Terry Dwyer uses ANR-B to save noisy dialogue on CBS's Survivor.
Terry Dwyer, when working as Chief Engineer and Supervising Re-Recording Mixer at Wild Woods Inc., adopted iZotope's Adaptive Real-time Noise Reduction unit, ANR-B, to rescue recorded dialogue for Survivor and other shows.
ANR-B is designed to automatically remove broadband and tonal noise from dialogue in real-time with little or no interaction from the user, making it ideal for the demands of reality TV, live broadcast and call-in settings, and other challenging applications. With the choice of completely automatic operation or a lightning-fast "Learn" mode, mixers can deal with noise issues more quickly than ever before, leaving them free to focus on the task at hand.
"On Survivor, iZotope ANR-B reduced the most stubborn noise source of all—water—without artifacts," explains Dwyer. "It allowed us to retrieve whispered lines that were lost in the surf in an astounding fashion and eliminated the need to title the lines. ANR-B dramatically improves the catch-as-you-can elevated noise-floors that are common in this type of material."
Dwyer also used ANR-B to clean dialogue on Sci-Fi's Estate of Panic. "The host wraps on Estate of Panic had substantial noise that compromised enjoyment of the host's performance. ANR-B quickly eliminated almost all of the noise. The difference was night and day, and again without artifact."
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