DSR by Black Salt Audio

De-essing should be simple

Quick. Clean. Effortless.
De-essing

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.

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"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

Features

Intuitive Design

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.

Precise Processing

Attenuates sibilance without harming the
natural frequency balance of the vocal.

Great Results Every Time

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”

Zero Latency

DSR has ZERO latency, which makes it the perfect
candidate to tame any harsh vocal in real time.

How It Works

Hover over an action node to learn more about DSR

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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

DSR is a smart and dynamic De-Esser, fine-tuned to achieve musical results.
Only two controls for Threshold and Range while abstracting the underlying complexity of the plugin.
It attenuates sibilance without causing harm or natural frequency imbalance in the rest of the voice.
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 incoming audio file
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. It will maintain the gain reduction at -6dB until it exceeds this value again.

Mac OS X 10.13 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.

De-essing should be simple

Quick. Clean. Effortless.
De-essing

Take a listen