Absurdly Polished VOCALS and How The Pros Actually Do It
Oct 05, 2025
Struggling with sloppy and harsh S's and sibilance in your vocal mix?
One of the biggest amateur mistakes in vocal mixing is letting rogue sibilance ruin an otherwise solid mix.
Your de-esser might be working on most S’s — but every once in a while, one slashes through the mix way too hard.
Why? Because pro vocal mixing techniques go beyond automation and plugins. The truth is: no de-esser is perfect. And when it pushes too hard on a rogue S, you get a smeared, lispy mess. Back it off, and now none of the S’s are tamed.
In this video, I’ll show you the exact pro trick to fix this — a simple but advanced vocal mixing technique that instantly makes your vocals sound more polished and professional. It’s the 20% polish amateur mixes are missing. Let’s fix your vocal sibilance once and for all.