DeEdger
Hardness reducer
Some problems aren't spread across the spectrum. They sit in a single band: a ride cymbal, a snare crack, sibilance the de-esser missed, the attack of a clicky kick. Static EQ takes the character out with the problem. DeEdger acts only on the bright overshoots in that one band — and leaves the rest of the source completely alone.
Tunable frequency and Q isolate the problem region. Depth controls how aggressively the overshoots are smoothed. Threshold-free detection means the same setting works across quiet and loud passages — DeEdger only acts when hardness is detected, otherwise the signal passes through unchanged. After initial setup, leave it on. Set and forget.
Features
Single-band surgery
Tunable frequency and Q. Targets the one region that needs work.
Threshold-free
Detection independent of input level. Same setting on the loud chorus and the quiet verse.
Compensate
Maintains perceived loudness in the target band so the reduction doesn't feel like a gain change.
What users say
“It is anything but heavy-handed. It's beautiful. It can make things disappear effortlessly. Think an infinite knee dynamic EQ, but with no time constants and most importantly, no crossovers/splitting.” — macc
“I'm still evaluating and playing around finding the sweet spots for different songs but I can already say that — in contrast to many me-too products around here — this is definitely a unique design. I'm often confronted with harshness and usually need several tools […] to achieve similar results.” — gorka
“Ok I just tested it out against a myriad of plugins […] and listened to both the processed sound and the delta. […] DeEdger can be a lot more surgical. It's really good and transparent. I don't understand how it works though with 0 latency.” — WhyGiacomo
“This is actually effective, and does some really lovely things to acoustic guitar. It also reduced the harshness of off-axis spill in a live recording. […] It seems to reduce the density of the transients. This makes it a perfect partner to plugins that work on resonances. I like the fact that it is subtle, that it makes a condenser mic sound more like a ribbon. Mastering involves the subtleties of feeling and perception after all.” — DarkandKurious
“I'm testing DeEdger on a couple of mastering session. Heavy rock music with tons of distorted guitars, huge compressions and clients want commercial equal loudness, so loud as hell. […] DeEdger is awesome: what comes in, comes out simply more clean and musical. Hats off!!!” — buattipaso
“Damn, but this plugin is so great, it just saved an acoustic mix I was doing, which remained slightly harsh despite trying to tame it with outboard or any plugin. DeEdger did its job flawlessly.” — Jantex
“We demoed it on a couple of older tracks and everything sounded smoother/better very quickly — key to a handy tool. There was no way I could go back to the other version once hearing it — key to a sale. This thing is fast to use and it does its thing very well.” — toyhouse
“I have really grown to love this plug-in. That is all.” — Shawn Hatfield
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