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olytuck

macrumors newbie
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Mar 12, 2016
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Hey everyone,

Just wondering if anyone has experience recording vocals through Garageband?

Is there any example settings you could share? Using the RODE NT1-A. Struggling with the top frequencies - e.g. the 'S''s are really prominent.

Thanks
Oly
 

xb2003

macrumors 6502
Jan 18, 2016
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The unpleasant S sound (or any Sibilant sound) generally resides in the 5 to 8k area. You may be able to cut some in the EQ in the area and help your issue. A more advanced solution is a multiband compressor. Localize the frequency, center a band on it, and reduce the threshold. There are de-esser plugins in LPX, not really sure about GB as I have never really used it. But if the de-esser plugin exists in GB you could play around with that. I personally prefer the multiband comp approach though.
 

olytuck

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Mar 12, 2016
4
1
UK
The unpleasant S sound (or any Sibilant sound) generally resides in the 5 to 8k area. You may be able to cut some in the EQ in the area and help your issue. A more advanced solution is a multiband compressor. Localize the frequency, center a band on it, and reduce the threshold. There are de-esser plugins in LPX, not really sure about GB as I have never really used it. But if the de-esser plugin exists in GB you could play around with that. I personally prefer the multiband comp approach though.

Cool thanks xb2003. I will give tweaking those frequencies a try.
 
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