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CO R N E R T EC H BY KOREY PEREIRA MPSE CEDAR has long been a household name when it comes to noise reduction CEDAR has long been a household name when it comes to noise reduction for film and television. If you work with dialogue, there is a good chance you have used or are at least familiar with CEDAR's DNS One real-time noise-reduction plugin as most major studios and independent dub stages use it as part of their signal chain to reel in noisy production tracks. In December of 2020, CEDAR released CEDAR Studio 9, which includes DNS One, along with a full suite of other noise-reduction and restoration tools at a lower price than ever before ($4,999). I have on occasion had access to CEDAR's DNS One and have to say it is one of the easiest to use and generally most effective tools for reducing unwanted broadband noise during a mix. Depending on the mixer's workflow, DNS One can be placed on each individual dialogue track or dialogue reassigns, or both. Unlike the hardware predecessors, there is not a limit to how many instances you can use in a session. Now that I have had a chance to dig into the rest of the CEDAR Studio 9 toolset, I wanted to share some other lesser known modules that will prove useful for editors and mixers alike: