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Room tone generator?
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:45 am
by bongo_john_uk
Didn't DP used to have a room tone generator? I am sure I noticed it back in the day when I didn't really need it as was doing mostly music.
Now I have switched to mostly processing film sound, it would be very handy but I can't find it in verson 6 which is what I am using.
Re: Room tone generator?
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:06 pm
by dp-user
That would be the "Smooth Audio Edits..." feature, which can be found in the Audio menu. Basically, you select a couple edits that are spaced apart (with silence between them), and you tell DP to "Smooth" the edits, and it places room tone between them.
It does not synthesize room tone (that's very hard to do), but rather find room tone (either automatically from the file, or from a file you specify) and either stretches or boomerang-loops it to fill the void. It's a very common technique in audio post, but DP basically automates it.
To be honest, the couple times I've tried it it hasn't worked so well, though. Still, YMMV, and post your findings after you've had a chance to give it a whirl...