[genericaudioperson]

Hello,

I was reading the FMR audio site on using the RNC as a deesser. I
found the explanations informative but incomplete. Could someone
verify this:


1) using the eq in the insert does not make it a multiband
compressor. the eq only tells *when* to compress ("when you hear a
high frequency sound, reduce the entire signal level"), rather than
*what* to compress ("compress only the highs, leave the rest of the
signal alone"). since esses and consonants are on the front part of
a
sound, this is fine. it will simply clamp the whole "ess" sound, and
then release when the voice goes back to singing vowels. so even
though it is not band-splitting, it's still doing what you want
reasonably well.


2) the eq has no effect on the actual frequency spectrum of the
audio. the audio will sound the same, the only difference being when
the compressor decides to kick in or not. therefore making
significant adjustments to the graphic eq only changes the
corresponding level-reduction decision making on the RNC. the eq can
only help determine when the compressor decides to kick in or not.
it
cannot sculpt the frequency spectrum of the audio.


3) the graphic eq being patched in is not in the actual audio path.
it
is merely sending instructions to the compressor. therefore, you can
use a cheap graphic eq for this purpose and it won't degrade the
sound.

4) if your two primary concerns are deessing and avoiding unexpected
low frequency bumps and tumbles on stage, you can have the deesser
pull double duty by boosting the 80hz and below frequency range on the
graphic, boosting the eq in the silibant range, and cutting the eq
everywhere else.

[Misifus[_2_]]

genericaudioperson wrote:
Hello,



Do all of your posts appear twice?

-Raf

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[Richard Crowley]

"Misifus" wrote ...
genericaudioperson wrote:
Hello,


Do all of your posts appear twice?

Maybe some of them are from Brian McCarty.