splitS Released!

apulSoft is excited to introduce splitS, a new audio plugin designed to handle sibilances (the sharp "s" sounds) on vocal tracks. It was developed in close collaboration with Swiss mixer Thomas "Mister T." Gloor, who based it on his own manual technique.

Instead of applying dynamic gain like a de-esser, splitS detects sibilances using spectral analysis and uses this information to split the signal into two parts over time that perfectly sum to the original signal. You can adjust the balance of the two parts using a simple mixer without changing the inner dynamics.

splitS can also isolate just the sibilant or non-sibilant parts, allowing you to process them separately with the tools you know and love.

More information and demo/downloads here.