Best plugin to de-harsh some vocals

[jhudstudio]

Perhaps not to deharsh vocals but to help boost/amp, smooth compress, and help make vocals stand in the mix, you could try the Vocal King. https://www.jhudstudio.com/paid-plugins

[Ramm Darkened]

-Schepps Omni DS module

Thank you so much! You are the man!

[cfanyc]

one of the best de-ess tools and surely most underrated, imo is

hornet sybila

Also:

- rx7 deess module
- waves sibilance
- any good dynamic eq (eg FF pro Q3)
- weiss softube deesser
- ssl vocal strip

also do not forget:
- manually editing waveforms and/or automating track volume fader
- improve sibilance in context of mix with track fader balance and compression
- stacking many tools/approaches as they can deal with different parts of the annoying
frequencies

[jochicago]

I would +1 a lot of what has been said.

But a simpler solution too:
Free TDR Nova, 1 node of dynamic EQ around 4k with a wide bell (watch the analyzer for accurate placement but it doesn't actually matter that much if you make the bell wide). Free and easy, and about as good as anything else.

[LeVzi]

Yeah I'd be reaching for F6 for this, and looking at dessers if the sibilance is an issue. Also a lot of automation could be useful if certain areas are hotter than others. But firstly I'd just hit a normal EQ and try to find those problem areas alone, remember you can split a vocal up into tracks and you don't have to attenuate the whole thing if it's just sections that are worse than others.

[trmupstage]

Another vote for F6 or any other dynamic EQ. You also want a good deesser. I also use Soothe as well to handle that last little bit. It a multi-step process.

[Milford]

-Schepps Omni DS module

Thank you so much! You are the man!

Yeah, this worked for me recently. There is a “Harsh Vocal” preset in there that got me pretty close.

[Ramm Darkened]

Another vote for F6 or any other dynamic EQ. You also want a good deesser. I also use Soothe as well to handle that last little bit. It a multi-step process.

Soothe is so expensive.

[Urb Sergeant]

Airwindows Tape
Airwindows Smooth
CLA Mixhub (1176 Comp)

[Jopmanajop]

Ozone Spectral Shaper
TDR DeEdger

They're like Soothe, but they're also expensive

[neverbeeninariot]

Toneboosters Sibalance v3 is no longer available as a single plugin, but it's part of bus tools 3 for EUR49 which is decent considering that you get a bunch of other useful stuff (Barricade 3, etc).

There's demo versions available.