Good Morning!
Is The BIMP worth the purchase price? $251.83 USD (as of today) seems a bit steep for a non-professional hobby user... Is there a hidden price somewhere for someone like me who's just getting research-based information out there (I mostly focus on relationships but also tackle other stuff)?
I own the Declipper, Delossifer, and Advanced Dynamics. My current process flow is as follows:
Editor: iZotope RX Advanced 10
Record (obviously)
iZotope Phase (suggest value, centers the waveform to center for better overhead)
iZotope DeHum
iZotope Spectral Denoise, 2 passes
iZotope DeReverb
iZotope DePlosive
Normalize to -0.5dB
StereoTool, Current using Chocolate Moose setting (open to any other settings that would be more appropriate)
iZotope Dialogue Isolate (to reduce any background noise by 12dB)
iZotope EQ Match (to Brown Noise, I highly recommend anyone try this as it usually gives that radio voice timbre)
iZotope Phase (suggest value, centers the waveform to center for better overhead)
Normalize to -0.5dB and save to FLAC format
DAW: Reaper
Import audio to preset template, replace images as needed, etc. Export to MP4 video container at q19 and FLAC audio; upload to YouTube and BuzzSprout from there to host to every other platform.
Here's an example of the audio:
https://youtu.be/eCVMQSe9XMk?si=qm68_JLrq5qx5HF4
So I'm looking at The BIMP, and aside from if I were to do live processing, it seems like all functions are available elsewhere within Stereo Tool for offline use. So it there any reason to look at the The BIMP for any other reason that isn't being handled above?
Thanks so much for your time and for making such an amazing tool!