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Post by M57 on Jan 16, 2016 8:23:53 GMT -6
Decided to try and answer my own question.. So I just tried the inverted phase technique. For some reason I found it a bit tricky to get Logic to perfectly line up the tracks visually, even nudging at SMPTE bit rate. I wonder that I got a perfect 180 inversion, but it must've been close enough because, it worked AND I found that applying HPF and LPF to the inverted track gave me control of the color of the remaining 'S' if that makes any sense. The process was a bit of a pain, but I only needed to cherry-pick less than a dozen problem areas ..and I declare it well worth the work. I was never able to wipe out the S, but then come to think of it, I didn't send the tracks to a shared buss so it occurs to me that all processing applied to the original track is messing with the efficacy of the inverted track. Like others, I've never liked any de-esser I've tried. I'll probably still use one when there's a ton of problem areas, but for fixing the occasional outlier due to variance in mic technique etc.. this is a winner. You should flip the phase with an eq plug (or another plug with a phase button) rather than nudging and lining up. I think that's what I'm doing - I lined the track up, then I use Logic's "Gain" plug to invert the phase.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jan 16, 2016 8:41:53 GMT -6
You should flip the phase with an eq plug (or another plug with a phase button) rather than nudging and lining up. I think that's what I'm doing - I lined the track up, then I use Logic's "Gain" plug to invert the phase. I guess I just don't know what you're lining up. When you duplicate the track, isn't it already lined up?
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Post by M57 on Jan 16, 2016 8:56:41 GMT -6
I think that's what I'm doing - I lined the track up, then I use Logic's "Gain" plug to invert the phase. I guess I just don't know what you're lining up. When you duplicate the track, isn't it already lined up? So you would think.. When I duplicate the track AKA "New track with Duplicate settings" it didn't bring the file with it.. There must be a setting somewhere, huh? Have to check preferences..
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jan 16, 2016 9:03:14 GMT -6
I guess I just don't know what you're lining up. When you duplicate the track, isn't it already lined up? So you would think.. When I duplicate the track AKA "New track with Duplicate settings" it didn't bring the file with it.. There must be a setting somewhere, huh? Have to check preferences.. Gotta be a Logic settings thing. PT brings it in.
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Post by M57 on Jan 16, 2016 9:16:25 GMT -6
So you would think.. When I duplicate the track AKA "New track with Duplicate settings" it didn't bring the file with it.. There must be a setting somewhere, huh? Have to check preferences.. Gotta be a Logic settings thing. PT brings it in. Figured it out - or at least one way to do it. Option-Dragging the Track Header anywhere copies everything including all content.
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Post by Randge on Jan 16, 2016 19:57:02 GMT -6
Just bought the Hofa De-esser. It's worth a listen, fellas! It's the first De-esser that I like at all. It has finesse and will get some use here.
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