I tried editing the esses but I didn't get the same intuitive feel you just imparted about them! I am so much happier editing these instances one by one and preserving the integrity of the rest of the audio. Thanks a million!

@joeessayvoice 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Shawn!

@RosieRose-xu1bx Жыл бұрын

really helpful, thank you so much! I thought after watching that Id have to go through the whooooole audio again to work out the s's but it was a really good exercise to see where the s's are and what the sound waves look like. Thanks again! love how practical and immediately fixed my audio.

@joeessayvoice 5 ай бұрын

No problem. If you ever get tired of doing that manually, you should check out this other tutorial I have about a tool that can do it for you! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jKmIfsaf286Zqpc.htmlsi=I_WAtLaVJLLYJMyx

@missmouse20 3 ай бұрын

It's the sibilance at end end of words that drives me to fury lol

@joeessayvoice 3 ай бұрын

Yessssss! Me too 🤪

@JoyOfodu Жыл бұрын

Thanks; super easy!

@joeessayvoice 5 ай бұрын

You're super welcome!

@tedball8677 3 жыл бұрын

New subscriber, back for more. Presently doing post on a bunch of separate audio files for internal web-based training. Thank you for this technique! I've been using amplify (de-amplify really) to grab the Esses and cut them down to size. I never thought about just chopping them. Sounds fine after a chop and a little drop in dB. Again, you da man!

@joeessayvoice 3 жыл бұрын

Good deal Ted! You'll have to check out the De-Esser video I did for a much more 'automated' way to handle these things. If you liked this, you're going to love the other one! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qL5-odZnq7Gmf4k.html

@FlamingMoai 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I was expecting some fancy filter or something. But no, just cut it right out! Thanks, joe!

@joeessayvoice 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could both exceed and fall short of your expectations Flaming Moai! 😂🤣😅

@juanita8cao 2 жыл бұрын

it worked great for me. thanks!!!

@joeessayvoice 2 жыл бұрын

Woo hoo Juanita!

@HudsonJT Жыл бұрын

You're legit dude, thank you for the tips

@joeessayvoice Жыл бұрын

*Bows... Thanks so much Hudson!

@HudsonJT Жыл бұрын

@@joeessayvoice For real man, now I'm working professionally and it started with you. And I know this helps out so many more people than those that leave comments!

@joeessayvoice Жыл бұрын

@@HudsonJT that's fantastic! So cools to hear someone making it happen! You should drop me an email and let me know what you're up to.

@TheSheApproach 4 ай бұрын

So useful, thank you!

@joeessayvoice 3 ай бұрын

You’re so welcome!

@CyberClochard 2 жыл бұрын

Hi buddy! Awesome content, u deserve so much more subs!! I think you just need to find your field or "niche" if this even is what you want to do. Just don't give up u're up to something

@joeessayvoice 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cyber Clochard! I appreciate the kind words and encouragement!

@SueMoseley 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thanks. It's a bit more fiddly than using a de-esser but the results were much better.

@joeessayvoice 2 жыл бұрын

Great Sue! Sometimes you need the de-esser, and sometimes you need to do it by hand. Glad it was helpful!

@Telefonemas Жыл бұрын

WOW.

@joeessayvoice Жыл бұрын

WOW.... I said that backwards. Thanks!

@tkucey8689 2 жыл бұрын

Im troubleshooting a hollow mic on pc from a zoom call, boosting the gain helped but now all the "s"s are front and centre. normalizing to -8 muted it all over again.

@joeessayvoice Жыл бұрын

Check out the DeEsser video. It might be what you're looking for to get rid of those "s"s! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qL5-odZnq7Gmf4k.html&lc=Ugy-j4xzXz8kEH97Ood4AaABAg

@Phantom.1 Жыл бұрын

Your sibilance is mild compared to some people. When I say "seer sucker suit," it's harsh.

@joeessayvoice Жыл бұрын

Ha! I appreciate that J! As long as you're not repeatedly selling seashells down by the seashore with Sally Sanderson of Sanderson Sisters and friendssss. You'll probably be alright too! :D

@andrewleejones 2 жыл бұрын

Im hearing a popping noise at the end of my S's, why is that and how can i fix that?

@joeessayvoice 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure without hearing it Andrew. Shoot me an audio file and I'll see what I can diagnose!

@MidrealmDM 3 жыл бұрын

how do you prevent the missing fragment from desynching a video and audio track. One sibilant probably wont be noticed, but with each extra removed this way it will become more obvious that audio and video aren't in synch.

@joeessayvoice 3 жыл бұрын

Oooh that's a tough one Midrealm. You'd have to be removing the exact same amount of time from both the video and the audio, or by adding that exact same amount of time in a silent bit after that word finishes. Both are a complete pain. I think the de-esser program would work better in this application by far. Check it out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qL5-odZnq7Gmf4k.html

@darkmagician941 5 ай бұрын

how to do you scroll and maximize the sound clip timeline?

@joeessayvoice 4 ай бұрын

Using my magic mouse I simply swipe left and right to scroll horizontally. Then if I want to zoom into the sound clip timeline, I hold down the "Command" button and scroll up or down.

@darkmagician941 4 ай бұрын

@@joeessayvoice how do you do it on Windows?

@joeessayvoice 4 ай бұрын

@@darkmagician941 I don’t know!! I wonder if you could use a magic mouse on windows?

@Mike-ny6sf Жыл бұрын

hi Joe, I have a lot of sibilance in my voice and the sss's are long. I've tried de-esser plugins without much success. I don't understand how to use them correctly and what all the adjustments mean. I've been manually de-amplifying and cutting sections of the sibilance out one by one. Very tedious for me with all my sibilance, but using the de-esser messes up the whole track. I'm now experimenting with knocking down the "S" frequencies in the filter curve and cutting out portions of the sibilance. This seems to be very effective and doesn't seem to affect the whole track, but again, it's tedious. Do you have a tutorial on understanding de-essers and the different settings and their effect.

@joeessayvoice Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike! Thanks for the note here. Take a look at one of my other videos on a DeEsser in audacity for free, and see if that might fit what you're looking for! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qL5-odZnq7Gmf4k.html

@Mike-ny6sf Жыл бұрын

@@joeessayvoice looking at that video too. I get a fairly good reduction in the sss's but it also seems to knock down the rest of the track a little too much. I'm playing with getting a noise reduction profile of a sample and then applying it to the whole track. For me that seems to work the best so far. But I still need to learn about frequency. Trying the analyze-plot-spectrum feature, but not much into it yet. I have such a super soft voice--it drives me nuts. I have an ATR 2100 mic and have to get right up on it, and that accentuates the sibilance. Maybe an audio interface would help me punch the gain and allow me to get farther from the mic. Or maybe a different mic would help with my soft voice and sibilance. Thank you for your tutorials.

@psychomd1939 3 жыл бұрын

Good info but I think that s sound is being made with the letter c. I love English but it is a hodge-podge concocted from several languages so most letters have more than a single sound.

@joeessayvoice 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if I can argue one way or another with you :) !