Dialogue Editing

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Figure 12-9 Before processing, delete the fades and open the handles. This will
give you greater editing and fade options when working with the soon-to-becreated
region.
against editors reducing noise in the editing room rather than in the mix.
You may have an impressive selection of tools at your disposal but use them
incorrectly and you’ll infl ict damage. Typically, there are three types of tools
for managing background noise:
Filters. These equalizers, notches, buzz eliminators, and so on, are best
suited for harmonic noises.
Interpolation processors. These tools remove clicks and pops on vinyl,
but can also be used for lavaliere microphone rustle and even mild
distortion. (The de-crackle and de-click plug-ins for reducing radio
microphone rustle and mitigating distortion, described earlier, are
examples.)
Broadband processors. Originally designed to eliminate hiss on archival
recordings, these multiband expanders have become more and more
common for general-purpose noise reduction.
Most botched, artifact-laden noise reduction jobs happen during broadband
processing. Because processors that remove broadband noises (de-noisers)
often have names like “Z-Noise” 3 or “DeNoise” 4 or “BNR” 5 (broadband noise
reduction), it’s not irrational to think that this is the place to head with all
your noise problems. The result: Having failed to use fi lters or interpolation
3 Z-Noise is a trademark of Waves Audio Ltd.
4 DeNoise (actually “Broadband DeNoise”) is a component of NoNOISE, a trademark of
Sonic Solutions.
5 BNR is a component of the DINR package; DINR is a trademark of Digidesign.