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About iZotope RX
iZotope RX is a set of tools and plugins for cleaning up recorded audio. It covers background noise removal, dialogue isolation and general audio repair, with AI-assisted processing aimed at film, music and content production.
The current version is RX 12, offered in editions including RX 12 Advanced. It suits post-production engineers, podcasters and musicians who need to rescue damaged or noisy recordings.
Strengths
- Noise removal and dialogue isolation for spoken audio
- Available as plugins for use inside other audio software
- Widely used in film and music post-production
Limitations
- Paid, with the full toolset in the higher editions
- Aimed at professionals rather than casual users
Details
- Pricing
- PaidCommercial software sold in several editions.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- iZotope
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Post-production and podcast engineers repairing noisy recordings
- Categories
- Audio tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Compare allSoftware that can replace iZotope RX for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Steinberg SpectraLayers
Spectral audio editor for noise removal and AI-assisted source separation.
Steinberg SpectraLayers is also a paid Windows and macOS repair tool, built around visual spectral editing and AI source separation for isolating stems or noise, with a steeper learning curve.
Adobe Audition
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Adobe Audition combines multitrack, waveform and spectral editing with cleanup and restoration tools, but it is subscription only, requires an Adobe account and fits Adobe video workflows.
Audacity
A multi-track audio editor and recorder that has been the free default for twenty-five years.
Audacity is free and open source under GPLv3 on Windows, macOS and Linux, with built-in effects for cleaning up voice or music, though it is a destructive editor.
Auphonic
A web service that automatically cleans up, levels and loudness-normalizes podcast and other spoken audio.
Auphonic is a freemium web service that automatically levels, denoises and loudness-normalizes spoken audio, but files are processed on a remote server and usage is limited by credits.
Tenacity
A fork of Audacity created after the 2021 telemetry row, built to record and edit audio with nothing phoning home.
Tenacity is a free GPL-2.0 Audacity fork with no telemetry or account, supporting VST, LV2 and AU plugins, but development is slow and the interface is older.
Adobe Podcast
Adobe's browser-based tool for recording, transcribing, editing and cleaning up spoken audio.
Adobe Podcast runs in the browser with AI speech enhancement for voice recordings, needs an internet connection, and focuses on speech rather than music or general restoration.
iZotope RX as an alternative
Listings that name iZotope RX as an alternative.
Cleanvoice
A web-based AI podcast editor that removes filler words, background noise, mouth sounds and silences.
iZotope RX is a paid desktop repair suite for Windows and macOS with noise removal and dialogue isolation, so files stay local instead of being uploaded.
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