Get a visual on sibilance and see when the plug-in is active.
We believe de-essing should be fast and easy. No complicated controls, no confusing parameters and no distracting extras. So we built DSR - the simplest, fastest, most satisfying way to get transparent & musical de-essing in your mixes.
"Black Salt Audio continues to shock and impress me with their simple, practical, and useable plugins. A De-Esser should be 2 things: SIMPLE, and TRANSPARENT. That's exactly what BSA achieved with DSR!"
Tommee Profitt
100+ billion streams, 28X Platinum, 25X Gold
DSR is a simple & effective De-Esser, fine-tuned to achieve transparent
musical results.
Only two controls for Threshold and Range. We put all of the
complexity under the hood where it belongs.
Attenuates sibilance without harming the
natural frequency balance of the vocal.
Threshold: This sets the Threshold in dB at which point the de-esser
starts applying gain reduction. The Threshold acts on an internally
fine-tuned sidechain signal, focusing on the most problematic
regions in the vocal track.
The Range sets a limit for how much gain reduction can occur. For
example, with a range of -6dB, the de-esser will reduce up to -6dB
but not further, so you can dial in the perfect amount of “Sss”
DSR has ZERO latency, which makes it the perfect
candidate to tame any harsh vocal in real time.
Get a visual on sibilance and see when the plug-in is active.
The Threshold acts on an internally fine-tuned sidechain signal, which pinpoints the harsh sibilance. Set the threshold to catch sibilance; bring it down for more aggressive reduction.
Choose your vibe. Looks as good as it sounds.
See how much sibilance-reduction is happening.
Sets a limit for how much reduction can occur. Dial in the perfect amount of “Sss”
“Alright there's some kind of magic going on here. When I compare it to some of my go-to de-essers, whatever it's doing, it gives it a more preferable sound!!”
Forrester Savell
Karnivool, Skyharbor, Dead Letter Circus
“A very transparent and useful tool that takes care of all the ‘S’s in a great way, without it feeling like it does damage to them like other de-essers on the market.”
Henrik Udd
Architects, Bring Me The Horizon, Dayseeker
Mac OS X 10.15 or higher
64 bit compatible
Windows 10
At least 200 MB of free drive space
AAX, AU, VST3 versions
64 bit compatible
Ableton Live 9.2.2+ / 10.1 (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)
Bitwig 1.3.9 + (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)
Cubase 8 + (Mac & PC: VS3T)
Digital Performer 8 + (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)
FL Studio 12 + (PC: VST3)
Garageband 10+ (AU)
Logic Pro 9+ (Mac: AU)
Native Instruments Maschine 2.4 + (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)
Pro Tools 12+ (Mac & PC: AAX)
Presonus Studio One 3.2.2 (Mac and PC: AU, and VST3)
Reaper v6.28 (PC: VST3)
Cakewalk by BandLab 2021.04 (Build 175, 64 bit) (PC: VST3)
Download the product manual for DSR here.