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With this test file, the difference between the three algorithms wasn't enormous, although reвЂ“training the plugвЂ“in each time I changed the algorithm did seem to produce a better result. Both of these take longer to work, with the 'C' algorithm taking around 15 minutes to process a oneвЂ“minute file. Next I tried the Audiosuite version to see what improvements I could achieve with the offвЂ“line algorithms. Lower settings reduced that, but at the risk of introducing artifacts. I found that if the Smoothing control was set too high, the hiss would be modulated up and down with the audio. In Simple mode it was then a matter of adjusting the Reduction and Smoothing controls for the best sound. I selected a section of the file with just noise, hit the 'Train' button, and Denoiser analysed the sample. I first tried the Denoiser as an RTAS plugвЂ“in on my 'hiss' test file.

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I would recommend some serious time is spent with the manual to work your way through the rest of the Advanced section, if you choose to go for this version. Both these parameters have Reduction controls to go with them, and this just the start of the Advanced section. There are now two Threshold controls, one for tonal sounds and the other for broadband sounds. The Advanced version has a raft of additional controls across two pages. One works in real time, one can work in real time on some systems, and the third (C) is available only for offвЂ“line processing, but offers the highest quality of processing.ДЄ wealth of additional parameters is available in the Advanced version of Denoiser.The basic RX version offers two controls: Noise Reduction adjusts the threshold and so determines the amount of noise reduction, and Smoothing helps reduce the artifacts created by denoising. RX and RX Advanced offer three different algorithms.

The broadband Denoiser module offers three quality settings, but the highest can't be used in real time.The Denoiser module follows the traditional learnвЂ“andвЂ“process model used by most denoising plugвЂ“ins. The Advanced version offers advanced manual declicking and 'multiвЂ“resolution' declipping, 'multiвЂ“resolution' spectral repair modes, additional denoiser parameters and, in the standвЂ“alone version only, a dithering control panel and a resampling control panel. The suite comes in two versions: RX and RX Advanced. For testing purposes, I used the same sample files that I used in my restoration shootouts from August 2005 ( and November 2007 ( All tests are for one pass using one plugвЂ“in, taken to the point where artifacts just become audible.

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In Pro Tools, which I used for this review, you can set up the plugвЂ“ins in RTAS mode, copy the settings across to the Audiosuite version and render the files, so taking the load off the system and making the Session playable on other systems without the plugвЂ“in. Supported formats include RTAS/Audiosuite, VST, MAS, Audio Units and Direct X, so there won't be many host applications unable to open their doors to this restoration suite.

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At launch it was a standвЂ“alone product only, but iZotope have since released an update that brings these modules into digital audio workstations as plugвЂ“ins. RX contains five modules: Declipper, Declicker, Hum Removal, Denoiser and Spectral Repair. As well as the usual noiseвЂ“reduction algorithms, RX also includes clip reduction and an advanced 'spectral repair' module.ДЇollowing on from the likes of Waves, BIAS, Sonic Solutions and Wave Arts, iZotope have released a comprehensive suite of restoration software. IZotope are the latest developers to release a suite of tools for tackling problem audio.