Alternatives to Clarity Vx
An audio plugin from Waves that uses a neural network to remove noise from vocals and speech. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Clarity Vx
An audio plugin from Waves that uses a neural network to remove noise from vocals and speech.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Clarity Vx.
Steinberg SpectraLayers
Spectral audio editor for noise removal and AI-assisted source separation.
Steinberg SpectraLayers moves noise removal into a visual spectral editor with AI source separation, giving finer control but with a steeper learning curve than a plugin.
Cleanvoice
A web-based AI podcast editor that removes filler words, background noise, mouth sounds and silences.
Cleanvoice removes background noise, filler words and mouth sounds as a web service with a free tier, but recordings must be uploaded rather than processed in a DAW.
LALAL.AI
An AI service that splits songs into vocal and instrument stems and cleans up voice recordings.
LALAL.AI offers echo, reverb and noise removal for voice alongside stem separation, available on web, desktop and mobile, with paid plans for regular use.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
smart:EQ
An AI-assisted equalizer plugin that analyses a track and suggests a corrective EQ curve for mixing.
iZotope Ozone
A mastering plugin suite with an AI assistant that helps get tracks ready for streaming.
Ultimate Vocal Remover
Desktop app that separates vocals and instruments in songs using neural network models on your computer.
ElevenLabs
An AI voice platform for text to speech, voice cloning, dubbing, speech to text and music.
RipX DAW
An AI digital audio workstation that separates mixed audio into stems and editable individual notes.
