WaveArts releases Dialog - Post-Production Plug-in For Speech & Voice

WaveArts has released Dialog, a new post-production tool for speech and voice. Dialog combines in one plug-in all the processing needed to clean up, adjust, and sweeten recordings of the spoken voice. It is perfect for voice-over, film/tv recordings on location or sound stage, and broadcast.

Dialog includes brickwall filters, de-hum and de-buzz processing, broadband noise reduction, de-ploding, de-essing, 10-band equalization, compression, and limiting. Separate presets for each section allow you to get results fast.

• The brickwall filters have variable roll-off slopes and can be used to cutoff low or high frequency ranges.
• The de-hum processor uses notch filters to eliminate 10 harmonics of either 50 Hz or 60 Hz hum.
• The de-buzz processor squelches nasty line frequency buzzes.
• The de-noise processor is the stellar sounding MR Noise algorithm with a simplified interface.
• De-plode and de-ess are custom processors:
  • Use de-plode to tame plosive sounds.
  • Use de-ess to adjust the amount of sibilants.
• The EQ section is the powerful and easy to use TrackPlug equalizer, with 10 bands of equalization, 11 different filter types to choose from, and a variety of presets.
• The compressor is the TrackPlug Vintage compressor, with presets tailored to voice processing.

Technical Specs:

• 10-band EQ section with 11 different filter types and 64-bit processing.
• Low and high pass brickwall filters with various roll-off slopes.
• Hum and buzz removal.
• Broadband noise reduction.
• De-plode function for plosive or wind rumble attenuation.
• De-ess function for sibilant attenuation.
• Compressor.
• Peak limiter.
• Comprehensive metering.
• Master preset manager and preset manager per section.
• Latency compensation.
• Fully automatable.
• Up to 192K support.
• Mono or stereo.

Pricing & Availability

Dialog costs $249.95 and is available for Windows, Windows x64 and Mac OS X in VST, AU, RTAS and DirectX plug-in formats.