Suave turns down harsh S, T and SH sounds the moment they happen. Between them, your audio passes through untouched.
Quick start
- Put Suave on a vocal, or any track with harsh S sounds, and press play.
- Raise REDUCTION until the S sounds sit right. It starts at 0, Suave's gentlest setting.
- Is it catching the wrong sounds, or not enough of them? Adjust FREQUENCY, and use LISTEN to hear what Suave hears.
The controls
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| REDUCTION (fader, 0–20) | How hard Suave works on S sounds. 0 is the gentlest. Raise it to tame them more. |
| GR meter | How much Suave is turning the sound down right now, from 0 to -20 dB. |
| FREQUENCY (large knob, kHz) | Where Suave listens for S sounds. It starts at 5.40 kHz. Lower voices usually want a lower setting, brighter voices a higher one. |
| DRY / WET (knob, 0–10) | Blends the untreated sound back in. 10, the default, is fully processed. |
| LISTEN: AUTO / ON / OFF | ON lets you hear what Suave is working on instead of the track. AUTO does that only while you're turning FREQUENCY. OFF is normal playback. |
| ∅ / FILTER | What LISTEN plays. ∅ plays what Suave removes. FILTER plays the part of the sound Suave listens to, so you can tune FREQUENCY until it's mostly S sounds. |
| RESPONSE: O / V / X | Three characters for how Suave reacts to S sounds. V is the default. Try the others by ear. |
| SPEED: +6 to -6 | How quickly Suave grabs and lets go of each S. +6 is the fastest, -6 the slowest, 0 the default. |
| BAND-SPLIT | Off (the default): Suave turns the whole signal down for the length of each S. On: it turns down only the high frequencies and leaves the rest of the sound alone. |
| HQ | Looks about 3 ms ahead, so each S is already under control the moment it starts, and smooths the reduction on long S sounds. Adds about 3 ms of latency, which your DAW compensates for. |
| Switch, top right | Bypass: turns Suave off so you can compare. |
Handy to know
- Double-click a fader or knob to reset it. Option-click (Alt-click on Windows) does the same.
- Hold Shift while dragging or scrolling for fine adjustments.
- Drag the bottom-right corner of the window to make Suave bigger or smaller. It remembers the size.
- Click the Suave logo to see your license and your version. The top right of that window shows Up to date, or Update available: click that to download the new version.
Prefer to read it offline? Download the Suave user manual (PDF).