iZotope RX is legendary. Every other week I see a tweet about how it saved someone's job (or life) and in these few years that it has been around it has become a go-to standard for all noise reduction magic, if you can afford it. What makes RX so powerful is the fact that you can get it working really well with just a few parameters while also having the option of diving into a … [Read more...]
Review: iZotope Insight
Thoughts by Ian Palmer: Anyone who knows me will know that 4 years on I am still madly in love with iZotope's RX noise reduction package. So it is rather exciting to see what else this company can do. I had high hopes for this meter after hearing about its launch. If only I could do this review in three words, as in "It's bloody good"! Just to note, that I am reviewing … [Read more...]
Review of Zynaptiq’s Reverb Reduction Processor – Unveil
Reverb reduction is kind of like the Holy Grail of audio processing. Many people, myself included, have had to rely exclusively on multiband expansion to do things like increase intelligibility of poorly recorded dialog, or to make a "must use" reverberant recordings sit better in the mix. Unveil isn't brand new to the market. It first came to my attention about a year ago. … [Read more...]
Review – The Hybrid Library
There is no shortage of general sound effects libraries on the market, and they come in a number of different sizes. Pro Sound Effects is master licensor and curators of the Blastwave FX, BBC, Foundation, and Soundrangers sound effects catalogs, among several others. They've done something a little different in putting together their new "Hybrid Library." Designed for … [Read more...]
Experiments with Digital Microphones
While AES42 compliant digital microphones are relatively new to the audio world, they're not "brand-spanking" new. There have been several on the market for a few years now, and new ones are slowly being added as well. For all the time they've been available though, I had never heard one in action…not in a controlled environment anyway (the AES show floor is hardly the place … [Read more...]
Review – Blue Cat Audio “Multi Pack”
While this month has thus far been dedicated to plug-ins and their direct application to sound design, it's important to remember that there are also tools that help us make decisions in the sound design process. To that end, here's a review of Blue Cat Audio's "Multi Pack." The Multi Pack is a set of three analysis plug-ins: FreqAnalyst Multi, StereScope Multi and … [Read more...]
New Sound Lab’s Spring Reverb
Tor Johnson over at New Sound Lab has recently released “NSL009 Spring Reverb.” From Tor’s description: “This library features recordings created using a "Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer", a boutique spring reverb effects unit where three reverb springs are exposed, allowing them to be hit, played, and manipulated in real time. The unit also includes a multi-mode analog filter, and … [Read more...]