By Mark Houghton
Ever wished you could control the level of room sound that’s baked into a dialogue or vocal recording?
The latest developers to join the AI reverb?removal revolution are Waves, with a pair of plug?ins in their Clarity vX noise?reduction range called DeReverb and DeReverb Pro. Both are available in the usual Mac/Windows plug?in formats, bought through a Waves subscription or a perpetual licence, and authorised using iLok (no dongle required). They employ the same ‘engine’ but the standard version keeps the GUI and control side of things simpler and more beginner friendly, while Pro offers more visual feedback and many more tweakable parameters. Unlike other such tools I’ve used, they offer a choice of three neural networks, two trained to identify dialogue and the other to recognise sung vocal parts. That opens up some interesting applications, and hints at possible avenues for development (I’m waiting for such a plug?in that successfully reduces reverb on other home?recorded sources such as acoustic guitar…)
Read the full review at Sound On Sound
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