Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
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Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
Podcast audio is often recorded in less than ideal conditions.
What are the best plug-ins/techniques for cleaning it up, removing room reverb, EQing etc.?
What are the best plug-ins/techniques for cleaning it up, removing room reverb, EQing etc.?
- mikehalloran
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Re: Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
IZotope RX9 Standard and Advanced have De-reverb which is pretty good. Nothing works miracles but you can download it for a 30 day eval to see just how good it works for you.
Bad news: RX9 Standard is $399. Good news: if you own any paid iZotope product, you can get it for less in a cross-grade. If you own none, there are still ways to get it less by buying another tool on sale and getting the cross-grade from there.
There are also subscription plans.
Bad news: RX9 Standard is $399. Good news: if you own any paid iZotope product, you can get it for less in a cross-grade. If you own none, there are still ways to get it less by buying another tool on sale and getting the cross-grade from there.
There are also subscription plans.
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Re: Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
Assuming that you find D-reverb useful, the least expensive way I can find to acquire RX9 Standard is to head here and purchase Iris 2 or Breaker Tweaker @ $9.99 (Iris is weirdly cool)
https://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/show?sale_id=8850
And then crossgrade to RX Standard for $149.
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detai ... pe-product
Or Music Production Suite 4.1 for $299.
https://www.jrrshop.com/izotope-music- ... duct-inclu
https://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/show?sale_id=8850
And then crossgrade to RX Standard for $149.
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detai ... pe-product
Or Music Production Suite 4.1 for $299.
https://www.jrrshop.com/izotope-music- ... duct-inclu
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Re: Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
I see DeRoom https://www.accentize.com/deroom/ claims to use neural networks and machine learning to remove reverb and room sound. Sounds sexy, but does it work?
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Re: Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
Both have try before you buy—not all products do. There are a few others. Let us know what works.
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Re: Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
You could try SPL De-Verb Plus from Plugin Alliance, Rob.
Picked it up for $28 back in the day so I'm bettin' BF should see it go at a very-reasonable price. Try to ignore the listed RRP; PA customers almost never pay full-price for its wares.
All the company's current plugins will be AS-compatible soon if they're not already.
Picked it up for $28 back in the day so I'm bettin' BF should see it go at a very-reasonable price. Try to ignore the listed RRP; PA customers almost never pay full-price for its wares.
All the company's current plugins will be AS-compatible soon if they're not already.
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Re: Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
If you need to do something pretty aggressive, you can create a pretty effective de-reverb using Wave Arts MultiDynamics. Briefly, you create multi-band expansion in a way that dampens things. It's kind of similar to the noise reduction recipe, but tweaking the thresholds and values. I had to do a project with voices recorded in live rooms and was surprised at how tweakable the process was and how effective the result was.
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Re: Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
I've used RX9 de-reverb a few times.
As you may think, it's not perfect, but it does push some reverb away.
In case of very rich and complex sounds, don't expect a miracle, though.
As you may think, it's not perfect, but it does push some reverb away.
In case of very rich and complex sounds, don't expect a miracle, though.
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Re: Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
I have RX8, but actually find SPL De-Verb (at plug-in-alliance.com) works better on a lot of stuff (like spoken word recordings).
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Re: Best plug-in(s) to remove room reverb from voice recordings?
The SPL worked well on a harmonica recording someone sent me to reuse. But I'm amazed you can do this at all.Rick Cornish wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:02 pm I have RX8, but actually find SPL De-Verb (at plug-in-alliance.com) works better on a lot of stuff (like spoken word recordings).
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