Generate clean room tone in iZotope RX

Demo summary
The editor shows how to create a usable loop of neutral room tone from noisy production audio by identifying small clean segments and pasting them over breaths and rustling sounds.
Step-by-step
- Consolidate small segments of production audio into a single file
- Import the consolidated audio into iZotope RX
- Identify a small section of neutral tone within the recording
- Copy the neutral tone segment
- Paste the neutral tone over noisy parts like breaths and rustling
Tips
- Use this method when there is so much dialogue that you cannot find a long, clean sample of room tone
- Be persistent with copying and pasting to transform unusable production sound into clean fill
Highlights
“it is one of the hardest things to do to make empty room tone”
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