Waves Audio has introduced the Sibilance plug-in.

Powered by Waves’ Organic ReSynthesis technology, Sibilance allows precise identification of unwanted sibilant sounds such as ‘s’ and ‘sh,’ resulting in smooth, glitch-free, effective de-essing that maintains the timbre, duration and natural resonance of the original vocal sound.

Unlike most de-essers, which act like narrow-band compressors, the Waves Sibilance plug-in uses Organic ReSynthesis spectral filters to identify undesirable bursts of sibilant energy, then completely separates the nuances of sibilance from the vocal signal, leaving the rest of the signal untouched.

Once applied, Sibilance’s unique method of separating sibilant parts from the raw vocal signal allows for what would otherwise be extreme processing on the vocal track, such as aggressive EQing to drastically brighten a vocal.

With simple yet powerful controls, Sibilance takes only seconds to set up: Insert it on a vocal or voiceover track, and simply set the threshold and range controls to dial in the perfect amount of ‘s’ reduction.

Key features:

• De-esser specifically for vocals and voiceovers.
• Glitch-free removal of sibilants.
• Easy-to-use threshold and sensitivity controls
• Ssibilance detector powered by Waves’ Organic ReSynthesis technology.
• Sibilance detection graph.
• Variable range modes: from wide to split-band processing.

More: www.waves.com