any ways to soak up reverb in live dialogue tracks?
 

We have some scenes recorded in reverberant rooms. The dialogue is almost recoverable but unfortunately there's a little too much reverb in the room. Any plugins that might help soak u reverb decay? I've tried gating but it didn't really work. I used waves x-noise and it was very helpful in drying up the room air, but the reverb is still there. Is there any way to quell the ghastly menace of reverb?

-John

Re: any ways to soak up reverb in live dialogue tracks?
 

John,
There are a few devices that might help you.
Try the waves C4 and adjust the lower Bands below 1K. There is a preset that emulates a Dolby Cat 43 card, or try an analog Dolby Cat 43. You can also try the new Cedar Box the 1000 or Cedar for Pro Tools . Good Luck

Re: any ways to soak up reverb in live dialogue tracks?
 

You'll probably have better luck with an Expander than a full Gate...

Re: any ways to soak up reverb in live dialogue tracks?
 

If its a real room, the reverberation will probably ring at certain frequencies. Try to find those first, and then use multiband compression.

Re: any ways to soak up reverb in live dialogue tracks?
 

multiband comp to suppress resonances, then expander...might be helpful to duplicate the track and set up a bandpass filter around 1k with a narrow Q (like 5-6) and key the expander off of that.