From the course: Pro Tools: Mixing a Short Film
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Fixing broadband noise issues with processing
From the course: Pro Tools: Mixing a Short Film
Fixing broadband noise issues with processing
Broadband noise such as wind on the beach is much more difficult to remove from dialogue tracks than hum is. That's because unlike a hum, the offending sound is scattered all over the frequency spectrum, not just centered in one place. In this movie we'll explore how to use a noise reduction tool like Isotopes RX Denoiser and Pro Tools to help alleviate broadband noise issues. The beach scene at the end of the film is very noisy, it's a ripe candidate for dialogue replacement, which was actually recorded, we have it muted in track 11 below. Even though we may end up using the dialogue replacement, we'll still need to hear the original dialogue as cleanly as possible to sync it up. Denoiser is a plug-in made by the company Isotope, and it's a part of an affordable noise reduction package called RX2. We'll use it here on this clip we have highlighted. Let's take a listen to the noisy clip. (Mr. Dalton: You got a design for me?) (male speaker: Yeah, I think I do.) (Mr. Dalton: Good.) So…
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