De-Esser VST Plugin - Free Download

Transparent de-esser VST

T-De-Esser by Techivation is absolutely one of the best free de-esser plugins out there. The sound is ultra transparent. Where other plugins start to sound artificial really fast, this de-esser stays completely natural and transparent. T-De-Esser offers a very clean and natural correction to your tracks, and it takes the esses down without reducing the overall quality of the sound.
On top of this the plugin is dead easy to use and very CPU-friendly. It is available for both MacOS and Windows in 32 and 64-bit.
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Free de-esser plugin with look ahead

The Tonmann DeEsser VST plugin is designed to get rid of 'stinging' sibilants that may occur on vocals after compression or adding a high boost. It has been carefully designed to suppress any artificial or alienated sounds. The free Tonmann DeEsser plugin features: Wideband and lowpass reduction modes, true stereo or mono mode, adjustable detection threshold to retain the crisp sound character of a vocal and a look ahead feature for sibilants with short and sharp attacks. The plugin also offers a listen mode so you can hear the part of the audio signal that is being removed.
Overall Tonmann DeEsser is great for taming any distracting and unwanted frequencies in your mix. Windows 32-bits only.
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De-esser plugin for vocals

The free Spitfish de-esser VST plugin by Digital Fish Phones is an easy to use de-esser effect, aimed mainly at vocal tracks (mono or stereo). Just like the classic analog hardware de-essers, the Spitfish de-esser dynamically filters out harsh, annoying s-like sounds that would otherwise 'spit' in your face.
The Spitfish de-esser can be used both for taking out the harsh consonants and sibilance of a vocal track, as well as for taming other unwanted frequencies (e.g. from cymbals) in your mixes. Windows 32-bits only.
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Automatic Stereo De Esser

The free Lisp De Esser by Sleepy-Time DSP is designed to speed up the process of de essing. The plugin uses an automatic sibilant detection algorithm to find sibilance ('ess', 'shh', 'teh' sounds). You simply select a range of frequencies, based on voice pitch of the singer, and Lisp only acts on this particular range. When sibilance is detected, the Lisp plugin generates an inverted copy of the signal to reduce its loudness. An extremely simplistic concept but with very effective results!
Lisp also offers some very interesting stereo options: You can use the de esser on both channels simultaneously, only on the left or the right channel individually, or on both stereo channels separately.
Lisp De Esser delivers a very smooth and natural output with a minimum of fuss while lessening unwanted noise on your track. Available as a 32- and 64-bit Windows VST.
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Traditional VST de-esser plugin

Modern De-Esser is a freeware de-esser VST plugin by Antress. It features frequency control in the 3000 to 9999 Hz range and output level control (-15 to +15 dB). The gain reduction can be adjusted with threshold, ratio, width, and release controls. The plugin has a relatively transparent sound and can effectively remove hiss and sibilants from your vocals. Use it when you want a quick dynamic processor to reduce some sharp, high frequencies. The Modern De-Esser VST is part of the free Antress Modern Plugins package. Only available as a 32-bit Windows VST.
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