CEDAR Audio announces
Debuzz module for broadcast, post,
and other audio applications
16th January 1998
CEDAR Audio announces the world's first dedicated module designed to fix the specific
audio problems experienced in movie and TV production.
Debuzz: beta-test version
A module within the "CEDAR for Windows" suite of processes, WIN6: Debuzz is a real-time
software module for Windows-based PCs. It is remarkably simple to use, yet capable of restoring
up to 16 channels of audio simultaneously in real-time. It is particularly
suitable for removing camera noise, and will completely eliminate power supply hum and similar
noises. Debuzz will also correct many of the unspecified buzzy audio degradations that
frequently affect Outside Broadcast and location recordings, and which may make otherwise
satisfactory footage unusable.
Debuzz was developed in response to an increasing need for this type of process, often
to fix problems that occur as a consequence of reduced production budgets and tighter
deadlines within the industry. The pre-production software has already been used to remove
lighting and camera noise from the soundtrack for a mini series (due for
future broadcast on the BBC), to rescue a corporate video that suffered from excessive hum and
buzz, and to restore a wedding video that suffered from excessive fan motor noise.
CEDAR is installed in leading companies such
as LucasFilm (where it was used on the recent Star Wars trilogy), Warner Brothers in
Hollywood and Burbank, and Disney. CEDAR equipped broadcasters include Channel 4 TV (UK),
Artear (Argentina), and the national broadcasters in - for example - Australia, Canada,
Egypt, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, and South Africa.
Note:
Debuzz is suitable for use in forensic audio laboratories where the reduction of such noises can
increase the listenability of degraded audio such as surveillance tapes, and assist transcription.
For further information:
CEDAR Audio Limited,
9 Clifton Court,
Cambridge,
CB1 7BN,
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 414117
Fax: +44 (0)1223 414118
email:info@cedar-audio.com
