Sound
Reinforcement
Video & Film
Post Production
In live performance or in club installations, the STEREO VITALIZER is a powerful ally in maintaining speech intelligibility under difficult conditions. It is also of great benefit in systems designed to play recorded music because the illusion of loudness can be maintained at lower absolute SPLs. This could be particularly beneficial with the introduction of new noise level legislation. On the subjective side, the STEREO VITALIZER helps produce a detailed, tight sound, even from indifferent speaker systems giving an improvement in perceived audio quality.
The STEREO VITALIZER can be of great value when mixing under
As in other areas, the STEREO VITALIZER can be used to sharpen and enri- chen dialogue, even when the microphone placement is less than optimum as is often the case when filming due to the need to keep the mic out of shot. Music soundtracks benefit in the ways already described for audio- only applications and the fact that the STEREO VITALIZER is so quick to set up can save a lot of wasted time spent tuning
On the post production work on Spike Lee´s "Malcom X" movie the voice of Denzel Washington playing Malcolm X was treated with the VITALIZER for dramatical reasons:
"We wanted to make sure that there was a dramatic quality difference between the
Mix Magazine, December 1992
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