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We've all had them. Otherwise perfect live recordings ruined by a car horn or a guitarist that can't admit his amp really does have an internal ground loop. Vocalists that sound awesome when they sing and evoke thoughts of dying when they breath. That one chorus where the drummer played a little too loud and clipped on the way into conversion.
So we search for tools to get rid of these issues. iZotope RX is one such tool and it does these jobs beautifully, removing hums, clicks, pops, clipping, and noise. The sound quality is excellent, and the plugins are easy to use. In fact, iZotope RX is one of those products that you use first out of dire need, but start using for more and more of your workflow because it is so flexible and so powerful.
But the story doesn't end there. RX also comes with a standalone editor that is nothing short of the PhotoShop of the audio world. (Yes, you can see and lasso audio you want to edit, then process away to your heart's content!) It goes so far as to say that whenever possible, the third-party Audio Editor I specify in my DAW is always iZotope RX.
Using an excellent and highly configurable spectrographic display, issues are easy to see, select, and remove. For critical projects I edit all of my vocal tracks and all of my live tracks with RX, as it allows me to easily find and correct issues with the audio. Let's take a quick look at the possibilities:
- Is that vocalist too breathy? It's easy to see and control breaths with RX
- Did your live recording contain feedback? It's easy to see and remove feedback and other unwanted noise
- Are the drum tones you got from another engineer too flabby with too much bleed? Or perhaps the drummer prefers to let each drum ring out naturally but it doesn't fit the style? With RX you can tighten tones and get everything to fit nicely
For those that are interested, RX can be demoed easily by visiting iZotope's site: iZotope RX - Complete Audio Restoration: Declipping, Declicker, Hum Removal, Denoiser, Spectral Repair, Restore, Remaster, Download
Given my experience with RX I give it:
- 10 for Sound Quality, as the results are excellent
- 10 for Ease of Use, as the interface is straightforward and excellent
- 9 for Features, only because I think a multi-track version would be a significant improvement for editing live recordings where unwanted sound is recorded on multiple microphones. Otherwise, the Features are stellar, especially with the Advanced version
- 10 for Bang for Buck, as the basic RX package is far better than it's plugin-based competition with the inclusion of the standalone editor, and with the Advanced version it competes well with Cedar units that cost A LOT more
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IZotope RX 2 Help Documentation 10 Interface Here is a general overview of RX's main workspace. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with this window before moving on. RX's interface is design ed to give you a full range of tools for repairing audio. In addition to its processing modules, RX provides a range of tools. Years of research and innovations in machine learning allowed iZotope to solve some of the most impossible repair issues in audio post production, including lavalier mic rustle and noisy dialogue backgrounds. Only RX 6 Advanced now includes both of these jaw-dropping new features. De-rustle Advanced only. Sep 14, 2013 Video 26 of 43 for iZotope RX 3: Audio Repair Toolbox Audio restoration is the holy grail of the music, film, TV and online production industries. Often, good takes are marred by noise, hum, pops. Tascam Bundles iZotope RX 7 Elements With DR-10L Micro Audio Recorder. Time Out Market Optimises Coverage and Sound Quality with Martin Audio. Coti Tours Spain with dLive Wings. Robe Adds to Muse Simulation Theory Tour Lighting. Shinedown Gets ‘ATTENTION’ with Bandit Lites Lighting System. This program is a noise reducing/audio processing software. Presumably, the idea with this is to use it to regulate audio transfers, that is, transferring old vinyl records and cassette (or reel-to-reel) tapes into a digital format. NanoMod Hats rounds out the components of our ‘NanoMod Drumkit’ with some high-frequency fizz and clank. The eight source waves here range from typical analogue white-noise hisses through various more complex, metallic tones to a couple of low-bit-depth digital sounds – for when you want a more realistic hats track which still retains a bit of vintage flavour.
New in RX5 is an Instant Process option that can really help to speed up repetitive tasks.
The latest version of iZotope’s best-selling restoration software adds powerful new modules, as well as a Post Production Suite bundle aimed at film and TV applications.
It seems that along with Christmas, another regular annual event we can rely upon is a new version of iZotope’s RX Audio Editor software. Incorporating an ever-expanding collection of sophisticated tools for repairing, restoring and enhancing audio files, RX has now reached version 5, with both standard and Advanced editions available. The company have also released a new flagship product called the RX Post Production Suite; as the name implies, this not only includes RX5, but also the Insight metering system, RX Loudness Control and RX Final Mix products as well. The idea is to provide a full suite of tools that cover all aspects of audio post-production including audio repair, mixing and final delivery.
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Insight
I reviewed the impressive Insight audio analysis and metering plug-in (v1.01) in the March 2013 issue of Sound On Sound, so will cover it only briefly here. Insight is included in the Advanced version of RX5 as well as the Post Production Suite and, in brief, provides a customisable loudness and true-peak meter, with support for channel formats up to 5.1 and presets for the international BS.1770 loudness standard variations. It also includes stereo and surround-sound ‘sound stage’ displays, spectrum analysers, and both 2D and 3D spectrogram modes. The display window can also be customised to show or hide the different display options as may be required for different applications or preferences.
How to set up four decks on djay pro free. The latest version is 1.04, but the only significant changes compared with the version I reviewed, apart from a few small bug-fixes, are to the supported platforms and plug-in formats. For example, Insight now supports Mac OS 10.11 and Windows 10, with host support for Pro Tools 12.3, while DirectX support has been dropped.
RX Loudness Control
RX Loudness Control works as an offline AAX AudioSuite plug-in in Avid’s Media Composer and Pro Tools (v10 to 12), or as an Audio Extension for Adobe’s Premiere Pro. Its functionality is derived in part from the loudness-normalisation algorithms within Insight and the Loudness Modules in RX4/5, but it also has features that go beyond the capabilities of both. In essence, the loudness parameters needed to comply with a particular programme delivery specification — such as the integrated loudness target level and maximum true peak value — are dialled into RX Loudness Control, after which the programme mix (in any format from mono to 5.1) is then rendered through RX Loudness Control.
The audio is analysed (faster than real time) and any transgressions are then displayed to allow the user to manually amend the mix to resolve any detected issues. Alternatively, the audio material can be corrected automatically and transparently through the plug-in’s built-in compression and peak-limiting tools.
RX Final Mix
Designed to simplify and speed up the task of mixing audio, the RX Final Mix plug-in combines automatic dynamic EQ and true-peak limiting tools and is aimed primarily at video editors and for use in TV and film audio post-production. The plug-in can be employed on stems or the final mix bus, supports all surround formats up to 7.1, and is designed to help control and blend multiple mix stems.
Final Mix incorporates dynamic EQ that is optimised to increase the intelligibility of dialogue.
The dynamic EQ is particularly useful in helping to maximise speech intelligibility through intelligent un-masking: pushing down any parts of the mix spectrum that might obscure important speech frequencies, moment by moment. It is equipped with six parametric bands, plus high- and low-pass filters, any of which can be set manually or for automatic programme-dependent operation. The latter has both compression and expansion options with user-adjustable thresholds set independently per band. Different parts of the audio spectrum can therefore be attenuated or emphasised and, when skillfully applied, this provides improved dialogue clarity by reducing any masking elements from background music and effects. It can also increase the dynamic impact of special effects, for example by raising the low-frequency region during explosions, and the like.
Moving on to the limiter feature, this can be optimised either for transparency or low latency, with three different sound-character options (clear, smooth or thick), and the ballistics are intelligently programme-dependent. The true-peak limit threshold is adjustable, and a separate gain slider allows the average volume to be increased by up to 20dB, if required.
The other main element of Final Mix is a simple-to-use limiter.
RX5 Advanced Audio Editor
The core RX audio restoration package is already such a powerful and versatile system that it might seem there is little room for practical improvement with each new generation. However, the Advanced version of RX5 included with the RX Post Production Suite manages to squeeze in a number of new workflow enhancements, better default settings, and closer integration with Avid’s Pro Tools — and even a few new processing modules, too!
The dedicated De-Plosive module is a new addition to RX5 Advanced.
The headline feature for the Advanced version of RX5 is a brand new De-Plosive module, which, as its name implies, is designed to remove distracting plosive sounds from dialogue tracks. This is claimed to be an “industry first” (although CEDAR came up with their DeThump algorithm over 15 years ago..). Another all-new module for RX5 Advanced is the versatile Signal Generator, which can create a variety of precise test tones with different wave-shape options, filtered noise, profanity bleeps, and so on. The Leveler and Ambience Match modules from RX4, which are only available in the Advanced version, have also been updated and improved. The Leveler module analyses a dialogue or vocal track and works out an intelligent clip-gain envelope to de-breath, de-ess and generally smooth out the voice level, while the Ambience Match plug-in automatically constructs a consistent background ambience track from whatever ambience already exists, which is particularly useful when rebuilding heavily edited dialogue or working with ADR tracks.
A welcome addition to RX5 Advanced is the new Signal Generator module.
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Both the Standard and Advanced versions of RX5 benefit from a new Instant Process tool button, which has been added to the bottom of the main audio display window. This is a semi-automatic version of the Spectral Repair module, and it works much like the ‘magic eraser’ tools found in photo-editing programs. If the Instant Process button is pressed, a problem sound element can be highlighted with the usual shape selection tools, and instantly attenuated, de-clicked, faded or replaced (as pre-selected in a configuration box). This feature provides a much quicker means of removing lots of clicks, for example, and really speeds up repetitive tasks.
Another new module provided in both versions of RX5 is a greatly improved EQ module, now called Corrective EQ. This features six separate parametric bands, plus configurable high- and low-pass filters (with four slope options). The module can also be switched between ‘analogue’ or ‘digital’ modes, with usefully different filter characteristics. A new Module Chain facility is also provided in both versions, and this allows any number of different RX5 modules to be loaded in a specific order, configured, and then operated automatically in sequence with a single click to perform complex audio processing tasks in a single pass.
Now rechristened Corrective EQ, RX5’s equaliser has been considerably improved.
There are a number of other worthy enhancements to this latest version of RX, starting with a subtly improved toolbar layout, with bigger icons and more obvious navigation and zoom controls. Retina screen support has been added for Macs, giving sharper text and graphics. And when working with long audio files, the Marker and Region search facilities have been improved to make finding required sections quicker and easier. Over 60 new ‘problem-oriented’ presets have been provided for the various modules, too.The Module Chain feature allows multiple RX processes to be combined into a single macro.
Impressions
I’ve been an enthusiastic user of iZotope’s RX for a very long time now, and find it an extremely capable audio restoration platform — although it takes some persistence and diligence to properly understand and master its sophisticated processing tools. RX5’s new De-Plosive module is a very welcome addition to the already quite comprehensive suite of tools, and it is highly effective. I also like the improved Corrective EQ module very much, while the new Instant Process feature is handy for simple repetitive spectral fixes. Another useful new facility for more complex repetitive work is the Module Chain, which allows a string of processes to be performed in one click. Experiments with the Ambience Match and Leveller modules showed them to be easy to use and very effective, too, and I can see them becoming popular in audio post-production for film and TV.
Moving beyond RX5 Audio Editor, the full-featured RX Post Production Suite is a very useful collection of tools for the film and TV post-production, world where loudness normalisation is now a crucial element. The Insight metering and Loudness Control plug-ins make it very straightforward to conform with the appropriate loudness standards, either while mixing or to correct pre-recorded material. The Final Mix plug-in is the only element of the suite that was entirely new to me, but I was impressed with the capabilities of its dynamic equalisation and limiter processes — although such powerful tools require great care, as they can wreck a mix more easily than improve one!
Alternatives
CEDAR’s Cambridge Suite offers a similarly comprehensive collection of audio restoration tools that are more advanced and easier to use, but at a much higher price and less oriented towards film and TV post-production.
Pros
- Loudness normalisation made easy with Insight’s metering and Loudness Control’s analytical and corrective facilities.
- Mix enhancement through RX Final Mix dynamic EQ and limiting tools.
- New De-Plosive processing module.
- Greatly improved Corrective EQ module.
- Module Chain and Instant Process features speed up repetitive tasks.
Cons
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- Tools this sophisticated and capable will never be cheap!
Summary
A comprehensively equipped package of audio management, restoration and enhancement tools, now incorporating a Post Production Suite aimed at the film and TV market.
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Post Production Suite £1029; RX5 Advanced £815; RX5 £239. Prices include VAT.Izotope Rx Rf Fizz 2
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