Dialogue Part 5 | Fairlight EQ & iZotope EQ

Dialogue editing wouldn't be dialogue editing without an EQ. In fact, I can't imagine sound design without an EQ. And not track based only, but a solid clip based EQ. More on that in a second.
I personally shoot with a Sennheiser MKH 416 and record on the Sound Devices MixPre-II. Quality stuff for indie budgets. However, it is not uncommon for me to get dialogue that has bad stuff going on in certain frequencies. Stuff that can cause spikes on meters and negatively affect an overall LUFS rating in a mix. Or keep sound from sound as good as it needs to.
But an EQ fixes this. And this is just a single example of what they can do.
In this lesson we explore the Fairlight EQ (both track and clip based). We also take a look at the Neutron 4 EQ from Izotope.
If you're new to using an EQ, this lesson will turn the lights on for you. And you'll soon realize that you'll never not use an EQ when doing sound design for your films!
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[@DethronerX]

Thanks! Im glad to find out this software handles audio like this. Definitely annoying when you have to restart it for errors, but the other EQ you suggested looks definitely better.
I follow some short film channels and some of them sometimes post a movie with really badly mixed audio. Overall or some times just portions would sound louder or softer, or different inserts that ruin the flow. Even in a lot of music production since last few years, especially in pop, you can hear those edits, bad fades and short vocal retakes in every part. I don't understand why they let it be or can't even hear or care. First of all, I hate the idea of short vocal takes and choosing the best ones stitched together, which breaks the flow and every take has a different mood, tone and volume and all just shows. It's when you think too technically perfect, than flow and continuity. It makes the vocals fake, as if the singer doesn't mean it. So, definitely, longer takes (forcing oneself to rehearse better, instead of quick fix) and this fine tune edit combined gives the uninterrupted and involved experience.

[@writedirect]

Interesting. I hadn’t thought about short, vocal edits and music like that. But it would definitely mess with the flow. Yeah, the izotope stuff is really solid.

[@DethronerX]

@@writedirect There's a Billy Eillish video where she talks about it: My Next Guest with David Letterman Billy Eillish on the Layers of 'Happier Than Ever: