The XT-DS De-Esser is Harrison’s transparent, powerful plug-in for taming excessive sibilance of vocal tracks.

The goal of a de-esser is to aid the engineer in finding a vocalist’s harsh “ess” sounds, and attenuate them without making the track sound dull. This is where the XT-DS gives you a unique advantage. The XT-DS implements our proprietary algorithm that is tuned to detect “ess” sounds, while ignoring sounds that have energy in the “ess” band, but aren’t contributing to the sibilance of the track.

The XT-DS features redundant controls to suit any mixer’s workflow. In addition to knobs, a graph with control points allows the mixer to visually adjust the frequency and depth of both the “Ess” and “Hi” bands. An “Auto Solo” feature soloes each band when it is adjusted.

The XT-DS plugin is pre-installed in Mixbus. This license file enables the plugin’s control panel.


Features:
- Harrison's proprietary De-Esser algorithm for Mixbus.
- Redundant control modes to suit any engineer's workflow
- Auto-Solo feature helps audition the filter ranges whenever a control is changed
- For more information, watch this video from the Harrison YouTube Channel.


Includes:
- License for XT-DS plugin.
- Plugins are pre-installed in Mixbus 2.5 and newer. No installation is necessary.


System Requirements:
- OSX: PPC or Intel, version 10.5.8 or newer running Mixbus.
- Windows: Windows XP Pro or newer running Mixbus.
- Linux: any modern 32 or 64-bit distro that runs Mixbus or other LV2-compatible host.