Dogs barking, kids screaming, a train going by – each day is a new adventure in the work-from-home world of video calls. No matter what platform you may be using, background buzz can be a limiting factor that keeps your team from communicating and collaborating at peak performance. While there is a constant flow of research and development being performed to create breakthrough software enhancements, tech giant NVIDIA has released a beta version of hardware-driven technology that minimizes noise to maximize productivity.
Designed to take advantage of NVIDIA’s powerful RTX-capable graphics cards, RTX Voice performs real-time audio processing, filtering your microphone's audio to remove distracting background noise and put the full focus on your voice. Twitch streamer and technology YouTuber Jerry Berg, known by his online persona “Barnacules”, performed a demonstration on one of his recent streams. Even with a leaf blower running directly beside his microphone, Berg’s voice continued to come through crystal clear.
Audio-Technica reports that this software isn’t limited to RTX cards as tests show compatibility with the 1060, 1070, and even select GTX 900 series cards, though NVIDIA has yet to comment at this time.
The technology works via a series of virtual inputs and outputs, processing your raw microphone audio internally, then creating a virtual output that can be identified and used as its own microphone in everything from OBS Studio to Microsoft Teams.
In the coming months and years as working remotely continues to solidify itself as the expectation rather than the exception, technology companies will continue to improve the quality and stability of the communication tools that allow teams around the world to stay connected and get work done – often even more than they would in the office.