Where it can sometimes falter a little is in a more dynamic background, particularly documentary sound with birds and insects, and footsteps. It has quickly gotten me out from between a rock and a hard place more times than I can count. Still, in a profession where every second counts, 15%-20% improvement is definitely worth something.Īmbience Match is one of those game-changing RX Advanced features that have completely rocked my world. A combination of other modules and methods still ultimately sound better - even if they take a little longer. I would say there was probably a 15-20% improvement in the new one. I tried various settings, and then compared the sound to iZotope RX 8 Dialogue Isolate. It did a very good job of reducing the hiss, but the voice didn’t come out unscathed.

What some of the audio, after being boosted, looked like - and then again after Dialogue Isolate. The last must-have upgrade, in my opinion, was iZotope RX 7 Advanced, with its introduction of Dialogue De-reverb, a tool that never ceases to amaze me. The big question when new tools are introduced is always what’s new and do the new features necessitate an upgrade. iZotope’s suite of spectral editing, loudness and restoration tools is relatively affordable (with pared-down options at very good prices), easy to use, does not require a dreaded iLok (which seems to be constantly breaking and making my life worse) and works alongside most DAWs. I am always very excited when an updated version of iZotope RX Advanced is released. That said, I always give my honest opinions while reviewing software and have tried not to let my appreciation of the company and product line color this review of the latest update. In fact, much like “Googling” something means looking it up on the internet, for me, “iZotoping” something has come to mean making it sound better via audio restoration. Other than my DAW of choice, Reaper, iZotope RX Advanced has become the program I find myself using the most. Full disclosure: I have been using iZotope RX Advanced since Version 3, and I consider the RX suite to be a necessity in the field of sound engineering.

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