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"I've spent countless hours overdubbing parts which were recorded with reverb. I was looking for a solution, then I heard about UNVEIL. I'll never be concerned with reverb on a track again."Morris "Kode" Mingo . Morris Mingo has been creating great music ever since he started his career at the age of 14, and is well known for his work with Snoop Dogg, Bootsy Collins, Fatboy Slim and many more.
"UNVEIL is an essential part of my every day workflow."Frank Morrone . Frank has received Emmy awards for his work on Lost and The Kennedys, as well as many other awards and nominations, including the best sound Satellite award for Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow.
"UNVEIL is an indispensable part of my general recording and mixing toolkit."Bryan Loren . Bryan has written and/or produced music for Sting, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Barry White, Sly Stone, The Simpsons and many others.
UNVEIL: De-Reverberation and Signal Focusing
UNVEIL is a real-time, de-mixing-based plug-in that allows attenuating or boosting reverb components within a mixed signal of any channel count, including mono sources, as well as modifying reverb characteristics. Additionally, UNVEIL allows you to bring the key features of a recording into focus, or move them to the background, by attenuating or boosting perceptually less important signal components. Based on our proprietary, artificial intelligence-based MAP (Mixed-Signal Audio Processing) technology, UNVEIL allows fixing previously unusable location audio and dialogue, tightening up live music recordings, removing reverb and “mud” from musical signals, as well as creative sound design.
Features
- Audio engineers can attenuate reverb in recordings
- Film mixers and dialogue editors can remove reverb from dialogue and location sound
- Music producers can turn vintage drum loops rich in reverb into dry recordings, and vice-versa
- Foley artists can remove ambience from sub-optimally captured sounds
- Mix and mastering engineers can bring key mix elements into focus by attenuating components commonly referred to as "mud"
Good Bye, Reverb
Removing reverb from recordings has always been difficult to impossible. Existing de-reverberation strategies either manipulate signal dynamics, require specific channel formats, are limited to certain signal types, or all of the above. Enter UNVEIL.
UNVEIL is not an expander or envelope shaper, is not a spectral thresholding processor, does not use phase cancellation techniques or inter-channel correlation analysis, and thus works with any channel count from mono to whichever surround formats your DAW supports, and without changing signal dynamics. To achieve this, it utilizes a model of the human auditory system to discern which parts of the signal are reverb, effectively “listening” to your signal much like a human would. These components are then separated from your signal for processing using our MAP technology. From there, reducing the amount of reverb in your recording is as easy as adjusting the value of one of our slick track-ball-Esque sliders.
Hello, Reverb
Conversely, UNVEIL allows increasing the amount of reverb in a recording, too. You can turn a close-miked drum kit into a full-on room-heavy monster, move a sound back in the sound stage or adapt the amount of reverb on different location recordings to match each other better. Additionally, UNVEIL gives you several parameters that allow manipulating reverb characteristics...like all of its features, within a mixed signal, in real-time and even using mono source material. No, that's not magic, that's advanced science.
UNVEIL The Detail
UNVEIL's algorithm isn't limited to processing reverb. Actually, it processes any signal components that the human auditory system considers as being of little significance, which includes the parts that many engineers refer to as "mud". As a result, UNVEIL allows reducing the level of all the stuff that clouds your signal and masks the detail you work so hard to capture, bringing the key features into focus and, well, unveiling all the inherent detail. And again, you can use the inverse function to add grit and a less up-front character to your recording.
One Small Step...
Except for the mathematics under the hood, everything about UNVEIL is simple and easy, results are always just one small step away. That being said, UNVEIL allows adjusting the process in a very wide range. No dumbed-down "easy-mode" in sight, just a perfectly stream-lined, no-nonsense GUI that looks as slick as UNVEIL sounds. And oooooh yes does it sound good. But don't take our word for it, grab the demo for a test drive!
System Requirements
Mac
- macOS 10.15.x or newer, 64 bit
- Apple Silicon CPU, or Intel CPU with at least 2 Cores (i7 or better recommended)
- Apple AU (AudioUnits), Steinberg VST 2.4, VST 3 or Avid AAX Native compatible host software, processing audio as 32 bit float
Windows
- Windows 10 or newer
- Intel CPU with at least 2 Cores; i7 or better recommended
- Steinberg VST 2.4, VST 3 or Avid AAX compatible 64-bit host software, processing audio as 32 bit float
Important Notes:
- An iLok account or iLok 2/3-based activation is required in order to register this product
- An internet connection is required for software activation
Copy Protection
Zynaptiq products use the latest PACE copy protection, which allows you to place your activation on your machine or on an iLok 2* (not included). You will need a free iLok.com account to use our software, even for the demos - but you do not necessarily need the iLok 2 dongle if your machine has internet access (activation of a system without internet connectivity requires an iLok 2 device). All required software is installed along with our plugins, but we generally recommend downloading the latest versions directly from iLok.com.
Please Note: The older, first-generation iLok is not supported!
CPU Load
While they are highly optimized, Zynaptiq plugins use a LOT of CPU due to the complex nature of the magic they perform. Please use the free trial to evaluate whether your system has sufficient resources to utilize the software effectively!
Zynaptiq recommends setting your playback buffer size to at least 512 or ideally 1024 samples for optimum performance.
As Zynaptiq plugins sport unique features not found in any other software, Zynaptiq highly recommends reading the User Manuals to ensure that you get the most out of them!
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