How can you enjoy World Cup Soccer when you’re being blasted by Vuvuzela trumpets? This was the dilemma facing TV viewers and broadcasters during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. During the match, South African soccer fans supported their team by blasting their favorite trumpet constantly, making it difficult to understand the broadcast announcers.
Waves to the rescue! Working with a major TV broadcaster, Waves precision-crafted a preset processing chain, using the WNS Waves Noise Suppressor and the Q10 Paragraphic Equalizer, which was used to minimize the sound of the Vuvuzela trumpets through dynamic broadband noise reduction and notch filtering. The end result? Listeners could hear and understand the announcer’s play-by-play and commentary.
