iZotope Dialogue Match Crossgrade (Digital Download)

Dialogue Match is a Pro Tools AudioSuite intended for re-recording mixers who deliver the final sound mix for films and television programs. For decades, these mixers have had the tedious job of matching dialogue from lavalier, boom mics, and ADR in order to create a seamless and cohesive dialogue performance. This long and work-intensive process takes valuable time away from crafting the sound of a scene and producing a final mix. Using machine learning, Dialogue Match reduces this process to seconds, making it the first tool to automatically learn and match the reverberant character of dialogue recordings.

Dialogue Match is intended for three main use cases:

• Matching lavalier mics to booms
• Matching ADR to production audio
• Matching localized audio to production audio for screening and streaming in multiple languages.
  
  

The making of Dialogue Match

iZotope recently added the complete line of Exponential Audio reverb plug-ins to our catalog of offerings. With this acquisition, Exponential Audio’s founder and renowned reverb mastermind, Michael Carnes, joined our ranks. iZotope’s expertise in audio software and machine learning paired with Carnes’ decades of experience in reverb technology made a powerful combination. 

With this, we set out to cure the headache of fitting multiple dialogue recordings to a single scene, even when captured with different microphones and in different spaces. The combined technologies allowed us to create the EQ, Reverb, and Ambience modules you see in Dialogue Match.

EQ module

Derived from parametric EQ matching technology in Ozone, Dialogue Match offers a fresh EQ module inside the Pro Tools AudioSuite interface. It matches the spectral profile of a Reference audio file, with up to eight frequency band nodes for sonic flexibility and versatility. The EQ module allows for five shapes for each band node, including bell, high pass, high shelf, low pass, and low shelf. The enable/bypass controls on each band node allow for easy A-to-B comparisons.

Reverb module

In just a few clicks, the Reverb module matches the reverberant qualities of your target audio. It analyzes the reverberant characteristics of a Reference file, and generates a reverb profile that emulates the reflections of a Reference file with Exponential Audio's reverb technology. You can then refine the outcome using a number of intuitive parameter controls—including setting independent wet/dry controls for reverb tone—or bypass the reverb module completely. 

You can also control the gain and length of reverb reflections or the pre-delay, level, attack, or length of the reverb tail. The module’s output filter offers high and low pass filtering for the reverb signal, and a density setting to color reverbs for fine-tuning. In addition, you have the ability to tailor a reverb for your project, including Chamber, Hall, or Plate.

Ambience module

Complete with a spectrogram display and Trim control, Dialogue Match includes an intuitive Ambience module to help make your final product feel real. By analyzing your project’s background audio and combining it with the learned EQ and reverb data, you receive a detailed, comprehensive profile that can be applied to your targeted files with precision and accuracy. This creates a feeling of realism to a scene, resulting in unparalleled depth and authenticity.

Snapshots and Reference profiles

With Snapshots and Reference profiles, you can save yourself time and apply learned settings to use throughout your workflow. Reference profiles allow you to apply the same audio characteristics to any audio clip without needing to hunt for the original reference. The Snapshots feature allows you to call up any custom parameter changes for future use.

Customizable User Interface

Dialogue Match can also be customized to your preferences. Advanced controls for each of the three modules can be displayed or hidden to your preference, allowing you to quickly access any feature you need. A fully resizable and collapsible UI lets you further customize the Dialogue Match plug-in window to fit your post production workflow.

Dialogue Match features spectral displays for your Reference and Apply To profiles, as well as a spectrogram for the Ambience module, so you can see exactly what was learned before rendering the effect to your audio files.

Meet the Dialogue Match modules

EQ

Dialogue Match uses iZotope's powerful EQ matching mechanics in order to produce a comprehensive replica of your reference file’s spectral profile. Select a clip as a reference, then quickly match the tonal aspects of any piece of dialogue and apply it to another.

Reverb

Combining the latest innovations in iZotope machine learning with beloved Exponential Audio reverbs, Dialogue Match’s Reverb module is an industry first. By analyzing the reflections in your audio files, Dialogue Match instantly generates a matching reverb preset to place both files in the same virtual space.

Ambience

Dialogue Match leverages the power of RX’s ambience matching technology to capture and create a more comprehensive profile of your dialogue recordings. Achieve authentic noise floor parity across any number of audio files in two simple clicks.

Features

• Global features
  • Advanced and Bypass controls for each module
  • Fully resizable UI
  • Save and load global Snapshots and Reference profiles
  • Spectral display for Reference and Apply To profiles
• Reverb module
  • Wet/Dry controls
  • Early Reflections Level
  • Early Reflections Time
  • Tail Attack
  • Tail Level
  • Tail Predelay
  • Tail Time
  • Chamber reverb
  • Hall reverb
  • Plate reverb
  • Output Filter
  • Density control
• EQ Module
  • Dry/Wet controls
  • EQ nodes
  • Bell node shape
  • High Pass node shape
  • High Shelf node shape
  • Low Pass node shape
  • Low Shelf node shape
• Ambience module
  • Trim
  • Spectrogram display