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  Weird robotic “buzz” in audio?

  Posted by Byron Purvis on August 10, 2018 at 10:06 pm

  I bought the bluray of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the other day, and while I was watching, I noticed this weird robotic sounding “buzz” on a lot of the dialog. I’ve heard this effect fairly often on radio commercials as well. Could someone please explain *why* audio engineers are doing this? Is it on purpose? I think it sounds terrible, but maybe there’s some good reason I’m unaware of. Also, I’d like to know what exactly is being done to get this “buzzy” sound. Is it a filter, compression, noise reduction, an unwanted error in the chain somewhere?
  Thanks!

  Sample clip: https://fidios.com/cc/drs-weird-audio.mp4

  Simon Billington replied 7 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Richard Crowley

  August 11, 2018 at 2:51 am

  Are you talking about simple overload clipping? Is it only on loud syllables?
  Else, I don’t know what you are referring to?

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  Simon Billington

  August 11, 2018 at 1:14 pm

  I only heard the sample on small speakers just now, but I get the impression someone was over zealous at cleaning up the dialogue track with a denoiser, prepping it for the blueray release.

  I would not have gone that far myself.

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