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40 CINEMONTAGE / MAY-JUN 14 great graphical feedback on what the plug-in is doing while, at the same time, sounding totally awesome. Waves LoAir generates low frequencies; I use this both in design and mixing. I don't like to solely rely on the LFE channel to get low frequencies into the audio track." Supervising sound editor Harry Cohen, MPSE (Lone Survivor, Fast & Furious 6, Divergent), with Todd- Soundelux uses Serato Pitch 'n Time, "the all-purpose pitch- and time-stretch plug-in"; Audio Ease Altiverb; McDSP's Analogue Channel, "all the guns in Lone Survivor were passed through this"; McDSP's MC4000, "warm and fat"; and iZotope's RX3 de-noising suite. "These five plug-ins are simply the ones I use the most. For sure, I have lots more that are sexier or do more esoteric things, but they get used only once in a while. Avid's Channel Strip is almost always present on all channels. "These plug-ins are used mainly during Pro Tools editing, with an Avid Control-24 or an Artist Series controller," Cohen adds. "I render the plug-ins before the mix; it gives us much more freedom in the mix process. When we take the material to the mix stage, it's usually playing back on a different machine with a different set of plug-ins." ADR/dialogue supervisor Kira Roessler, MPSE (Man of Steel, Sucker Punch, Game of Thrones), lists iZotope RX3, Audio Ease Speakerphone, Audio Ease Altiverb, Waves Platinum and Avid AIR plug-ins. "RX3 has become a staple for dialogue editors," she explains. "The basic version contains four parts. Decrackle is great for cloth rustle that doesn't sound like cloth because of the mic; Declick removed spikes and now also contains a de-thump tool; Denoiser is a bit more controversial so I advise checking with the mixer and being very judicious; and Spectral Repair lets me sample a small section of sound and correct problems. "Futzing, at its most basic, is usually left to the mixers," she says. "But there are shows that require a variety of effects on voices and Speakerphone has some very useful tools. Altiverb's tube presets were very useful on Man of Steel. The AIR plug-ins — Ensemble and Flanger — add tone and other-worldliness in conjunction with other effects." Sound designer/supervising sound editor Aaron Glascock (Interstellar, Spring Breakers, The Town) from Warner Bros. Post Facilities says that his top five favorite plug-ins vary with every project. "For me, it is difficult to narrow down the sound-design process, since each story and design task is unique," he says. "When mixing, I work in as simple a Pro Tools session as Left, top: iZotope_RX3_Denoiser. Left, center: Avid Air Talkbox. Left, bottom: Audio Ease Speakerphone. Opposite, top: Serato Pitch n'Time. Opposite, middle: Sonnox EQ. Opposite, bottom: Waves L1 Ultramaximizer. Waves Renaissance Equalizer. Avid EQ III. CineMontage_May-Jun_14-3.indd 40 4/15/14 2:55 PM