Nilesh Parekh

Mixing and recording production dialog is a balance of capturing clear, direct speech with just enough indirect, environmental background sound for context. When there is too much background sound, speech can become difficult to understand. The balance between background noise and speech is referred to as the speech-to-noise ratio. Increasing the speech-to-noise ratio is beneficial not only for recording, but also for on-set communication channels or IFB feeds.
Continue reading “6 Ways to Reduce Noise While Recording Dialog”Noise suppression and reduction software are effective tools for reducing unwanted background sound when recording in difficult, noisy acoustic environments. Although there are many options for noise reduction via a computer, there have been few portable options for running real-time noise suppression live in the field. CEDAR’s stand-alone noise suppression units have been popular choices for sound professionals who needed portable real-time noise suppression on-location. Now, for the first time in production sound history, adaptive, real-time noise suppression is available directly in a mixer-recorder with Sound Devices NoiseAssist and CEDAR sdnx. No additional hardware is required.
Continue reading “Noise Suppression Options for Field Recording”REEDSBURG, WIS., MAY 18, 2020 – Sound Devices is proud to announce the NoiseAssist Noise Suppression Plugin for their 8-Series mixer-recorders. NoiseAssist is an advanced signal processing algorithm that reduces background noises such as traffic, generators, HVAC noise, and more. It features a simple user interface with only one adjustment, the amount of background noise to suppress. The plugin is available now at store.sounddevices.com for an introductory price of $600.
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