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iZotope Dialogue Match
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| iZotope Dialogue Match Resizable GUI with Advanced Window Open |
Dialogue Match is for matching dialog in post-production work; however, I tried it on a vocal track in my music mixing and also had good results. Dialogue Match runs as an AudioSuite processor in Pro Tools and combines machine learning with a new reverb technology from Exponential Audio.
In order to have seamless and intelligible dialog audio at all times, an ongoing sound issue with film and television productions is matching dialog audio coming in from lavaliere, body mics, overhead boom mics, or later in post-production, ADR or Automated Dialog Replacement.Using Dialogue Match, the dialog's unique character--noise floor, EQ curve, ambient space and more are captured in a profile. This profile can be analyzed, stored (if you want) and then applied to any other dialogue track of at least 3-seconds long or longer in length. The entire room sound--an auditorium to a closet--can be matched for a totally realistic consistency for scene recordings.
Ozone 9 users will recognize the EQ matching feature from the EQ module but the DM's Reverb Module uses a brand-new reverb matching technology that's powered by machine learning. The spatial reflections surrounding dialogue audio is captured separately from the dialogue itself and then accurately applied to another dialogue track using the Exponential Audio reverb engine. The Ambience Module analyzes the spectral noise profile of a recording and then re-creates it.
While Dialogue Match was not designed for music use, my first use was in a music mix where I loved the tone and room ambience the singer had in the first verse. (I did not record the original vocal track). For whatever reason, it sounded like another room and even another microphone was used for the second verse. The second verse was much dryer with no ambience but the performance was great.
By capturing the profile from the first verse in Dialogue Match, I was able to get those two verses much closer in sound than before. I like that I could more exactly dial-in the match up with the EQ and Reverb controls. After I added my effects, it would be hard to tell what really happened!
Dialogue Match comes with many background ambience profiles--you may use the same one if the dialog was recorded dry--maybe in ADR sessions--and apply as the scene(s) dictate or change from location to location. It is awesome to now have this new tool! Dialogue Match is an AudioSuite Plugin only with Pro Tools 11 or later is required. It sells for $599 MSRP. Dialogue Match is also available within Post Production Surround Reverb Bundle, RX 7 Advanced Reverb Bundle, and RX Post Production Suite 4.
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