Tips for Professional ADR Recording

Filmmakers use ADR recording in Los Angeles for various reasons, such as improving the audio, adding voice-over, changing dialogues, adding off-screen dialogues, or improving the performance. There can be many other reasons for ADR recording in a film. Sound editors can correct or enhance the audio, but sometimes the audio is beyond repair, and in such a situation, ADR acts as a saviour. It allows filmmakers to capture nuance, change the tone of a scene, fine-tune a dialogue, and correct sound issues, among other things. By using ADR, filmmakers can also reflect the changes made in the script or translate dialogue into different languages. With right equipment and a quiet space, you can create an ADR session on your own. Here are some tips for ADR recording in a professional way:

·Pick the scenes in which ADR is needed. Before an ADR session, you need to watch the movie again from the very beginning and focus on scenes that can benefit from ADR recording. Not all scenes require ADR and neither you will have time and budget to do it. For, it is essential to soundproof the room. You need a quiet room to re-record the audios. If there will be car horns, neighbours voice or birds chirping in the background, all of these can interfere with your audio recording. You need sound proof rooms and if required cover all the windows and walls with blankets to minimize echoes. It is the reason why ADR is executed in soundproof studio rooms.

· It is also advised to provide performers with noise-cancelling headphones to minimize distractions. One must ensure that dialogue recording is crisp and clear. For this, it is essential to get a quality microphone with broad dynamic range to capture the right quality of sound to match your production audio.

· One needs to get multiple takes to capture different versions of additional dialogue with different tones and inflections from performer so as to get the best performance. It gives you a wide breath of options to select the final version for the film. You need to use the right software to mix sound, match dialogue over the lip movements, or Foley effects, to make the new dialogue sound as close to the original audio track. The newly recorded or replacement audio must seamlessly fit into production recording audio track.

ADR is a specialized technology that needs talented mixers and editors to match recorded dialogue. Post production studios in Los Angles provide voice over and facility for films, commercials and other projects. ADR recording studios in Los Angeles offers a state-of-the-art recording facility with full service post-production capabilities to attain high quality sound recording and provide an atmosphere where our clients can be their best creative selves.