Remove Echo and Reverb from Dialogue Audio with 3rd Party Plugins

Ever find that your dialogue audio recording ended up with a lot more echo, which is technically called reverb, than you remember hearing when you were shooting? It happens. Many of us shoot on location and you often get less than optimal audio. Here’s a look at two plugins that you can use in Adobe Premiere, Audition, and just about any other digital audio workstation app for editing audio to reduce that annoying echo or reverb sound and make it sound more like you’re having an intimate conversation with your talent.

You can’t always remove all of the reverb, but you can definitely minimize it in most cases.

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Gear used to produce this episode:

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Acon Digital DeVerberate Plugin (VST, AU)

http://acondigital.com/products/deverberate/

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SPL De-Verb Plugin (VST, AU)

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/spl_de-verb_plus.html

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Tascam DR-60DmkII Audio Field Recorder

Amazon: https://geni.us/9uzoqO1
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1084690-REG/tascam_dr_60mkii_portable_recorder_for_dslr.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/TADR60DMKII/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xTADR60DMKII

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Shure SM-58 Cardioid Dynamic Microphone (used for voice over)

Amazon: https://geni.us/8SrApi
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/68463-REG/Shure_SM58_LC_SM58_LC_Cardioid_Dynamic.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/SHSM58LC/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xSHSM58LC

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Audio Technica AT4053b Hypercardioid Small Diaphragm Condenser Microphone

Amazon: https://geni.us/xGLH
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/642499-REG/Audio_Technica_AT4053B_AT4053b_Hypercardioid_Condenser_Microphone.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/AUAT4053B/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xAUAT4053B

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Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP Audio Interface

Amazon: https://geni.us/JYcHGRS
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/654238-REG/Focusrite_SAFFIRE_PRO_24_DSP_Saffire_PRO_24_DSP.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/FOSP24DSP/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xFOSP24DSP

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RØDE NTG4+ Shotgun Microphone (used only in the intro clip and I think there may be an issue with my copy. Working with RØDE to resolve…)

Amazon: https://geni.us/svn7AA
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1115089-REG/rode_rodntg4plus_ntg4_shotgun_microphone_with.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/RONTG4P/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xRONTG4P

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Music copyright Curtis Judd 2012

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