boom LIBRARY DEBIRD Bird Noise Removal Tool User Guide

DEBIRD Bird Noise Removal Tool
User Guide

PREFACE

DON’T GET BUGGED BY BIRDS, REMOVE THEM IN NO TIME!
We spend hours, potentially weeks or even months removing unwanted bird songs out of field recordings. You did too? Then we might have something here that spares you tons of time and coffee.
DEBIRD is a very easy to use tool, with a lot of power under the hood. Just load it onto the track that you wish to clean up, press play, and it will start to DEBIRD straight away.
Working with a neural network which we trained with a ton of material, DEBIRD not only detects birds but also knows what to keep instead, automatically!
It has never been so easy, outdoor recordings are one step closer to the benefits of recording in a studio.
1.1 Minimum System Requirements
Windows 8 (64-bit), 8 GB Ram, Intel® Core™ i5 (relatively recent)
macOS 10.11, 8 GB Ram, Intel® Core™ i5 (relatively recent)
1.2 Installation
After downloading and opening the installer of DEBIRD please follow the on- screen instructions to install the application.
THE MANUAL WILL BY DEFAULT BE COPIED HERE:
Windows: C:\Program Files\BOOM Interactive\DeBird
Mac: /Applications/BOOM Interactive/DeBird
1.3 iLok Registration
During the first start of DEBIRD after installation, the iLok registration window pops up. DEBIRD is licensed using the Pace iLok system. You need to have an iLok account to use it, however setting up an iLok account is completely free. You will find all necessary information on how to setup your account on www.ilok.com. You can either directly authorize your computer (machine authorization) or optionally a 2nd or higher generation iLok hardware dongle. A second or third generation iLok (iLok2 or iLok3) is a product of Pace that can be purchased at www.ilok.com or from any participating music retailer.
Next: please download the iLok Manager at www.ilok.com.
After your purchase, you automatically receive an order confirmation from us containing the download link for the installer plus a 30 digits long iLok activation code (e.g. 1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-12).
Upon the first launch of the application, you will be asked to register DEBIRD with your iLok account.
A free iLok account can be created under www.ilok.com

HOW TO ACTIVATE THE LICENSE

• Open the iLok License Manager application.
• Either select the menu: Licenses -> Redeem Activation Code or click on the small Redeem Activation Code Icon on the upper right of the application.
• You should then copy paste the entire code you received from us into the entry form. Select your iLok as the activation location to immediately activate the license on this iLok and confirm the location.

Now you are ready to go!
Watch a step-by-step video tutorial about how to activate your iLok license:
WATCH TUTORIAL

QUICK START

Open DEBIRD on the audio track that you wish to clean up. It will already be working by default. As soon as you press play and audio is being routed into it, the signal will get analyzed and cleaned of any bird songs. You can then tweak the behavior via three control knobs.

The upper spectral view window will display the processed audio signal, on the lower spectral view window you will be able to see what part of the input signal has been detected and removed accordingly.

GUI OVERVIEW

The GUI is very simple: You will see a header, two spectral view windows, plus a few but very helpful controls:
3.1 Header

At the very top, going from left to right you will find some general functions.
3.1.1 About

Clicking on the BOOM Interactive logo on the left will open a small window, showing the people involved in the development of DEBIRD, as well as the version of the plug-in currently running.
3.1.2 DeBird and Bird-only Mode

The DB/BIRD icon sitting in the top right corner of the GUI will allow you to switch between two listening modes. Per default this will be in DB mode, (meaning DEBIRD) so you are listening to the “debirded” audio material.

By switching to BIRD, it will only playback the audio material DEBIRD recognizes as birds which is not audible whilst in DB mode.
3.2 Spectral View

**On the right-hand side, next to the SPECTRAL VIEW WINDOWS you will find sliders, framed by a plus (top) and a minus (bottom) button. Here you can change the SPECTRAL VIEW intensity, visually highlighting the dynamic range.
3.3 Control Section
This section is defined by three control knobs.
3.3.1 Sensitivity
Via the Sensitivity parameter you can alter the overall behavior of DEBIRD. Turning it all the way up will result in a rather aggressive and intense processing.
TIP: Automation
Automate the Sensitivity parameter to address the insensitivity of certain spots in your recording. This way you can make sure that DEBIRD won’t do too much or too little.
3.3.2 Low/ High Cut-Off
With the Low Cut-OFF and High Cut-Off, you can filter the audio analysis before any “debirding” takes place. Setting them up properly will lead to better processing results since you can exclude parts of the frequency spectrum that does not contain birds’ twittering. Dialing them in will be displayed by horizontal lines within the lower Spectral View.
3.3.3 Automation
To achieve the cleanest output possible, you can go ahead and automate DEBIRD across your DAW timeline. Lowering Sensitivity using automation can prevent DEBIRD** from processing at specific spots in your timeline where it’s not actually needed.

TIPS AND TRICKS

4.1 Double Check
There are some sounds that in fact sound very much like birds. That can be ricochets of guns or explosions, or even “s” consonants in speech. Human whistling or the squeaking of metallic hinges might sound exactly like the twittering of birds. Make sure to bypass DEBIRD to double check if the processed audio suits your needs or not and possibly lower Sensitivity to zero for those specific parts using the tools described above.
4.2 Bird Noises
Birds can make some noise which DEBIRD does not recognize as bird songs. These might be wing flaps, picking sounds or even a whole swarm of birds flying high above. Those may result in high frequency modulated noise. These sounds are of a random nature and might even cover much from the original content so that additional denoising is necessary.
4.3 Unorthodox Usage
You can also try and use DEBIRD to extract bird songs out of your recordings via the BIRD mode in case you need clean birds at some point 😉
4.4 Not recognized bird songs
Luckily the world is still full of animals. Our neural network only learned from us and our access to the world is somehow limited. So in case you come across a bird that doesn’t get recognized at all by DEBIRD but you think it should be, we would love to hear back from you and possibly even get the original recordings so we can prepare and edit them to be included in our next training session for the DEBIRD algorithm.
By doing this we can make sure DEBIRD’s brain evolves and gets more intelligent over time. So please don’t just find workarounds, help us make DEBIRD a better experience for you and everyone else in need of such a tool. Thank you very much for helping the community!

END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

This license agreement is a single-user license agreement. For multi-user licenses and multi-user discounts, please contact us via service@boomlibrary.com The following End User License Agreement (“EULA”) represents the contractual conditions between you (“Licensee” or “you”) and BOOM Library. (“BOOM”, visit www.boomlibrary.com/about for the official legal company details and address) for the use of audio software plug-ins including related media, documentation (e.g. manuals) and other documents and materials (e.g. presets) manufactured by BOOM (“audio-plug-ins” or “software”). By installing and by registering the software on your computer, you declare yourself in agreement with these conditions. If you do not agree with these conditions, you are not allowed to install the software. Copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties protect the content. All rights not expressly granted to Licensee hereunder are reserved by BOOM.
Section 1 – Introduction:

1. What You Get:
   a. You get to install the software on up to two (2) computers that you, only, use. They can be your computer in an edit bay and a laptop for the field, or your computer at work (or school) and your computer at home, etc.
   b. Please note that you need a sequencer software to run our audio plug-ins which is not included in this license.
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Examples of allowed uses are, without limitation, inclusion in radio programs, podcasts, mobile apps, television broadcasts, film soundtrack, music albums, PowerPoint presentations, sound effects libraries, software instruments, websites, advertising, multi-media presentations, video games and other similar products.
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1. This license expressly forbids any unauthorized inclusion of the software or parts of the software code into applications or hardware products that you manufacture for your clients.
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Section 6 – User Responsibility:

1. Licensee is responsible for installation, management and operation of the Software. Further, Licensee agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend BOOM from and against all claims or lawsuits, including attorneys’ fees, that arise or result from any use or distribution of the Software not expressly authorized in this Agreement.
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APPENDIX A: SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENTS OF THIRD PARTIES

I – Inno Setup License:
Except where otherwise noted, all of the documentation and software included in the Inno Setup package is copyrighted by Jordan Russell. Copyright (C) 1997-2013 Jordan Russell. All rights reserved. Portions Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Martijn Laan. All rights reserved.
This software is provided “as-is,” without any express or implied warranty. In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter and redistribute it, provided that the following conditions are met:

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4. Modified versions in source or binary form must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.

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INFRINGEMENT

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IV – Frugally Deep License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2016 Tobias Hermann
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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Copyright (c) 2013-2019 Niels Lohmann
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