You're using the Cubase De esser Wrong

[@therealjamesmarchant]

Thanks Dom. Using native plugins makes our projects more portable, so I have been moving back to the plugins I already bought when I bought Cubase!

[@softmusic_uk]

00:02 Using Cubase De esser properly 01:15 De essing in mixing is different than in mastering 02:45 Avoid using auto mode for Cubase DeEsser 04:15 Using the Cubase De esser Effectively 05:39 Target sensitive frequency for dsr 07:10 Properly adjust Cubase De esser settings for optimal results 09:08 Using the Cubase DeEsser to tame sibilance and avoid affecting other sounds. 10:47 Utilize Cubase De-esser for various purposes

[@dad6896]

where the part that tells you where to find it

[@Byron101_]

here's a bonus tip: Use this great flexible onstock Deesser for "Bass" tracks - with the freely adjustable filter band you can use it on lower frequencies too!

[@TheFrygar]

me before watching the vid: "no I'm not how dare you?" me after watching the vid: "oh..."

[@georg-pu8qi]

At the age of 67 you have a natural de-esser built in. I hardly can hear any difference 😂 But I'm sure that the better ears are appreciating this video. Dom, thanks a lot for your very, very useful hints around cubase❤

[@D.Angelopoulos]

Thank's Dom..All the best for you...!!!

[@edgriggs3544]

Thank you so much! This was a real eye-opener. I thought that its side-chain worked the same as a typical compressor. So, yeah... I was using it incorrectly. BTW, I love these short, single issue videos.

[@tenderklang]

Cannot get enough of „learn Your stuff before buying another stuff“

[@SIIVIIS]

Like. Love. and Like, again! I prefer the Cubase De-Esser over the others I've used, but I have been plagued by the over compressing of the range I needed the focus in. Until now, I've - incorrectly - assumed what the De-Esser's sidechain settings were intended for. Cannot thank you enough for the 'tutorial'/explanation of it's little hidden superpower - it's quite literally the foundation to a solution I've been puzzling for a while. Appreciate all the knowledge you share, and the possibilities you encourage others (in this instance; me) to nourish and grow.

[@smazmosh]

Some serious T-Shirt changes there :) The green one could have done with a touch more gain reduction ;) Like the purple though. Great vid. really useful explanation. didn't know that level of control in the stock plugin was available. will take another look. thx

[@GuyVignati]

As usual a great tip from a real professional.

[@ajstudiobgd]

Very good advice.Thank you Dom. 🥂

[@melinamorina516]

Thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@JotunStudio]

Thank you so much for all the information, Dom! I am a long time Cubase user and with your videos I learn more and more about it

[@stefanw.1861]

Thanks Dom for this great tip. I just tried it on my HiHat and Lead Bus and it works very well. For vocals, I prefer to edit the track manually.

[@Peter88Montreal]

Thank you Dom! This is huge . I am now wondering how many other plugins I am not using to the max. Please , more of these videos :)

[@BillobanBilloba]

Thnx Dom🙏fine work here!

[@johnflavour]

So useful as always Dom, I love getting insights into stock plugins.

[@johncostigan6160]

Thanks Dom! I've used the de-esser to get rid of nasty bass thumps, but monitoring to find the exact frequencies is a really helpful tip!

[@EdVizenor]

3:20 Blue to green 💙 to 💚

[@davidhine8870]

that did my head in for most of the clip. :-)

[@Echochamber79]

Great work Dom

[@MrCasMac]

Dom is a quick change artist! Thank you for the tip. I have the Cubase Mastering and it is awesome. You won’t be disappointed going thru the class.

[@DomSigalas]

Thank you so much my friend - I am so glad you enjoyed the course! ❤️

[@peterbrandt7911]

Ok, never tried that before, really interesting, thanks.

[@Griuofficial]

Thank you Dom🤝

[@compingharry]

Cubase tips are always interesting...even for longtime Cubase users 😀

[@pjdahmen]

Awesome Tutorial and thank you for sharing this. Keep up and well done!👍🙏

[@fotonkiy]

This is great amazing video! Thanks!

[@dodgingrain3695]

Thanks for this one! Even without the auto button it still worked like trash but the side chain is gold.

[@magnusdevo]

Awesome! 👍🏻

[@EdVizenor]

4:40 💚 to 💙

[@alexjacxsens5134]

Awesome!

[@2GooDProductions]

I have the waves de-esser, but I tend to use the Cubase stock one now.

[@vishnusoni225]

The best teacher on internet will buy the full Course, Love from india

[@ArdenteCentrumMusic]

Dom you are pure genius! I can't thank you enough for all the amazing stuff you teach! - Also side question - why did you shirt change colour?

[@pauldionne2884]

Sidechain also affects the visual spectrum!

[@GVVAD21]

Cool advice, and nice T shirt 😅

[@dad6896]

okay so for anyone in my boat. The DE Esser is located in the dynamics tab on the inserts page

[@EdVizenor]

10:48 💚 to 💙

[@marcusstrymon693]

We need a dynamic fft filter eq in cubase, that would be insane 😂 Samplitude also has an fft filter eq, its so great

[@EdVizenor]

1:30 💚 to 💙

[@EdVizenor]

2:20 Make it vocal BLUE baby!

[@EdVizenor]

6:20 💚 to 💙 to 💚

[@EdVizenor]

2:20 Green to Blue to green :)

[@EricJohnson-fh8zj]

I can hear a slight difference, but I'm not particularly bothered by "normal" sibalence. Niether are most people I think. Only when it's excessive is when it becomes a problem for a mix. So even tho it's still good practice to do a bit of de-essing, I don't think the majority of people particularly care or can tell if a song is "de-essed"...*so long as it's not drastically poking out at them.

[@Starfire42]

Thank you Sensei Sigalas! Cubase plugins often look bland and uninteresting, but they really have lots of power.

[@kdcyp]

Great video Dom to add to my list of your videos I use as reference when mixing. Thank you so much! But is it only me that’s thinking I’m hearing the lyrics wrong about what she shines like? 😳

[@tebilus2277]

cubase 4 and nuendo 4 had a denoiser and not anymore that was the best plugin ever made that restoration pack was everything please tell them to return those plugin s

[@djice1804]

Rant / Complaint. 🤠 Dom , you are a very talented guy - I’ve followed you for years, every time you drop a video, I’ve tried to do it on my own but Cubase gives me a headache the size of Texas. I mean the whole Steinberg system sucks to be honest. Their contents might be some of the best out there, but what’s the point if you can’t get to them. One app for download, one for activation, another for library management, now I have to transfer all of my licenses from the USB drive to the eLicenser which has to be done one by one. What a mess!!! Oh don’t get me started if you own absolute, you can’t upgrade a single instrument, you have to upgrade the whole package even if it’s one instrument upgrade. Jeezzzzz - I’ll still be watching you do your thing coz I enjoy your videos, but Viva Native Instruments! On app for everything. Done! Wow!!! 😢

[@EdVizenor]

QUESTION: @DomSigalas are you in touch with the people who develop Cubase? I have a serious feature request that would be amazing. Can you ask them to please allow sequences from video editing programs to be imported into their timeline, instead of completed movies? This would be amazing because then you could edit in your door in the video and then switch over to Cubase and have the changes be live. Oh my goodness that would be huge for both companies. I hope I hope I hope they implement this :-) please pass on the message. Thank you

[@Justwantpeacelove]

Damnnn is all i can say! I love this!

[@alphaprinters9765]

Great 👍🏽

[@rogercabo5545]

Important question at all! What is the original t-shirt color? 💯

[@EdVizenor]

10:21 💚 to 💙 to 💚 Game OVER!

[@marcusstrymon693]

So in theory, I could also use the frequency eq in dynamic mode and just dynamic eq out the narrow frequencies

[@AfricanMusic24]

I Appreciate so match you I think 70% percent I know of Cubase are from you 👏👏

[@SoundFriendly]

This could be a process in Cubase. Have the process analyze the audio and create a few automation curves (different parameters working together) to tame the S-es using the Cubase de-esser. Perhaps an idea for a feature?

[@thomashambrecht6435]

We professionally restore vinyl records for customers. Often the s-sounds are very clear in the upper frequencies, but in the range of 400 - 900 Hz they cause the other instruments to distort. That sounds terrible and no de-esser can do it. The only thing that helps here is a spectral cleanup where you delete the affected areas.

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

Will you be making a hybrid mixing course, Dom?

[@lilborg9999]

Thanks for yet another great and informative video. However I have a slight hearing problem, I do not hear much over 9 kHz, and I still try to do mastering for some friends (not professionally at all). Are there some tricks to anyway generate a reasonable mix or master? Other than carefully watch the frequency plots.

[@steverosbotham6403]

Great video. All to often we just skip over the stock plugins because the ones we pay for are way better right?….. Yep, I’ve fallen into that trap more than I would care to admit. One final thing, I hope I was not alone in singing along thinking it was ‘shine like a porn star’ which I always thought was an odd lyric. 😅

[@asrarpro]

I love you 🎉

[@antoinemontmory]

Hi Dom, thanks for this video but I can't hear the difference, I don't know why. I have the impression that there have been no changes. Is DeEsser used to make the vocals clearer so they don't fade into the instrumental ? I use my speakers to mix my music. Is it better to use headphones like you do in this video to correct the mix with the DeEsser specifically ? ... Update to my comment. I just watched your other video talking about De Esser - deesssing and I think it is better to understand the difference of the correction. Specialy if you are using De Esser for the fist time.

[@mgmthegrand]

Thanks Dom. Great lesson. Do you ever use Cubase stock plugins? I often wonder if one can get the same result as you would if you used third party, with the downside of taking more time, of course. Any thoughts or words of wisdom?

[@Aesopos]

Thank you for doing Cubase tutorials! Where do you place the de esser in the plugins chain. Does it go 1st?

[@DomSigalas]

First and last! Because after EQing and compression/saturation you might need to de-ess again- it’s very common :)

[@miguelowls]

Hey Dom, I’ve got a question I’ve been going back and forth between logic and Cubase. There’s 1 thing that Cubase doesn’t offer “I THINk” doesn’t offer and that’s to be able to have my quad cortex as the input and my output my scarlet interface. I can’t seem to find a work around online please help if there’s a way. 😢 So essentially have two interfaces in use with Cubase. Hope that makes sense man help!!!

[@artysanmobile]

The amazing capabilities of Plugins somehow makes people use them like hi-tech weaponry, in this case abolishing forever every vestige of a sibilant singer’s habit. In fact, de-essers have mixers searching for sibilance just to hear them work. Truth is, sibilance is rare in a singer. They have great use as a bespoke harshness remover on any type of recorded signal. Drummer hasn’t yet learned how to play cymbals? DeEsser to the rescue!

[@maocbrasil]

I can't understand how Steinberg can't develop decent GUIs for plugins that are good like Frequency! It's annoying to use controls that are poorly positioned and crammed into little space. I don't think a new paid version needs to be released so they can offer some improvements.

[@MusicChannel-rf5zz]

Thanks. While recording vocals do you recommend recording in the comp take mode ?

[@DomSigalas]

Yes of course! It’s always activated :)

[@Levasseur-Official]

Is it me or can you also do this with a dynamic EQ? In a dynamic eq you can pinpoint frequencies and let it duck those when they will go over the threshold.

[@DomSigalas]

I always use a combination of de-Esser and dynamic EQ. However, the technique that I show here allows you to be very surgical- because you put those sibilants under the microscope. A normal dynamic EQ would eat up the snares, hi-hats etc because there is no way to pinpoint the frequencies you want and amplify them :) unless it also has a sidechain filter ;)

[@mrfleamino9350]

thank you Dom

[@GafouKafour]

Dear Dom could you please tell me what's the name of the music which you were playing on 3d bass video? I've checked out your spotify but didn't find it thanks

[@EdVizenor]

10 transitions total. From green to purple to blue etc! Lol. Did I will all the courses? 😂🎉 🟩🟪🟦

[@illusionfilms4428]

dom.Please can you make full Mixing Rap/Pop others popular styles course 😢please With the Stock plugin

[@Blueberrystop]

❤

[@rogercabo5545]

Wouldn't it possible to use the Deesser in other frequency ranges, mids or sub and lows?

[@m.j.mcintear793]

How can I get Cubase Artist for students? A audio engineer student into film scoring and I need cubase to follow my teachers closely

[@garyshirinian]

Hello. I've watched one of your videos, you showed how to add bus tracks. Thank you very much for sharing. However, I'm trying to reverse the process and can't do it. What to do in this case thx.

[@DomSigalas]

What are you trying to do? Remove the bus? Just go on the group channel, right click and delete it . Then route your audio channel to the stereo out or any other bus :)

[@garyshirinian]

@@DomSigalas thx for replying. I will try that. Thx again

[@zarkymusic]

Great video, anyways, what's the name of the song u use?

[@DomSigalas]

Cosmic Parenthesis :)

[@SIBIRIAKcom]

Hi, Dom! I have a question about mastering for you. I produced an instrumental track, and it's just drums, bass guitar, guitar, and solo guitar. I put a lot of work into the sound of every element. And I like it. And when I put only cubase limiter to enhance it I still like the sound, but there are some distortion pops up already around 12lufs integrated. but when I try to create a chain of different plug-ins, the sound of few notes are changing a little bit and sometimes it loses what I tried to find, but of course the enhancement is smoother and it's clean with the same loudness level. Is it possible that sometimes a maximizer is the only thing you need?

[@ShahbazCTN]

What is sound engineering?

[@TheTruageEGroup]

Morning Dom is there a discount code for the course. I’m going to buy.

[@DomSigalas]

Hey my friend, I’ve already responded on your previous comment ;)

[@TheTruageEGroup]

@@DomSigalas ok I’ll check it

[@michielp1392]

i already applied this after seeing your video of the vocalchain video in Cubase itself. very nice!! I have a question Dom, some use soothe2 for the bass, because its walking with the frequenties. for example 20hz to 70hz. its dynamic for lefr to right. and an de esser is static on for exampl 10k. can you develop some kind of bass tamer with Cubase. big love.

[@DomSigalas]

Soothe is a very special plugin. The closest thing you can do with Cubase is either add the Frequency 2 in dynamic mode or use a multiband compressor. But be cautious when using soothe with bass. You have to ask why you need to use it. Normally your bass should be fine with normal compression, dynamic EQ and a bit of automation :)

[@michielp1392]

​@@DomSigalasthanks for the reply, for example with trap bass, the peak vary in de sub range. 20hz to 60hz. with the frequentie plugin you compres the whole range as one. but you want dial in in each peak. like you did with tye sidechain in the de-esser. only that is one band. but you are right there are ways to get the same effect kiie you said. its just more time to set up. anyway thanks!

[@DomSigalas]

@@michielp1392 yes- also try Gullfoss for this- depending on the bass it might be that one tool works better than the other one ;)

[@TomiSimatupang]

Psychedelic

[@Yoshipiano145]

Is cubase de-sser plugin and de-ser in the Channel strip a dynamic band or does it compress the entire signal?

[@Jura_JS]

but you can unmix it (vocals) in Spectralayers =)

[@dattavacharya]

👍👍❤

[@BehruzbekOtayev]

what changed?

[@marcusstrymon693]

Hey dom what opinion do you have on the icon daw controllers pairer with cubase? Thinking about picking up an Icon platform nano

[@bethenyruefsongs]

Sadly, not available in Elements...

[@DomSigalas]

Check my manual way that I mention on this video :) I have linked the video ;)

[@bethenyruefsongs]

@@DomSigalas Thanks!

[@EdVizenor]

7s seconds after you posted. 🎉

[@UniversalTm-j1k]

Drum fill ?????

[@YashOnTheBeat]

Hey Is there a way to Undo / Redo changes that I've make to presets in a Synth like Xfer Serum (it doesn't have a built in function for this). I've used Logic and Studio One and they both have this feature. I know about the edit undo/redo and the one on the mix console but I couldn't find anything for 3rd party synth plugins. Also is there an 'automate last touched parameter' function in Cubase or do we still have to write enable a track and click around knobs while playing the track for them to show up on separate automation lanes? Please help me with this. I did try to contact you through Instagram (same user name) but I couldn't seem to get through.

[@EdVizenor]

Dom 2024

[@ensiopoidokoff7367]

Love you and your videos Dom, but this time the title is totally false! I've been using the stock de-esser exactly the right way!

[@dad6896]

guy i tried watching a few of your videos before and you have a bad habit of over looking the simple stuff when giving lessons to newbies... where is the De esser located in cubase 13????? should probably start there. and i'm genuinely asking. where is it????

[@rwoggle1735]

Your videos would be much better without all the zooming in and out. We watch because we hate MTV.

[@R3myBoyMixMastering]

Sorry but it still doesn't sound as good as other de essers :/

[@DomSigalas]

Such as?

[@EdVizenor]

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[@EdVizenor]

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