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Waves DeBreath Breath Removal Plug-in

Vocal-processing Plug-in with Voice and Breath Monitoring Options, Native - Mac/PC AAX Native, AudioSuite, VST, AU
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Perfect Your Vocal Takes the Easy Way!

Love that vocal track but can't stand the time and effort you have to put into keeping the singer's breaths under control? Waves feels your pain. That's why they created the DeBreath plug-in, which identifies breaths, splits them to a separate track from the vocal content, and lets you mix in exactly the amount of breath level you want. Plus, you can process the breaths independently, for maximum control. Amazing! DeBreath is perfect for music, voice overs, and multimedia applications. Don't slave over your vocal tracks; use this amazing plug-in to improve your workflow and your sound!

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Waves DeBreath Vocal-processing Plug-in Features at a Glance:
  • Unique template-matching algorithm for breath detection
  • Breath and Energy display graphs
  • Voice-only or breath-only monitoring
  • Up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution
  • Mono only
  • Does not support Main Stage
Waves' DeBreath plug-in helps you take control of your vocal tracks and improve your workflow!
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Tech Specs

  • Software Type: Vocal Processor
  • Platform: Mac, PC
  • Upgrade/Full: Full
  • Download/Boxed: Download
  • Bit Depth: 64-bit
  • Format: AAX Native, AudioSuite, VST, AU
  • Hardware Requirements - Mac: Intel Core i7 or higher (M1 support), 8GB RAM minimum
  • Hardware Requirements - PC: Intel Core i5 / AMD Quad-core or higher (AVX required), 8GB RAM minimum
  • OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 10.15.7 or later
  • OS Requirements - PC: Windows 10 or later (21H2), 64-bit
  • Manufacturer Part Number: DEBR

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Takes a while to understand

I recently bought the DeBreath to eliminate breathing in my audio tracks and when I first tried to figure out the plug-in it took a while even after finding videos on youtube on how to use it, but it"s a great plug in if you aren"t trying to manually take out breaths in your projects. P.S Be careful on when setting your levels on the plug in; DeBreath might accidentally "Noise Gate" some of the words your speaking
by The Effex from Fort Worth, Texas on
Music background: Professional Music Artist

Best I've Found

Good news...this is by far the best DeBreath available. Bad news...this can be useless depending on the type of breathing involved. First let be point out that the name of this thing is misleading because, while it does "de-breath" (completely remove breathing noise), it can also be easily set to reduce brathing noise should you want breaths left in at a lower volume. I'm a male narrator and this works really well on my narration. My wife also narrates and it doesn't work well at all with her narration. Her breathing is admittedly more pronounced than mine with more treble. I think this confuses this software. I've tried "fooling" this software by EQ-ing her vocal track to make her breaths more managable but I always wind up having to repair chopped off words and partial breaths. I've wasted a lot of valuable editing time trying to make this software work with her breaths and now I don't even bother - I adjust her breaths manually in less time. I love it for my narration - hate it for hers. The Waves support team has been top notch except when I asked them if I could send them a file (my wife's narration) and have them effectively apply this software and send me the settings. They said they have no way of playing her file on their computer. It's a simple WAV file! So, I was not amused by their response that particular time. I've tried several other similar products, but this one does do the best job, and, as with all of Waves products, it is extremely intuitive with almost no learning curve. I use also use Waves NS-1, Vocal Rider, which I highly recommend.
by Rick from Texas on
Music background: Home recording enthusiast

Not what I expected

Seemed to work good at first, but even reviewing my timeline real-time in Reaper, there are instances where it sounds like the breath has been removed by Waves, I'll render it, and the breath is still there. Then there are other times where it says the breath is still there, I'll remove it, and the breath is NOT there.

But even worse, I find that some of my lower-register, breathier parts are cut off as well, even though reviewing it in the timeline they're still there. And again, or vice versa. So its truly frustratingly inconsistent. And I'm not using the default settings. I've experimented with the noise floor, threshhold, et al, room tone on or off, etc., and it just is so wildly inconsistent that it's not worth it.
by Joshua Alexander from Seattle on
Music background: professional voice talent & former professional singer

Does not work well

This plugin unfortunately does a very poor job of catching all breaths and also makes my ableton lag. I would not recommend. Barely catches any of the breaths when mixing hip-hop tracks. Do not buy.
by Pascal on

Since the early days of DAW software, Waves has been a dominating force in music and audio production. For those of us here at Sweetwater who've been recording since the industry switched over to computer-based studios, it's impossible to imagine sessions without L series Ultramaximizers, MaxxBass, and other staples. Since then, we've been impressed every time Waves has brought top producers such as Jack Joseph Puig and Chris Lord-Alge to Sweetwater to show off their next cutting-edge creations, and Waves is constantly adding new and innovative plug-ins to their catalog. And with cool new gear such as their SoundGrid series, Sweetwater engineers have discovered just how easy it is to use Waves plug-ins live.

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