AMATERAS JAPAN / AUDIO PLUGINS 11
AUTOMATIC 2-BAND DE-ESSER
Harsh sibilance.
Boomy vocals.
Let it listen. It takes care of both.
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The “s” and “sh” sounds in your vocal cut through too sharply. Certain notes suddenly sound boomy. You reach for an EQ, but cutting those frequencies makes the whole vocal dull.
AMATERAS Vocal Gentler is a two-band de-esser that gently reduces sibilance and boomy peaks only when they become too strong.
Play the vocal and press LEARN. It finds the frequencies, bandwidth and thresholds for you.
Windows / macOS · VST3 / AU · Installers included · No license activation
01 / FOR YOUR VOICE
Close-miked vocals can have sharp sibilance and notes that suddenly sound boomy. Vocal Gentler reduces those frequencies only when they become too strong, helping preserve more brightness than a constant EQ cut.
Sharp consonants and boomy resonances can become tiring over a long recording. Play the voice and press LEARN to find settings suited to the speaker.
With zero latency, you can use Vocal Gentler in the monitor path while recording. Give the singer a less harsh sound to perform with.
02 / HOW IT WORKS
Play a sung or spoken passage, then press LEARN.
Choose a vocal or spoken passage that includes sibilant sounds.
LEARN analyses 20 seconds of audio. The first half finds the frequencies and bandwidth; the second half sets the thresholds. The button shows the remaining time.
The knobs update so you can see the settings it chose. Adjust THRESH to get the amount of control you want.
Press LISTEN to hear the frequency region each band is monitoring. Use it when adjusting FREQ to find where the harshness or boom is most audible.
Each GR meter shows how much gain reduction is happening. One press of UNDO restores all the settings from before LEARN.
03 / TWO BANDS
BAND 1 · PEAK (200 Hz–6 kHz) uses a bell-shaped cut to control frequencies that jump out of the voice. LEARN sets both its frequency and bandwidth (Q).
BAND 2 · SIBILANCE (3–10 kHz) reduces the high frequencies above its selected frequency to control sharp “s” and “sh” sounds.
Harshness does not always sit in one place. A voice can sound hard around 3 kHz and splashy around 8–10 kHz. Set BAND 1 near 3 kHz with a higher Q and BAND 2 near 8 kHz by hand to control them separately.
LEARN searches BAND 1 only up to 2.5 kHz. For this two-region approach to harshness, set BAND 1’s FREQ manually.
04 / WHY IT WORKS
A fixed EQ cut can tame sibilance or boom, but it stays active even when those frequencies are not causing a problem.
Vocal Gentler reduces them when they become too strong, then releases. This helps preserve the voice’s brightness and presence compared with a constant EQ cut.
Zero latency makes it suitable for monitoring while recording. Its response stays consistent across buffer sizes and during export, so the processing you hear while mixing carries through to the finished file.
When it comes to vocals, a lighter touch goes a long way.
05 / BEFORE YOUR COMPRESSOR
Sharp sibilance or a sudden burst of low-mid boom can make a vocal compressor react too strongly, causing audible pumping.
Place Vocal Gentler before your compressor to tame those peaks first.
The compressor can then follow the vocal more evenly, giving you smoother, more natural compression with the same settings.
The aim is not to reshape the whole voice with multiband compression.
Just to control the two frequency regions most likely to jump out.
06 / SPECIFICATIONS & CONTROLS
Start with LEARN. Fine-tune with the knobs when you need to.
AAX is not currently supported.
Bell-shaped reduction, up to 24 dB
200 Hz–6 kHz. The centre frequency to reduce
−60–0 dB. The level at which reduction begins
0.50–8.00. Higher values make the band narrower
High-frequency reduction, up to 24 dB
3–10 kHz. Reduction applies above this frequency
−60–0 dB
Enable or disable each band
Hear the frequency region monitored by each band
Gain reduction for each band, displayed up to 24 dB
20-second analysis sets both bands’ FREQ and THRESH, plus BAND 1’s Q
Switchable 100 Hz low cut at the output
−12 to +12 dB
Undo or redo changes, up to 20 steps
Lit gold = active. Unlit = bypassed. The controls dim while bypassed
07 / BEFORE YOU BUY
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PLUGINS
We record music. We mix and master it. We also design the hardware and plugins we want to use in our own work.
AMATERAS brings together more than 30 years of engineering experience and a working studio in Nagaoka, Japan.
The aim is simple: tools that sound good, make sense, and help you finish the music.
08 / LICENSE & SUPPORT
AMATERAS JAPAN is an audio brand from Japan, turning hands-on recording and mixing experience into practical plugins.
We build for professional sound quality and direct, intuitive control, so you can bring subtle textures and rich character into your music without complicated setup.
One license covers multiple computers you personally own. Sharing or transferring the license to another person is not permitted.
Questions about the product? Get in touch.
CONTACT SUPPORT ↗AMATERAS VOCAL GENTLER
Regular price $59
Launch offer · 50% OFF
$29.50
Windows / macOS · VST3 / AU · Installers included · No license activation
BUY FROM AMATERAS JAPAN ↗Launch discount applied automatically at checkout.
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