Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1469840
C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I S U M M E R 2 0 2 2 75 "We still need to use our creative problem-solving skills to best remedy whatever issues are sent our way. " fuller and more natural sounding. The Vocal stems also have the audience laughter present after the word "booger" is spoken; the Dialogue Isolate track does not because, one would assume, it's trying to keep the dialogue fully isolated from other elements. Internet Sourced As mentioned, I work on some shows that source clips that everyday users may upload for entertainment or social media comments. Oftentimes, these folks will add background music because it's a rather straightforward thing to do within some apps. The problem arises when Legal can't obtain clearance. Similar to most shows, we can't use something that we can't clear. I recently was given a clip with a strong Latin percussion part under on-camera dialogue and it was just too aggressive and too up-tempo for the software to, by itself, truly minimize the music's presence. Switching between Dialogue Isolate and Music Rebalancing—plus some creative editing—allowed me to mask the music enough for Legal. Additionally, I had another clip with a strong synth pad score and some on-camera hits/movements happening under dialogue. The software sent the pad to the Other stem and the on-camera hits/movements to the Drums/Percussion stem—allowing me to keep the "production effects" while removing the bed music. These are just two examples to demonstrate that source separation software is hit-or- miss depending on the content. Concluding Thoughts Just as companies keep developing more and more impressive and mind- blowing tools, we still need to use our creative problem-solving skills to best remedy whatever issues are sent our way. WKRP in Cincinnati clip's Vocal stem and Dialogue Isolate results. RipX automatically places stems in an associated folder.