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iZotope‘s RX 3 is an Emmy award-winning audio repair tool, well known to broadcast and studio professionals. But RX 3 can be used by music producers, DJs and remixers alike. In this article, Josh Spoon explores some features that can help you with your audio projects.
- DeClip is part of Acon Digital’s Restoration Suite. It’s a very simple plug-in to use and does exactly what it says on the tin. Sadly, DeClip is not sold separately but is included in the Acon bundle of four audio restoration tools that you can buy for a shade under £80, which is pretty good value for money.
- The Declip dialog in iZotope RX3. Click the image to see it at full size. Figure 3 (below) shows the before-and-after view of the waveform after applying the Declip filter to the selected portion of the clip. You can hear the selection with Declip applied and the distortion removed at the 1:27 mark of the tutorial video above.
- Hear iZotope’s RX 7 audio repair plug-in in action. Listen to the versatile Music Rebalance tool and modules for music and post production.
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Spectral Repair
Spectral Repair is a great tool for cleaning up specific bits of unwanted audio. It works on the spectral level–you can see the individual frequencies of sounds to pinpoint what needs to be taken out. I’ve found Spectral Repair to be great for sounds recorded in public.
When recording in an uncontrolled environment, you never know what sounds will be introduced. You may make a great field recording of a bird singing, and when you get back to the studio you notice a car horn honking. In Spectral Repair, you can see the problem sound and, like Photoshop, remove it with selectors like the brush and magic wand tool. The great thing about this tool is that, in addition to removing sounds, it can heal audio drop-outs as well.
Declip
Declip works to rid an audio file of clipping by smoothing out the squaring that happens when a signal clips. This comes in handy when you are working with audio from an internet video or a take of a vocalist where clipping went unnoticed. Declip features adjustable threshold and makeup gain, and offers a Suggest button for those who just want a quick fix. RX 3 Advanced allows you to set independent thresholds for the peaks and valleys of the waveform.
Channel Operations
I’ve never used an easier tool for isolating instruments or vocals in a track. The feature Extract Center is great for isolating vocals or instruments of a song for sampling or remixing. There are also a few parameters, such as reduction strength, which can be tweaked to minimize artifacts in the isolated part. The results vary from song to song, and are best when using a high-quality audio file. Channel Operations has three other sections that give control over phase, azimuth, and channel mixing for fixing or manipulating a stereo file to your liking.
Denoise
Denoise is a godsend for bedroom producers who can’t quite get that noise-free studio sound. It can help minimize the noise from fans and electrical equipment you may get when recording in an untreated room at home.
I selected a noisy part of my audio, then clicked Learn. RX 3 analyzed the noise and generated a noise profile to filter out that noise throughout my recording. Denoise offers a great deal of control to keep your recordings musical while filtering out unwanted sounds. You can run a second pass on the leftover noise if the first doesn’t do the trick.
RX 3 Advanced can run Denoise in real-time, and offers a module designed for vocals called Dialogue Denoiser. You can put it on a vocal chain as you are recording and it will continually adjust itself, or if you can add it after you are finished as well.
Deconstruct
Deconstruct has only three sliders, but can dramatically alter the properties of your audio. Use Deconstruct to bring out a guitar’s picking and fret noise, or to bring down the breathiness of a vocal track. Use Deconstruct on voices, reed instruments, and acoustic guitar to add a little bit of character.
Dereverb
Dereverb is another great module for bedroom producers. Let’s say you are working on a project with a friend, and you add some reverb to an acoustic guitar part he recorded. However, the reverb sounds muddy because you’re also hearing the reverb of the room he recorded the guitar in. Dereverb helps remove the room reflections, so you have more guitar and less mud. Given its rich feature set, it can take a bit of tweaking to find the sweet spot, but the Learn button is very helpful to get started. You can diminish the reverb with four separate frequency bands, set the reduction amount, and smooth out the artifacts as well.
I found this helpful in a track I did with a friend over the summer. He recorded a great synth line and gave me the WAV file, but as I started mixing it, I noticed the reverb on the synth made it fall back in the mix. I added Dereverb and removed just enough to make it stand out again.
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For version 3, iZotope has done an overhaul of many aspects of RX. The latest version has a more appealing look, improved algorithms, and added features like Dialogue Desnoiser, Dereverb, multi-core support, and unlimited undos. RX1 and RX2 users can check out what’s new with RX 3.
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Many of the features I’ve mentioned are available for the standard version of RX 3, but some are exclusive to RX 3 Advanced and are well worth the additional cost. I compared the Time & Pitch module to another time stretching program I use, and was happily surprised at the clarity of the drum loop I stretched from 62BPM to 120BPM. RX 3 Advanced also features Insight, a metering suite to help with tracks you master yourself. You can compare the two products to see what fits your needs on the RX 3 comparison page.
Even though I don’t work in post production, I’ve found RX3 to be a valuable addition to my toolbox. I just wish I had gotten it earlier–the samples in some previous projects of mine would have sounded much clearer.
iZotope RX 3 sells for $349. RX 3 Advanced is $1199. A 10-day trial is available. It can be used as a standalone application, or as a plug-in in your audio host. You can also download a free copy of iZotope’s Audio Repair With RX3 eBook here.
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