NoiseWorks has updated and renamed its GainAimPro vocal editing software. Now called DynAssist, it is intended for professional studio applications to reduce the time and effort involved in vocal editing.
NoiseWorks DynAssist improves and expands on the functionality of GainAimPro, and has an improved user interface to provide clearer workflow, a new Loop Analysis mode for a quick means of monitoring adjustments for long audio recordings, and a Listen mode for a more precise adjustment of parameters for breath and sibilance recognition.
‘The plug-in essentially is a digital studio assistant, taking on the editing of recordings, especially voice recordings,’ the company says. ‘DynAssist controls the level, intelligently eliminates unwanted noise and creates a clean recording that can then be mixed easily. Due to ARA integration, the process is latency free and at near zero CPU load – this studio assistant does not require computation capacities. Time-consuming editing is a thing of the past, leaving more room for the creative process.’
Well-prepared tracks react better to compression and give a more homogenous and clearer vocal sound. NoiseWorks DynAssist takes on this task and edits the recordings in four aspects. Ride adjusts the level of a track to a target loudness in LUFS-I without creating pumping artefacts. Vox-Gate is a gate that uses AI support to work cleanly and without a threshold parameter. Breath ensures that breathing sounds are levelled appropriately, while Sibilance processes harsh ‘s’ sounds. All four aspects can be adjusted to tailor to the requirements of a recording or personal preferences.
The most readily visible change of to GainAimPro – apart from its name – is its user interface. NoiseWorks has taken user feedback to heart and overhauled the interface. Parameters no longer obscure the waveform. Every feature has its own tab, with an additional All view to access all parameters from a single window. Preset manager and bypass have been revised and a timeline added, which is particularly important for the new Loop Analysis mode: the analysis only includes a timeline selection, so trying out presets and adjusting parameters without the need to capture the entire file. The Listen mode allows monitoring of the affected signal parts in the Breath and Sibilance sections to hone the settings more precisely. DynAssist can handle audio files of up to five hours in duration. Using the processing power of potent graphics cards for the analysis via Windows DirectML, the new version of the plug-in functions up to four times faster.
The update to DynAssist is available immediately and free to all users of GainAimPro. The MSRP for DynAssist is €149 (including VAT).
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