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VocALign Project

VocALign Project
Audio Alignment

VocALign® is the unique audio software solution for music and audio post that will adjust the timing of one audio signal to match the timing of another. Align:
- Lead vocal doubles
- Backing vocals
- Instrumental tracks
- ADR (replacement dialogue tracks)
- Foreign language dialogue
- Sound effects

VocALign's unique ability to align two signals enables it to be used creatively to take guide or even "live" tracks and create performances with perfectly aligned overdubs. This outstanding software gives users perfectly aligned double-tracked vocals, tight backing vocals, easy re-grooving of recorded vocals for remixing and shorter overdub sessions. Users also have the ability to choose the best rhythm and pace for a specific vocal, or even lay down the required tempo pattern for the artist.

For post-production, VocALign will automatically edit a line of replacement dialog so that it aligns with the dialog recorded with the original film or video. The artist can concentrate on performance and the result is perfectly lip-sync'd dialog, or more convincing foreign language dubs.

VocALign is a truly amazing tool, which reduces the time taken to re-record dialog or vocals, saving money by drastically reducing production and studio time. Artists can now concentrate on performance and not sync during overdubbing sessions.

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VocALign PRO

VocALign PRO
Audio Alignment

Editors in film, TV and video post production, music and multimedia, now have more control over any required audio alignment editing. They will be able to target the alignment of the replacement signal (Dub) to the Guide where it is required, by using the new Sync Points feature and can keep sections of the Dub from being edited by specifying Protected areas.

These features will be invaluable for certain types of noisy or reverberant Guide signals and especially useful for foreign dialogue replacement.In addition, the new Preview Controls allow much more detailed examination of parts or all of the two signals, together or separately, both before or after alignment to confirm the quality of editing and alignment.

The other features such as improved overall quality of automatic alignment and micro-editing will save the user even more time and frustration.

Reasons to use VocALign PRO:

Audio Post production and multimedia
- Perfect lip-syncing
- More accurate and convincing foreign dialogue replacement
- Reduced studio time re-recording dialog
- Tighter foley and sound effects tracks
- Modifying the timing of one music track to match another

Music editing
- Perfectly-aligned double-tracked vocals and/or instruments
- Tighter backing vocals
- Shorter overdub sessions
- Easy re-grooving of recorded vocals for remixing

Features

- VocALign PRO V4 takes just seconds to automatically align two audio signals so that the timing of one matches the other
- Simple, intuitive operation and Audio Suite plug in integration with Pro Tools
- Sophisticated pattern matching techniques that reject guide track noise and work with different speakers, singers, words, instruments and sounds
- Works with 16- and 24-bit audio
- The aligned audio can be auditioned within VocALign PRO
- The Pitch of aligned audio is unchanged

new features and functions in VocALign PRO

- Increased alignment accuracy:- achieved with a new and more sophisticated pattern recognition algorithm.
- User settable Synch Points:- targets audio alignment at specified pairs of points in the two signals.
- Protected signal blocks:- user can mark sections of the Replacement (Dub) signal to not be time-compressed or expanded during alignment.
- Comprehensive audio preview options:- allows listening from VocALign to sections or the whole signal(s) before and after alignment, individually or together.
- Ability to re-use an alignment path:- on another Dub signal. (Can be used for multi-track microphone recordings - e.g. simultaneous close and distant mikes)
- New improved TimeMod (time compression/expansion): - optimised for single- pitch signals but maintaining the option to use an alternative TimeMod algorithm for more complex signals.
- Longer maximum signal length:- Now up to 5 minutes (previously 2 minutes)

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