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SPL DeS

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SPL DeS
369 €
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SPL Quality!
ArthurHastings 15.04.2019
Using this with a 1073 pre and an optical compressor when tracking. It takes a bit of time to get the "feeling" on how and where it works best. Once you find the sweet spot for the vocalist you forget it is there until you turn it off and notice how transparent it is able to reduce the sibilance.
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Does the job and does it good
Paul77 11.01.2023
This took out all the harsh s-ess for me easy. And still retains my vocal as it should be.
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Powerful Deesser
Ben_Counting_Cards 18.06.2026
It really does its job well. In fact, it is strong enough that it can harm your sound if you are not careful. It is not fool proof. You do have to set it correctly. I made some recordings with it set too strongly and it made me sound like I was lisping. Now that I have it set to a more moderate setting, it is just doing what I need it to. I record all my vocals through it, and I am very happy with it.
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Innovation
King BJ 12.02.2025
Not compressing the sound, but rather phase reversing and decreasing it that way. It's a lot more natural and not fxxking up the original sound source. Also it's dual band, which means it saves you time and plugins. The best deesser I've heard. The dbx-902 & dbx-502 were the top for me, but this one took their place because of the sheer face that it replaces 2 of them in a single unit and sounds more natural and doesn't kill any dynamics.
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SPL magic, now in smaller
Zer0m0rph 28.09.2026
While it is a small matter of taste that I still prefer the dbx 902/502, this does what it says on the tin and reduces all the guesswork. It is literally that easy:
- put it in chain
- switch to on
- turn knob until it sounds right

Hi-S for the sharp noises, Lo-S for persons in lower registers and plosives.

The build-quality is excellent and honestly: the price is really low for that quality.
Sure it's not the most fanciest thing you can put in your 500-Rack, but you get an absolute set-and-forget problem solver and that counts for a LOT.
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Sibilance out before compression.
Xavier T 08.02.2026
Narrator here. In the six-inches-away technique, whispering away has a big toll of sibilance. With this 500 marvel, I could supress that horrible sound before going to 1176 and LA-2A compression.
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