Izotope Rx Cookbook
RX Plug-in Pack is a kit of four essential audio repair plug-ins that clean up flawed recordings and transform them into usable material; RX Audio Cookbook is a free online resource designed to help solve common audio problems
iZotope, Inc., makers of award-winning tools for audio production, is announcing two new developments that support the creative community’s pursuit of better-sounding audio.
Jun 28, 2016 As ever, Izotope provides a learning section of their website including an ‘RX Audio Cookbook‘ enabling you to get your head around all the facets of RX 5. They also provide an hour long masterclass on Youtube. RX 5’s strength is working on audio by interacting with it visually. Additionally, iZotope has announced their RX Audio Cookbook, a free online resource designed to help solve common audio problems. The reference is for users of RX Audio Editor, and the RX Plug-In Pack mentioned above. Time is everything, and we’ve added even more AudioSuite plug-ins to RX 7 Advanced to help you get more of it back. User-favorites Dialog Isolate and De-rustle are now also available in Pro Tools AudioSuite, giving you even more flexibility in your audio repair workflow.
The first is the new RX Plug-in Pack, a kit of four essential audio repair plug-ins that clean up flawed recordings and transform them into usable material. This starter pack of repair tools includes De-click, De-hum, De-clip, and Dialogue De-noise-curated directly from RX 5 Audio Editor, iZotope’s industry standard and Emmy Award-winning software for audio repair and enhancement. The plug-ins can be used within audio or video editing software to rescue recordings from distracting clicks, crackles, hums, distortions and other noises.
The second is the new RX Audio Cookbook, a free online resource designed to help solve common audio problems. A valuable reference for users of both RX Audio Editor and the RX Plug-in Pack, the cookbook features dozens of searchable tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions, audio examples, and videos for rapid repair and enhancement. Musicians and post production professionals alike will appreciate the range of solutions targeted to their specific needs, with everything from “Reducing Hum and Buzz from a Guitar Track” to “Matching Room Tone and Ambience.”
“We have found that many RX owners only use a few of RX’s powerful features because they just don’t have the time to learn all the ins and outs of the tools,” comments Claire Hollenbeck, iZotope’s Vice President of Education. “We’re excited to offer the free Cookbook: not only will it help our users solve their audio problems in a matter of minutes, but it will also help them discover new features that they can integrate into their regular workflow.”
iZotope will be showing the RX Audio Cookbook, the RX Plug-in Pack, and RX 5 Audio Editor at BVE in London from February 23-25 at Stand L45.
Availability & Pricing
The RX Audio Cookbook is available now for free at rxcookbook.izotope.com.
RX Plug-in Pack is available now at www.izotope.com/rxpluginpack and select retailers.
- For new customers, RX Plug-in Pack is available for a promotional price of $99 USD through March 21, 2016. After March 21, the product will be available for a regular price of $129 USD.
- For owners of iZotope’s Music Production Bundle, RX Plug-in Pack is available at special crossgrade pricing. Now through March 21, 2016, RX Plug-in Pack can be purchased for $49 USD (reg. $69 USD). Eligible customers can log into their iZotope Account to receive their crossgrade coupon.
For more information, please visit www.izotope.com/rxpluginpack.
About iZotope
iZotope makes innovative products that inspire and enable people to be creative. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, iZotope has spent over a decade developing award-winning products and audio technologies for professionals and hobbyists alike. Used by millions of people in over 50 countries, iZotope products are a core component of GRAMMY-winning music studios, Oscar- and Emmy-winning film and TV post production studios, and prominent radio studios, as well as basement and bedroom studios across the globe. iZotope also powers products made by industry partners such as Adobe, Avid, Microsoft, and Sony. iZotope was recently honored with an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development for its flagship audio repair suite, RX®.
For more information on iZotope products, please visit www.izotope.com.
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iZotope RX 5
iZotope RX 5 is a large step forward and a go-to audio repair suite!
Pros
– Plenty of modules and great attention to artifacts
– Appealing user interface
Key Features. Virtual dj 10 full version. Prepare your upcoming mix with Sandbox.
Cons
– Steep learning curve (but if pays off!)
Izotope RX5 is an industry standard software system for treating audio for the issues that can often appear in any recordings for music and sound design.
RX 5 is the newest iteration, and it is available in 3 packages: Audio Editor, advanced, and as a set of separate plugins. My review is based on the Advanced version, but you can compare differences here.
RX 5 is both a standalone and plugin collection of audio repair modules. It’s monster-sized software; essentially a self-contained audio repair system. This is a seriously pro toolset and comes with the requisite learning curve. As ever, Izotope provides a learning section of their website including an ‘RX Audio Cookbook‘ enabling you to get your head around all the facets of RX 5. They also provide an hour long masterclass on Youtube.
RX 5’s strength is working on audio by interacting with it visually. The GUI of the standalone software is almost entirely a visual representation of the audio you load up, viewable as spectra, or as waveform, with a slider to fade between each option, and create the balanced representation you prefer in that moment. To the right-hand side of the GUI is a long list of all the processes that can be accomplished. Clicking will pop out the module, showing the parameters you can work with for that process.
I find huge advantages to using spectrogram visualisation. You can use both your ears and eyes to find troublesome sounds. Hums and buzzes will tend to show up as horizontal lines; clicks as vertical. Noise will show up as speckling. Obviously, you need to use your ears as well, as the lines could be notes, or hits. But it speeds the process up visually pinpointing the exact spot issues arise. Izotope has worked hard at improving the visualisation of the spectra, and there are settings to tweak the spectrogram for various material.