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Product Comparison: RX 2 and RX 2 Advanced

  RX RX Advanced
Denoiser
Spectral Repair

Declipper

Declicker

Decrackler

Hum Remover
6-band Parametric EQ
Channel & Phase Operations
Spectrum Analyzer
Batch Processer
Spectrogram Display
Lasso, Brush and Magic Wand Selection Tools
Edit History
Session Support
Compare Settings
Standalone application and suite of plug-ins
Adaptive mode in Denoiser  
Deconstruct module  
3rd party plug-in support  
Spectral Repair multi-resolution processing  
Advanced Denoiser options for precise control  
iZotope 64-bit SRC™ sample rate conversion  
MBIT+™ dithering  
iZotope Radius® time and pitch control  
Export History as XML  
Azimuth Alignment for tape restoration  

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Repair Your Audio

iZotope RX™ 2 is the most complete audio repair toolkit on the market, enabling you to remove noise, hiss, buzz and hum, eliminate clicks and crackle, restore clipped audio, visually select and suppress unwanted sounds, resynthesize missing audio and much more. Learn More

RX 2 Advanced extends the standard version of RX 2 with new, specialized tools designed for audio professionals.

RX 2 vs RX 2 Advanced Comparison

Upgrading? What's new in RX 2

Visualize and Repair with Next Generation Technology

Leveraging iZotope's extensive research and development expertise and drawing from the science of psychoacoustics and image processing, RX features cutting-edge tools that raise the bar on quality and usability enabling you to fix previously untreatable audio.

Complete Set of Tools

RX includes all of the tools you need to repair both common and uncommon problems:

  • Denoise, Declip, Spectral Repair, Declick & Decrackle, Remove Hum.
  • RX 2 Advanced adds an Adaptive Denoise mode, Deconstruct and Azimuth Alignment.
  • Channel and Phase Operations, Spectrum Analyzer, EQ, gain fades and more.
  • RX 2 Advanced also features iZotope 64-bit SRC™ for sample rate conversion, MBIT+™ for dithering, and iZotope Radius® for changing time and pitch.

Visual Editing

RX has defined an innovative visual editing paradigm allowing you to use both your eyes and ears to identify and fix sonic problems:

  • Rich spectrogram display visualizes the audio in an incredibly intuitive and precise way.
  • New Lasso, Brush and Magic Wand tools allow natural freehand selections around problem sounds.
  • Spectral Repair resynthesizes audio allowing you to seamlessly remove unwanted individual sounds or even fill gaps in your recording.

Optimized Workflow

RX was designed from the ground up specifically for audio restoration and repair:

  • Includes a standalone application and a suite of plug-ins for your DAW to fit the way you want to work.
  • Edit History tracks every change allowing you to undo and compare processing.
  • Compare Settings lets you process and audition multiple settings side by side.
  • Application session state saved even between restarts.
  • Batch processor can process tons of files quickly with any combination of modules.

RX 2 and RX 2 Advanced are the best solutions for anyone working with audio

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Audio Engineer & Recording Musician

Eliminate amp hum, equipment hiss and environmental noise from studio and live recordings. Fix mistakes like clipping, dropouts and cell phone rings.

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Video Post-Production

Save time and money cleaning up clipped, damaged and noisy dialog. Remove unwanted environmental and equipment noise. In RX Advanced, use the Adaptive Denoiser mode for changing background noise or iZotope Radius® for time correction.

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Forensics

Noise reduction for voice intelligibility and visual analysis in spectrogram for edit analysis, including the ability to export screenshots easily. With RX Advanced, export a log of all tasks performed.

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Broadcast & Podcast

Clean up and rescue location recordings and phone interviews from hum, environmental and equipment noise.

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Restoration & Archiving

Restore vinyl, tape and film. Enjoy exact control over each bit of processing. In RX Advanced, use Azimuth Alignment for tape restoration and export audio using the highest possible quality sample rate conversion and dither with iZotope 64-bit SRC™ and MBIT+™.

Features

RX 2 vs RX 2 Advanced Comparison

Denoise

before/after video

Reduces broadband and tonal noise transparently with natural results. RX Advanced now includes adaptive mode.

Declip

before/after video

Rebuilds distorted audio damaged by analog and digital overloads.

Spectral Repair

before/after video

Isolates and eliminates unwanted sounds visually, even when buried in complex noise and harmonic material.

Declick & Decrackle

before/after video

Eliminates clicks, crackles, pops and digital impulse noises.

Deconstruct

before/after video

[Advanced Feature]

Separate audio into tonal and noisy components for independent control.

Remove Hum

before/after video

Cleans up electrical hum and line noise including harmonics.

MBIT+™ dither

[Advanced Feature]

Wordlength reduction featuring psychoacoustic noise shaping.
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iZotope 64-bit SRC™

[Advanced Feature]

Hybrid linear and minimum phase sample rate conversion algorithm. learn more

Radius® Time/Pitch

[Advanced Feature]

iZotope's world class time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithm.
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Gain

The Gain module now includes support for fades with several fade types.

Spectrum Analyzer

High-precision spectral display featuring automatic peak finding.

EQ

6-band parametric equalizer module with adjustable notch filters and low pass/high pass filters.

3rd Party Plug-ins

[Advanced Feature]

Host any DirectX, Audio Unit and VST plug-ins using spectral selection, Batch Processor and Compare feature.

Channel Operations

Precise delay and phase operations. Advanced now includes Azimuth alignment.

Batch Processing

Chain modules, process multiple files and use multiple CPUs to optimize workflow.

New in RX 2 and RX 2 Advanced

Top RX 2 Features

  • New Denoiser Algorithms
  • Improved Declick & New Decrackle
  • Freehand Selection and Magic Wand

Top Advanced-only Features

  • Adaptive Denoiser
  • Deconstruct Module
  • 3rd Party Plug-in Support

Upgrade to Advanced

RX 2 vs RX 2 Advanced Comparison

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Why Upgrade?

RX 2 features several new algorithms and workflow changes equipped to cover even the most challenging repair tasks.

RX 2 Advanced Highlights

  • Adaptive mode in Denoiser to remove noise that changes over time
  • Deconstruct, a new class of audio manipulation for control over noisy and tonal components of sound
  • 3rd party plug-in support enabling any processing on spectrogram selections and in Compare and Batch Processing features
  • iZotope 64-bit SRC™ for sample rate conversion, MBIT+™ for dithering and iZotope Radius® for changing time and pitch
  • Time-stamped log creation, essential for forensics and archival documentation
  • Spectral Repair multi-resolution mode for more accurate separation of noise and desired content
  • Automatic Azimuth alignment and precise sub-sample control of delay for tape restoration

Added and Improved Processing

  • Denoiser features new Global Smoothing control and high frequency enhancement for increased transparency
  • Declick features improved click detection and new Decrackle algorithm designed to treat continuous background crackle from vinyl and older media
  • New channel operations left/right channel mixing and arbitrary phase rotation
  • Spectral Repair now allows longer and unlimited selection processing
  • Gain module has new advanced fade methods

Enhanced Visual Editing

  • New Lasso, Brush and Magic Wand tools allow natural, freehand selections around problem sounds, so you're no longer constrained by a selection box
  • Magic Wand can automatically select a sound and its harmonics for incredibly fast editing
  • Make multiple selections and process them all together, saving time as you audition different options
  • Ability to hide side and bottom panels provides a nearly full-screen view of your audio spectrogram or waveform

Optimized Workflow

  • Session Support - your edit history is automatically saved when you quit and reloaded when you restart. The entire state of the program including your selection is saved. This new feature also works in the event of a computer crash or power outage. Get back up and running immediately.
  • Updated batch processor allows you to chain together multiple modules and process multiple files at once, using multiple CPUs for full optimization
  • Remove Hum now intelligently identifies the hum frequency for quick suppression
  • And many other small keyboard, mouse and UI improvements

Deconstruct Module - New Creative Control

With RX 2 Advanced, iZotope is introducing a new class of audio manipulation tool. Deconstruct intelligently separates audio into tonal and noisy components. For example, a singer's voice has tonal parts (vowels, M and N sounds) and noisy sounds (breath sounds and sibilance like H, S and Sh). Advanced gives you the power to separate and rebalance these audio building blocks, opening up creative possibilities like accentuating only the tonal parts of a flute or sax recording, or bringing out the airy qualities of a nuanced vocal performance.

New Feature Highlights

RX 2 | RX 2 Advanced


New Denoiser Algorithms

New Global Smoothing control reduces the distracting, watery artifacts introduced by most denoiser algorithms and a high-frequency enhancement avoids the dullness commonly associated with noise suppression.

Improved Declick & New Decrackle

Declick features improved click detection and new Decrackle algorithm designed to treat continuous background crackle from vinyl and older media.

Freehand Selection & Magic Wand

New Lasso, Brush and Magic Wand tools allow natural, freehand selections of problem sounds. Additionally, the Magic Wand can automatically select a sound and its harmonics for incredibly fast editing.

Improved Batch Processing

Updated batch processor streamlines your workflow by letting you chain multiple modules, process multiple files and use multiple CPUs.

Intelligent Hum Module

Automatically identify the base frequency of hum for precise removal. The module will even recommend when the Denoiser should be used to more effectively treat certain kinds of hum.

Session Support

Your edit history is automatically saved when you quit and reloaded when you restart. The entire state of the program including your selection is saved. This new feature also works in the event of a computer crash or power outage, so you can get back up and running immediately.

Channel and Phase Operations

New Channel Ops module features left/right channel mixing and arbitrary phase rotation operations, both of which are crucial when restoring audio transferred from tape.

Pre-roll and Post-roll Support

Customize the amount of audio played before and after an edit for context when previewing edits.

Fade Support

The Gain module now includes support for fades with several fade types.

RX 2 | RX 2 Advanced


Adaptive Denoiser Mode

Denoise now features an adaptive mode to automatically adapt to a changing noise profile, especially important for video-post and others who deal with dynamic background noise.

Deconstruct

This new class of audio manipulation tool intelligently separates audio into tonal and noisy components allowing independent control over each.

3rd Party Plug-in Support

Host your DirectX, Audio Unit and VST plug-ins inside of RX taking advantage of RX's spectral selection to process only parts of an audio file. Also, extremely useful when using the Batch Processor and Compare features.

iZotope Radius

Radius® is iZotope's world class time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithm. Change the tempo without affecting the pitch or tone of the performance. Instrument attacks, percussive hits, and the sound stage remain untouched, even at extreme stretches.

Export History as XML

Save a time-stamped history documenting all processing and edits made to a file from the time it was opened. This feature is invaluable for archiving and forensic work.

Azimuth Alignment

Both automatic and manual azimuth alignment are available for correcting misaligned tape heads in tape restoration.

Updates

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Version 2.02 released September 30, 2011

New Features

• New ability to import and export markers from the standalone app

Compatibility Changes

• Fixed issue between RX plug-ins and Pro Tools 9.0.5 under OS X

• Added iLok support for all apps and plug-ins (32 and 64-bit, Win & OS X)

• Added support for many Audio Units under OS X when hosted by RX Advanced

• Many fixes to improve stability and performance in both RX plug-ins and the standalone app



Version 2.01 released March 16, 2011

Host compatibility changes

• Added support for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

• Added VST 3 support

• Improved compatibility with Ableton Live

• Added 64-bit VST 2 support in Reaper under OS X


DSP changes

• Fixed accuracy of latency compensation in Declick module

• Fixed Hum Removal module's learn feature at high sampling rates


Workflow changes

• Added support for RX 1 workflow in main audio display: shift-click-release to adjust the borders of full-bandwidth selections

• Added support for placing the playhead: ctrl-click on the main audio display at any time to place the playhead

• Added support for dragging the current file from the RX 2 application's title bar under OS X


Other changes

• Introduced the new iZotope Crash Reporter to help customers automatically submit crash reports to iZotope for rapid diagnosis & bugfixing

• Greatly improved RX's support for frames in the time ruler, including drop-frame mode

• Better support for Carbon-based plug-ins under OS X, in RX 2.00 some of these plug-ins would display with a blank UI (RX 2 Advanced only)

• Fixed issue when using "Open with" in OS X's Finder to launch RX

• Fixed bug with iZotope authorization where authorizing to a USB flash drive wasn't working properly

• Better support for Unicode characters in RX's "Save As" dialog

• Many minor bugfixes and performance enhancements


Updates are always incorporated into the latest installer, so to update to the latest version, just download and re-install. It is not necessary to uninstall before installing, and it will not be necessary to reauthorize.

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Optimized Workflow

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Complete Set of Tools

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Visual Editing

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Advanced Explained

System Requirements

Operating System:
Windows (XP, x64, Vista, 7)
Mac OS X 10.5 or later (Universal Binary)

Plug-in Formats:
Standalone application
Plug-ins:* Pro Tools 7+ (RTAS/ AudioSuite), VST, MAS, Audio Unit, DirectX

*Note: the Spectral Repair plug-in is not a real-time plug-in and therefore is not compatible with some hosts. List of compatible hosts.

Current Version:
RX 2.02
(Posted September 30, 2011)
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Restoration Guide

If you have RX and want to learn the basics of audio restoration, you're in luck. RX gives you the tools you need, and this guide will show you how to do it.

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RX 2 and RX 2 Advanced include dozens of new tools to quickly repair and enhance audio. We've improved algorithms, added new ones, expanding the visual editing with new tools and made tons of other improvements. Log into your iZotope account to upgrade now.

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