CEDAR Audio VoicEX Voice Extractor Plug-in - Electronic Delivery

Product Description

Some time back, CEDAR started developing the AI-based DNN (deep neural network) technologies used in CEDAR Audio VoicEX. They were certain that these would offer a noticeable improvement over existing noise reduction technologies, although did not know to what degree. THey were so impressed with the results that they immediately developed a version for their plug-in customers.

This leap forward has been made possible by adopting a completely new approach to voice extraction. Rather than try to gauge the noise level at each frequency and suppress this, CEDAR train an algorithm called a neural network to identify the voices in the signal and create two audio streams - one containing just the voices, and the other containing everything else. This approach makes VoicEX very simple to use. Where you might expect numerous controls, you'll find just two knobs - one to determine the loudness of the background, and the other to control the loudness of the speech. Reduce the former to make noise and excessive reverberation go away. Reduce the latter, and the voices go away. Increase either to emphasize that part of the signal. It's incredibly simple to use and takes no time at all to master, but the results can be truly amazing.

ABOUT AI IN AUDIO

Once in a while a transformative technology appears. Artificial Intelligence (or AI) is one of these, and its impact on the audio industry is going to be huge.

CEDAR Audio started down the road toward AI as far back as 1994 when they introduced the DH-1 dehisser, the world's first digital broadband denoiser that didn't require an audio fingerprint. Over the following years, they have developed improved products based upon unique data driven models, and continued to lead the world with hardware and software products that would win Emmy, Academy, IABM and Cinema Audio Society awards. In 2015, their Learn algorithm marked another milestone, and the introduction of their deep neural networks has fueled another leap forward. VoicEX gives an indication of what will be possible in the future when AI is applied to all manner of audio processing requirements.

It's a new world.