How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
Lesson 46 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
Lesson 46 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
Lesson Info
46. How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
Lessons
Introduction and Welcome to this Course
00:50 2Listen to your Recording Environment
03:43 3Room Treatment Tips
03:07 4Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones
02:35 5Recommended Pro-Level Microphones
02:55 6Recommended Budget Level Mics
02:35 7Microphone Audio Comparisons
05:53 8What is an Audio Interface and How is it Useful
01:48Recommended Pro-Level Audio Interfaces
01:35 10Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces
01:46 11My Thoughts on USB Microphones
00:45 12Microphone Positioning and Accessories
04:09 13Essential Microphone Polar Patterns
03:17 14Recommended Monitors and Headphones
03:55 15Other Audio Monitoring Tips
02:41 16Introduction to Capturing Audio
00:18 17Recommend Audio Recording Software and DAWs
06:28 18A Quick Look at Some Handy Recorders
02:39 19Audacity Introduction
00:45 20Setting up to Record Audio in Audacity
03:49 21How to Record Audio into Audacity
02:54 22Other Features of Audacity - Playback, Zoom, Undo + Save
04:15 23How to Export Audio out of Audacity
03:37 24Essential Audio Editing Tools in Audacity
08:07 25Removing Silence, Splitting + Joining Clips
03:17 26Essential Key Command or Keyboard Shortcuts in Audacity
03:06 27Removing Background Noise Introduction
02:48 28How to use the Noise Gate Effect in Audacity
12:54 29How to use the Noise Reduction Effect in Audacity
11:15 30Mixing and Processing your Audio Introduction
02:32 31A Quick Look at the Filter Curve or EQ Effect
10:35 32A Quick Look at Compression and the Normalize Effect
11:21 33How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity
03:23 34Adding Audio Effects to Audio Clips in Premiere Pro
06:06 35Gain/Volume in Premiere Pro
03:36 36Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin
11:08 37Parametric EQ - Part 2A : Mixing Examples
15:56 38Parametric EQ - Part 2B : Mixing Examples - Example 2
11:31 39Parametric EQ - Part 3 - More Settings + Features
05:14 40Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 1: DeNoise
09:24 41Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 2: DeReverb
06:25 42Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 1: Introduction
02:47 43Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 2: Threshold + Ratio
04:16 44Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 3: Make up Gain
03:15 45Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 4: Attack and Release + 2nd Example
06:30 46How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
12:00 47How to use the Hard Limiter Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
06:48 48How to use an Audio Meter in Premiere Pro - Loudness Radar
08:28 49Behind the Scenes of my Audio Recording Equipment
07:16 50Thanks and Bye
00:12Lesson Info
How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
Hi there and welcome to this video where we're going to be looking at the D A in premiere pro. So A DS A is actually a fast acting compressor that only compresses at high frequencies or a certain band of high frequencies. So essentially A DSA reduces that high end hiss from the SF or T sounds. Sibilance also depends on the voice itself and also depends on the position of the microphone. So if you're at the side of the microphone slightly, it will sound less Essy than if you're directly in front of the microphone. So mic placement can help with Sibilance as well. The distance can make a difference with Sibilant. So if the person is talking right up into the microphone, then there may be more sibilant. And if they are further away from the microphone, however, you may not wish to be too far away from the microphone because you may capture more of the room sound which you may not want. But for your recordings, you can use ad er to help reduce some of the sibilant. Be careful though when y...
ou're D sing because if you use this effect too much that it may sound like the person talking has got a bit of a lisp, but the correct amount can make the vocal recording sound less harsh. I'm also going to put the D SA after the compressor because sometimes the compression can cause silence. So let's open up this DS A in Premiere Pro. So let's go over to audio effects and then go down to amplitude and compression. And here we have DS A and then we're going to click and drag this over to our audio track. So let's hit the Disclosure Triangle next to the D SA and hit edit. So this DS A in Premiere Pro has a few different controls. And if we play back the audio now, uh it's got an updated user interface and it's much easier to use one thing to note. If you have used the EXS 24 in the past, you'll notice there, we have a visual analyzer. We also have this gain reduction meter and we have a few settings here which we're going to look at and then we have this preset drop down menu here as well. Let's work from this default though and not have a look at the presets because every voice is different. And I don't really recommend using presets. I recommend finding the right setting for your voice or the voice that you're mixing. So let's first talk about this threshold dial. So if this gain reduction will only be applied to signals above this number. So with this threshold, we can basically only apply the reduction or D sing to signals above this number. So if we have this at zero DB, for example, it won't apply any reduction to the signal because the signal won't be above zero DB. So let's just lower this. And you can see here we have this game reduction meter and this allows you to view the amount of game reduction being applied. Let's just play this audio back. This actually uses the same file type. So you'll be able to open up your old instruments in this new sampler. You can find this instrument, they got rid of the EXS 24 and replaced it with this sampler. It's got an updated user interface and it's much easier to use one thing to note if you have used the EXS 24 in the past this OK. Up here, we also have mode and we can select either multiband or broadband. So broadband will compress all the frequencies together and multiband will only compress the sibilance range. I will normally leave this on multiband. However, this will be more CPU intensive. OK. Going down, we have center frequency and this is quite an important setting. So this is the center frequency that we're going to reduce. So it's the frequency where the sibilance is detected at. So generally I'd have this between five and 10,000 Hertz, but it really depends on the voice that you're mixing for a female voice, for example, the frequency may be a little higher. And when we adjust this center frequency, you can see this band moving in this graph above and below this, we have bandwidth. So with this, we can narrow or widen the band of frequencies that we wish to attenuate. And you can see we are widening or narrowing this band in this graph above. OK. And below this, we have this check box which is output seance only. And this can actually be really helpful. So this will solo the band of frequencies that you have selected. So it just allows you to listen to the frequency that you wish to attenuate. So this button can really help you find the center frequency and bandwidth. So let's have a listen to this vocal now and try and find the sibilant area. She uses a instruments in this sample in X surround this area and yes, use the this in this new song, OK. This area here is really the sibling area. And when we play this back with this output sibilance only box checked, we can really hear that harsh S sound in X replaced it with this sum to I'm going to uncheck this box now and set the threshold level by ear user interface. And it's much easier to use one thing to note if you have used the EXS 24 in the past this actually. So if we set this threshold level, too low. It does sound like they have a lisp. She uses the same file type. So you'll be able to open up your old instruments. So we still want some sealant sounds. We just don't want it to be as harsh in this new sampler. You can find this instrument. They got rid of the EXS 24 and replaced it with this sampler. It's got an updated user interface and it's much easier to use one thing to note. If you have used the EXS 24 in the past, this actually uses the same file type. So you'll be able to open up your old instruments in this. So you can hear there that your old instruments. So notice where there should be some very harsh seance sounds. We can see some game reduction in this meter, new sampler. You can find this instrument, they got rid of the EXS 24 and replaced it with this sampler. It's got an updated user interface and it's much easier. Let's hear this plug and bypassed easier to use one thing to note. If you have used the EXS 24 in the past, this actually uses the same file type. So you'll be able to open up your old instruments in this. So let's find that part there, the old instruments in the in this new Sunday in this new. And let's turn this DS A back on instruments in this new sampler. You can find this instrument, they got rid of the EXS 24 and replaced it with this sampler. It's got an updated user interface and it's much easier to use. This is quite subtle but it just tames some of those harsh s sounds. So I think I should have the threshold around about 20 DB and the center frequency 7255 and the bandwidth 2824. So if you're using your own voice or a different voice, you may need to use different settings to this. And let's now have a look at the second example. So let's add a DS R again, click and drag this over to this audio track. So this is a different voice. This is me speaking. So we're going to have some slight different settings. So the first thing I would do is I would check output Seance only and listen to this back. So OK, teaching there is so you can hear that we can't really hear any of the Seances. So we will need to change this center frequency first few videos. So a bit closer to here 7000 Hertz that videos. So about and let's uncheck output semblance only youtube. And I thought it might be interesting to put a few videos online and kind of help a few people out about Logic Pro 10. It can be quite difficult to use and and that may just increase the threshold slightly. I really enjoy making videos about Logic Pro 10. I have a lot of passion when I'm using the software. It's really fun to make music on there. And I think that comes across in my videos because yeah, some of these technical videos can be a little dry, a little boring. So I do recommend if you're going to make any technical videos, try and have a bit of energy, try and have a bit of passion when you're teaching and that will make your videos a lot more interesting to watch. The first few videos I put online. Now, let's A B this but all about a piece of software called Logic Pro 10. I've been using this software many years prior to making any videos on youtube. And I thought it might be interesting to put a few videos online and kind of help a few people out about Logic Pro 10. It can be quite difficult to use. And so this recording isn't quite as silent as the previous one as I was using a Lavaliere microphone and I was further away from the microphone. So we weren't picking up as much sibilant sounds, however, it's still there. And I really enjoy and you can see the game reduction when we are reducing some of the silent sounds with this Ds making videos about Logic Pro and I have a lot of passion when I'm using the software. It's really fun to make music on there. And I think that comes across in my videos because we still want some of the s sounds coming through. So we don't want to reduce it too much. So I'd probably have it on about 20 DB and then center frequency, I've got set as 7255. And the bandwidth we may be able to increase slightly around about 4000 Hertz. I've got here. Yeah, some of these technical videos that can be a little dry, a little boring. So I do recommend if you're going to make any technical videos, try and have a bit of energy, try and have a bit of passion when you're teaching and that will make your videos a lot more interesting to watch. So the first few videos I put online were all about a piece of software called Logic Pro 10. I've been using this software many. So you can see there, we do have some game reduction whenever there is any Sibilant sounds playing back. Ok. So that's the d er remember to use it sparingly but do apply some because it can help reduce some of those harsh seul sounds. So thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video.
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