De-ESSER

[flintstone mop]

Hello Everyone....Nicky Badwires....Steve, QIX???
Would there be any suggestions for a De-ESSER for my Flintstone radio show. I need something to limit the high freq content of the music. Cymbols crashing and sibilance causes excessive processing action on WBCQ 7415.
I can see the offending freqs on my little spectrum analyzer I have in the recording loop.
I do not want to use the EQ sliders on this thing, as they are too broad.
I'm thinking a little tweek of the amount of De-essing would be easier.

I do not want to record using lower sampling rates. The CD's have to burned at 44.1

Thanks

Fred

[K6JEK]

I use a Symetrix 528e.   I suppose it's overkill if all you want is a de-esser but it does have one of those.  You can eschew the parametric equalizer, the compressor, the voice symmetry stuff.  Or maybe somebody sells just a de-esser.

[WU2D]

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Mike WU2D

[Blaine N1GTU]

I do not want to record using lower sampling rates. The CD's have to burned at 44.1

Thanks

Fred

do it in your digital editing software before you burn to a cd.
setup a dsp filter to cut off everything above 5 or 6 khz
you will still be burning at 16 bit 44 khz but your audio wont contain anything above the frequency you set on your filter.

[flintstone mop]

Thanks for the good inputs.
I found a Beringer "Composer" compressor, $99. I have an earlier version of this same compressor/limiter from the middle 90's....$199. The latest iteration of "The Composer" has a DE-ESSER function.

My Symmetrix is wired for the Ham shack and it wudda been the ticket.

I tried the software trick, but that adds another 25 min to finalizing my production to EQ or DE-ESS on the music that has a lot of high freq energy.

Fred