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InAudio
NUGEN Audio continues to
pave the way for Immersive
Audio Production
A
s a leader in professional audio
editing solutions, NUGEN Audio's
award-winning tools are used by some
of the world's top names in music
production, game development,
broadcasting and post-production,
among other things. While the brand
got its start in music, it is known
widely in the broadcast and film
world for its groundbreaking tools
that
support
loudness
metering/
correction, surround audio and audio
analysis.
One of the most unique aspects
of NUGEN Audio's business model
is
its
and
direct
industry
company
collaborations with
professionals, whom the
relies on for feedback
suggestions
development.
This,
on product
turn, has
in
resulted in an array of stellar plugins
that are leading the way in the
industry - including several tools that
are ideally suited to immersive audio
mixing.
Halo Upmix
Among these is Halo Upmix, a
stereo to 5.1/7.1/3D upmixer that
has become an industry standard.
With powerful
every
control
original
and
dimension, Halo Upmix
vintage
right up to Dolby
indispensable to the modernization
of
-
accessing
is
scores
Atmos and
Auro-3D. Providing sophisticated
NUGEN Halo Upmix - 3D Extension
NUGEN Halo Upmix - IO
control
for aspects such as neural
network-powered dialog detection,
Halo Upmix
transforms
time
intensive workflows and improves
output
quality with ease. From
naturally extracted and expanded
soundscapes to full cinematic bigstage
enhancements, Halo Upmix
delivers all
the
to fine-tune a surround
control necessary
mix
to
perfection.
Additionally, Halo Upmix's
algorithms
coherent, spatial
upmix
preserves the character
With its
of
the
original audio without adding any
artificial
reverb, chorus or delays.
unique center channel
management, including switchable
dialog extraction, Halo Upmix
is
perfect for all types of production
work, from archive restoration and
TV to a full 7.1 feature film experience.
An optional 3D Immersive Extension
also adds Dolby Atmos bed tracks
(7.1.2), Auro 3D (7.1.4) compatibility
and Ambisonic outputs.
With its powerful spatial analysis
view, Halo Upmix
can
produce a natural,
that
Ideal
for a wide array
of
applications, such as sound design,
film scoring and
restoration,
the 3D extension introduces
additional vertical controls via an
expanded
includes
control
Rtm placement
compatibility. An additional
user interface, which
Ltm and
Atmos
realover
for
Dolby
time analysis view is also included
for the vertical dimension to show
energy
distribution of the output
audio. Further, the enhanced upmix
algorithm allows for simultaneous
use of all Halo Upmix
features,
including dialog isolation and
individual
channel output
control.
An optional Ambisonic format output
makes Halo Upmix equally at home
when working in VR or game audio
environments.
With Halo Upmix, many instances
of sound design and scoring on
synths and stereo effects are given
a new breath of life and energy that
cannot be achieved with legacy
delay
and
intuitively
show the energy distribution of the
upmixed panorama, with color used
to indicate the speaker source for
audio in any position. This makes
it possible to clearly see cases that
include phantom or hard center
predominance.
panning techniques.
What's more, using the " exact " mode
function, Halo Upmix is also fully
downmix compatible.
This is ideal for instances where
maintaining the relationship
between the original and the upmix
is
imperative - for example in
repurposing television content
streaming applications.
for
its
the world's
offers
of
Paragon 3D Convolution Reverb
With the rising trends in immersive
productions, the company saw an
opportunity
to further expand on
offerings, releasing Paragon,
first 3D-compatible
convolution reverb, in late 2020.
Paragon is an award-winning solution
that
full
control
of decay,
room size and brightness via stateof-the-art
re-synthesis
modeled on
3D recordings of real spaces. It also
provides an unprecedented
tweak-ability, with
level
zero timestretching,
which means no artifacts.
Additionally, Paragon features
spectral analysis and precise EQ of
Impulse Responses (IR).
With purity of sound at the forefront
of this plug-in, Paragon operates in
up to 7.1.2 channels of audio, making
it perfect for surround applications,
including Dolby Atmos bed tracks.
Further, it
features
individually
configurable crosstalk per channel,
unique technology for re-synthesis
of authentic IRs, HPF and LPF per
channel, and switchable LFE.
With Paragon, gone are the days
IR libraries. Using
technology, 3D IRs
of
enormous
state-of-the-art
are analyzed, decomposed and resynthesized
to create new authentic
spaces.
This
ensures a small
digital
footprint for the IR library and makes
it possible to configure limitless
combinations of spaces with just a
few adjustments to the settings.
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