How To Clean Dialogue and Voice Clips in DaVinci Resolve with Waves Plugins

Nov 13, 2024 | 1,907 Views

Does your dialogue in your video projects lack that polished, professional quality you hear in other people’s YouTube content? In this tutorial, Marcus Huyskens shows you how to achieve it in DaVinci Resolve using Waves plugins. From removing background noise to enhancing vocal tone and balancing levels, this guide has everything you need to mix crisp, controlled and engaging voice tracks.

With its advanced editing tools, DaVinci Resolve has become an essential platform for content creators worldwide. Adding Waves plugins like Curves Equator, Clarity Vx and DeReverb unlocks another level of audio precision to work with, transforming raw clips into clean, balanced, and professional sounding dialogue that have the integrity to capture and hold your viewers’ attention.

Video Chapters:

0:00: Intro
00:43: Audio Examples
02:10: Waves F6: Using Filters to remove unwanted rumble
03:52: Clarity Vx Pro: Removing unwanted noise
05:33: Clarity DeReverb Pro: Removing excess room ambience
07:19: Curves Equator: Reducing strong resonances
09:08: Waves DeEsser: Processing strong voice sibilance
10:19: RCompressor: Controlling dynamics
10:58: Full Waves Dialogue Chain Before & After
11:48: Creating an FX Chain Preset in DaVinci Resolve

Follow the links below to learn more about each plugin featured in this video.

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