jmcrookston ,
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Best sentence I've read in a while:

"but the European Broadcasting Union employs anti-boo technology to prevent any such noises making it to the live broadcast."

PaulNickson ,
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@jmcrookston I think it’s called an ‘audience fader’.

jmcrookston OP ,
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@PaulNickson

I like the panache of "anti-boo" better heh

PaulNickson ,
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@jmcrookston Yeah I know. It’s just that some are making it out to be some kind of audio magic when it’s … just a fader.

jmcrookston OP ,
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@PaulNickson

But if its anti-boo it IS magic 😉

PaulNickson ,
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@jmcrookston That’s what I tell anyone who sees what I do. All those knobs …

jmcrookston OP ,
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@PaulNickson

It's like the discussion between engineering and sales, this thread 😉

PaulNickson ,
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@jmcrookston It is a bit.

jmcrookston OP ,
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@PaulNickson

By the way I agree. It is very likely just a fader or some simple tech. But if we give it a fancy name then ... 👌 That's why I loved the sentence to start heh.

PaulNickson ,
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@jmcrookston It makes for good gossip, yes!

BashStKid ,
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@PaulNickson @jmcrookston
I’d guess it’s a notch filter that cuts boo amplitude but doesn’t impact the wider pink applause spectrum?

And yes, anti-boo must be sales, not engineering.

jmcrookston OP ,
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@BashStKid @PaulNickson

I'd like to believe we can use the term "AI" in there somewhere to boost sales 😉

PaulNickson ,
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@BashStKid @jmcrookston Also, I have to say if there is any ‘bleed’ from the audience onto any of the stage mics there could be some subtle eq-ing to minimise it.

jmcrookston OP ,
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@PaulNickson @BashStKid

Yes. This EQing is definitely AI controlled too.

PaulNickson ,
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@jmcrookston @BashStKid Very likely. There are plugins that work in real time for these situations. Can’t remember who makes them - Izotope? One of the processes in that suite of plugs can even do the Holy Grail of sound design/audio restoration: reverb removal.

jmcrookston OP ,
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@PaulNickson @BashStKid

Even if it's a dude riding the EQ I want in the marketimg materials that it's AI.

(Might be Waves too? They and Izotope are the two that come to mind that do this sort of stuff.)

PaulNickson ,
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@jmcrookston @BashStKid True. Processes that are now available in real time not very long ago would take all night to process offline. Incredible to think that kind of audio processing power is now available to us on a laptop.

jmcrookston OP ,
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@PaulNickson @BashStKid

Haha proving my point 😂 Waves selling "AI" in their plugs.

jmcrookston OP ,
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@PaulNickson @BashStKid

Oh yeah a laptop is all you need for start to finish production these days. Easy.

PaulNickson ,
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@jmcrookston @BashStKid That’s the fella.

skua ,
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@jmcrookston

This could be rejigged to stop the funding and publication of research on airborne diseases.

They're just so bad for the Modernity brand.

pinsk ,
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@jmcrookston I can't imagine any rational reason for them to develop technology against my boo, she is absolutely perfect in all ways and has done nothing wrong, ever

jmcrookston OP ,
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This technology could be useful for break-ups.

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jmcrookston OP ,
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@hannu_ikonen

I don't even hear a thing bro

jmcrookston OP ,
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@hannu_ikonen

Meanwhile the Saudis are like "we want to build a 2 kilometre wide 200 kilometre long line city in the middle of the desert KILL ANYONE WHO STANDS IN OUR WAY" and I don't even know what's going on any more.

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