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AI is not here to replace us. This is a powerful tool that unlocks new creative possibilities when placed in the right hand
oneSA Sound Designer, AI plays a growing role in the audio world.
But here is my 2 cents: AI is not taking over us here. This is a powerful tool that unlocks new creative possibilities when placed in the right hand.
AI can help in a variety of ways:
– Recover corrupted audio: AI can automatically remove clicks, buzz and background noise, saving you boring manual repair time. (Example of exploration tools: Strengthen dxrevive, supertone, izotope rx)
– Generate sound sketches: AI can create sketches based on prompts, giving you a quick starting point for sound design. (Example of exploration tool: Krotos Studio Pro, Sonic Alchemist)
– Intelligent EQ adjustment: AI can analyze your audio and suggest custom EQ settings, simplifying the mixing process. (Example of exploration tools: Sound Theory Gulfoss, Sonible Smart: EQ 3, Oeksound Bloom)
– Edit audio through text: AI allows you to edit audio by editing text, making conversation editing faster. (Example of Exploration Tool: Description, SPEXT)
– Find similar sounds: AI can analyze your sound library and help you quickly discover similar sounds, saving browsing time (example of exploration tools: Sonymon, Wave cosmos sample finder)
– Isolate the stems and mixture: AI can separate individual stems from the complete mixture, allowing you to extract elements for mixing or editing. (Example of exploration tools: audioshake.ai, audionamix adx trax, lalal.ai)
– Simulated reverberation environment: AI can recreate realistic reverberation spaces, allowing you to apply different acoustic environments to audio without complex manual adjustments. (Example of exploration tool: raise chameleon, zynaptiq audaptiverb)
– Processing voice recordings: AI can process voice recordings, improve clarity, adjust tones and improve clarity in real time. It can also adapt to different voice profiles, creating personalized audio output. (Example of exploration tools: Auphonic, Soundid voiceai, supertone shift)
But that’s the thing, AI doesn’t have a creative intuition or understanding of human emotions, and we, as sound engineers and sound designers, bring every project to every project (for writing, editors have seen that too). It is our artistic, vision and expertise that guides these furniture to produce something special.
Let’s embrace these technologies and don’t be afraid of them! This way, we can focus on what really matters: creativity, storytelling and emotional impact. If you have suggestions for AI audio tools that empower us, be sure to share them in the comments!
About Anna Monte:
Ana Monte, co-founder and sound designer of Delta Soundworks, is a leading expert in spatial audio. She creates immersive content specifically for Fulldome, XR and themed attractions. Learn more about her herePlease share:
