About To Give Up Music Because Of Sibilance!

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About To Give Up Music Because Of Sibilance! 2023-10-01T10:09:37+00:00 So, I've been recording vocals for a project the last few months and, I am completely tormented by sibilance. Dealing with the sibilance is draining all the fun out of music for me. It takes up almost 100 percent of my production and editing time. Just the single top line for a four minute song takes me a month or more to edit and correct all the S's. We're talking everyday, hours and hours a day, for months JUST TRYING TO FIX THE S's. Rerecording S words using different technique, different mics, surgically editing audio clips out the wazzoo. I've tried: Over 8 different mics on two different preamps. Mics from 100 to 1500 dollars and... No difference. I've tried dynamic, and condenser. I've tried pencil on the mic. I've tried not singing S'S into the mic. I've tried using a duller mic and splicing the s into the rest of the recording. I've tried THREE different hardware de essers I've tried hardware de essers with software de essers. If the word starts with an S I can usually fix those but if the S is mid word or at the end it sounds like scratchy, distorted trash in an otherwise perfect recording. Editing simple lines of vox are just tedious audio restoration projects trying to cut out the sibilance My sibilance laughs at de essers and sounds like there is no de esser in line. Other big problems are S's with a z sound like in "eyes" My Ss arent just too loud. They sound nasty, scratchy, or whistley, with a pitch. Currently, I'm going on TWO MONTHS trying to fix the sibilance of ONE SONG, and I haven't even finished the first verse and chorus! Ill be back on that first verse and chorus tomorrow, trying to rerecord all the S words on a different mic and the try splicing in etc. I still have the rest of the song to do, plus doubles, plus harmonies, plus background vox. So at this rate, I might finish the song in about 15 years if I work all day, everyday. Why does no one else seem to have this problem? I don't know what else to do. I'm at my wits end with this. I feel like maybe i need to just admit defeat and give up music and singing because of this ONE issue. Any suggestions to save music for me? Do I need a speech therapist? Domlun https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=577511

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Post by Uncle E » Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:29 am

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+1. Many major releases have tons of sibilance.

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Post by andrelafosse » Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:41 am

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CRAZY amounts of sibilance on this song/album:

https://youtu.be/snILjFUkk_A?si=GfCWTa7Xi_Bi2aWj&t=35

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