{"id":15395,"date":"2014-05-01T17:46:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T21:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=15395"},"modified":"2014-05-01T17:46:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T21:46:23","slug":"building-a-prochannel-deesser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2014\/05\/01\/building-a-prochannel-deesser\/","title":{"rendered":"SONAR Production Tips &#8211; Building A ProChannel De-esser"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/products\/sonar\/features.aspx?v=mix\"><strong>SONAR X3\u2019s modular ProChannel<\/strong><\/a> allows users to take advantage of all the different aspects of a real mixing console. One great way of improving your vocal production is by using De-Essers to reduce the sibilant frequencies between 5-7kHz. The human mouth acts like a filter for words and sometimes certain words for certain singers can produce unwanted hissing sounds that get in the way of mixing. You can build your own De-Esser\u00a0within the ProChannel by using the following steps.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Console-VIew.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15399\" title=\"Console VIew\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Console-VIew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><!--more--><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Add two new busses to your Bus Section within the Console View. Name the first one \u201cMain Track\u201d and the other \u201cDuplicate\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Insert-New-Stereo-Bus.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15400\" title=\"Insert New Stereo Bus\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Insert-New-Stereo-Bus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bus-Setup.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15396\" title=\"Bus Setup\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bus-Setup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"438\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">On your vocal add a send and route it to the Duplicate Bus.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bus-to-Duplicate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15397\" title=\"Bus to Duplicate\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bus-to-Duplicate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Route the output of the vocal track to your Main Track.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Out-to-Main-Track.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15401\" title=\"Out to Main Track\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Out-to-Main-Track.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Add your default ProChannel compressor to &#8220;Duplicate&#8221; Bus. Right click on it and hover over \u201cReplace Module\u201d with the PC4k S-Type Compressor.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Replace-Compressor-with-S-Type-Bus-Compressor.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15402\" title=\"Replace Compressor with S-Type Bus Compressor\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Replace-Compressor-with-S-Type-Bus-Compressor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"597\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Make sure to turn on the side-chain capabilities for this Compressor.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Compressor-Side-Chain-On.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15398\" title=\"Compressor Side Chain On\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Compressor-Side-Chain-On.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">On \u201cDuplicate\u201d bus route the output to the available side-chain of the compressor.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Send-to-Side-Chain.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15403\" title=\"Send to Side-Chain\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Send-to-Side-Chain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Engage the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OxFBthlcTfs\">Quad-Curve EQ<\/a> and boost whichever frequencies you feel are getting in the way of the quality of the vocal track. You can be drastic or not so drastic with your EQ depending on what you want.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Set-EQ-for-5-7k-Boost.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15404\" title=\"Set EQ for 5-7k Boost\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Set-EQ-for-5-7k-Boost.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Make sure that your ProChannel is activated on both tracks and then you\u2019ll start to see how the Compressor reacts to any boosted frequencies in the Duplicate Bus.<\/p>\n<p>Check out more on The Cakewalk Blog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/10-reasons-to-check-out-sonar-x-series\/\">10 REASONS YOU WILL LOVE THE SONAR X SERIES<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/sonar-x3-quadcurve-eq\/\">DEVELOPER NOTES \u2013 SONAR X3 QUADCURVE EQ (UI ENHANCEMENT)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/11-easy-tips-for-project-organization\/\">DAW BEST PRACTICES: 11 EASY TIPS FOR PROJECT ORGANIZATION<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction SONAR X3\u2019s modular ProChannel allows users to take advantage of all the different aspects of a real mixing console. One great way of improving your vocal production is by using De-Essers to reduce the sibilant frequencies between 5-7kHz. The human mouth acts like a filter for words and sometimes certain words for certain singers &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2014\/05\/01\/building-a-prochannel-deesser\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SONAR Production Tips &#8211; Building A ProChannel De-esser&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,71,73,52,1,113],"tags":[2256,72,60,2257,1984,2258],"class_list":["post-15395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daw-best-practices","category-mixing-tips","category-music-production-tips","category-sonar-x3","category-uncategorized","category-vocal-recording-tips","tag-deesser","tag-mixing-tips","tag-prochannel","tag-quad-curve-eq","tag-sonar-x3","tag-vocal-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}