Available for download, iZotope RX 8 Advanced is the latest update to their audio-repair software, which is considered a staple within the recording, mastering, audio-for-video, and post-production communities. The software can operate either as a standalone application or a plug-in for both Mac- and Windows-based DAWs and NLEs. From fixing common audio problems like noises, distortions, and inconsistent recordings, to repairing severely damaged audio using Spectral Repair, the software can transform previously unusable audio into something usable.
The advanced edition of RX 8 takes nearly all of the modules provided in RX 7 Advanced and implements a graphic overhaul more in line with iZotope's current aesthetic. You'll also find many new and powerful modules, including Guitar De-Noise, Wow and Flutter, and Spectral Recovery.
Guitar De-Noise implements powerful processing to get rid of annoying fingerboard and pick noise that can distract from performances. It also offers the ability to eliminate the undesirable hum and buzz associated with amplifiers and/or pickups. Wow and Futter is a module that can save the day for anyone working with analogue tape. It lets you significantly reduce unstable pitch fluctuations that are the hallmark of degraded magnetic tape, doing so in a most transparent manner.
Spectral Recovery is a powerful tool for anyone who works with VoIP or phone-based audio. It can effectively intuit any missing frequencies over 4 kHz, so you can restore a feeling of air and presence to recordings made over the phone, made with cheap laptop mics, or captured over VoIP. This unit can also reconstruct and smooth out incongruent issues in an audio source through the use of Spectral Patching.
Music Rebalance has been significantly overhauled, with a simpler interface that gives you better, more natural results. A built-in stem isolator allows you to export isolated vocals, bass parts, percussion, and more within the program itself. It also sounds better, nulling with the original source file to a far greater degree than the previous version.
A Loudness Control module helps you meet your specific loudness standards with greater ease. A completely overhauled Batch Processor lets you execute batch functions on multiple files in a manner that is more streamlined, more effective, faster, and more dependable.
All previous modules are in place for RX 8, as is the Repair Assistant, multichannel support, high-quality resampling, dithering, and the rest of RX's classic features. As always, RX 8 can be used as a standalone audio editor (including standalone but connected to your host via RX Connect, or as your DAW's audio editor in the case of Logic Pro), although much of it can be used as a suite of plug-ins.
- De-plosive eliminates every plosive from any dialogue track with transparency
- Leveler smooths any volume inconsistencies with an automatic clip-gain envelope; leveler is optimized for dialogue using intelligent De-breath and De-ess algorithms
- Instant Process tool is a one-click eraser for removing unwanted coughs, scene-interrupting sirens, and more
- Module Chain can process multiple modules at once, save your customized chains as presets, and execute them all with a single click, enhancing workflow and reducing mouse clicks
- Sync and integrate the RX Audio Editor with any DAW or NLE timeline using RX Connect
- Corrective EQ for removing harsh high frequencies, whines, rumbles, resonances, and distortion artifacts, and for accurately homing in on any problem-frequency areas
- Problem-oriented presets across several modules
- Signal Generator creates accurate test tones, calibration tones for post-production delivery specs, and bleep tones for eliminating obscenities in dialogue
- Markers and regions (search) provide greater flexibility for those longer edits, with the ability to perform text-based searches of any markers, regions, and comments in the metadata of the audio
- Turn flawed audio into usable material by removing noises, distortions, and more
- Edit audio with visual editing techniques using precision drawing tools, such as a brush and magic wand
- Salvage unusable material by filling in audio gaps instantly with Spectral Repair
- Seamlessly integrates with audio- or video-editing software, both as a standalone application or plug-in
- EQ Match allows for quickly learning the EQ of a source audio clip and applying that EQ curve to a target audio clip, enabling sonic balance and smooth transitions between multiple audio sources with different EQ qualities
- Ambience Match for matching the environment noise of two different audio recordings
- Learn the ambient noise from a source audio clip, apply it to another audio clip, and create long sections of constant ambient noise to insert under inconsistent dialogue recordings
- High-quality resampling using the SRC sample-rate conversion algorithm
- Reduce bit resolution for final delivery of a project without sacrificing quality with the MBIT+ Dither algorithm
- Rebuild distorted audio caused by analog and digital overload, and get through projects faster with the automatic Suggest feature
- Spectrum Analyzer delivers a detailed spectral display that detects peaks automatically
- Adaptive Hum Removal notches out fundamental hum frequencies that may change over time, like when recording a shot in multiple locations
- Nondestructive Clip Gain allows you to easily adjust and balance the volume of vocals and instrumentals
- Export marker regions as files
- Metadata display ID3 tags and broadcast WAV metadata like source timecode, etc.)
- Time-reverse audio
- Updated timeline ruler that displays original recorded source timecode
- Movable tabs
- Full-screen support for Mac