McDSP DE555 v7 (HD, Download)

The DE555 De-esser is a new generation of de-essing technology, providing
transparent, precise de-essing with unique flexibility.
The DE555 De-esser represents new advancements in the art of removing voiced
sibilance from vocal and dialog tracks. Traditional De-essers rely on signal level to
process and reduce vocal/dialog sibilance, causing the user to continually adjust
sensitivity controls (such as an input threshold level) to provide consistent de-
essing performance. The DE555 uses a new approach, combined with look-ahead
technology, for consistent, transparent, natural sounding de-essing at any signal level.
Other options include continuously adjustable ratio and release controls to fine-
tune the de-essing amount, plus a high frequency (HF) only mode for reducing
the signal level of only the ‘sss’ and not the original dialog. Key filter options
include high pass and band pass filtering. A unique focus control further
enhances the key filter’s ability to separate ‘essing’ from actual dialog. The key
filter output can also be monitored.
Real-time displays of de-essing amounts and key filter response enable quick and
easy setup.