Hi! This is Jooyoung Kim, a mixing engineer and music producer.
Today, I’d like to introduce Acon Digital’s Acoustica Post Production Suite, which could be a replacement for iZotope RX bundles.
This plugins was provided by plugin boutique for review. If you buy through the link in the blog, I’ll get a little commission that which really helps me make a living (it’s really hard these days…).
Acon Digital makes plugins for audio restore, mastering, mixings.
The Acoustica Post Production Suite I’m introducing this time includes all of Acon Digital’s products except for Verberate Immersive and AudioLava, including Acoustica 7 Premium Edition, Mix & Mastering Suite, and Restoration Suite. The plug-ins included in this product are listed in the table below.
| Category | Plugin | Function Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamics | DeEss Dialogue | Reduces sibilance |
| Basic Dynamics | Controls basic dynamic range | |
| Limit | Limits signal peaks and prevents clipping | |
| Multiband Dynamics | Adjusts dynamic range across multiple frequency bands | |
| EQ | Equalize 2 | EQ with features like mid/side processing and linear phase |
| Mastering | Dither | Applies audio dithering |
| Restoration | DeBird | Removes specific interference noises like bird sounds |
| DeBuzz Dialogue | Eliminates buzz and hum noise in dialogue | |
| DeClick 2 | Removes clicks and pops | |
| DeClick Dialogue | Removes clicks and pops from dialogue | |
| DeClip 2 | Restores clipped audio distortion | |
| DeHum 2 | Removes hum noise | |
| DeNoise 2 | Reduces stationary noises, including environmental noise | |
| DePlosive Dialogue | Removes plosives from dialogue | |
| DeRustle Dialogue | Eliminates clothing rustle and other extraneous noises | |
| DeWind Dialogue | Reduces wind noise | |
| Extract Dialogue | Extracts dialogue signals and reduces background noise | |
| Phono Filter | Applies LP record filtering and correction | |
| Vitalize | Enhances high-frequency audio | |
| DeVerberate 3 | Removes reverberation | |
| DeFilter | Resolves resonance peaks and dips | |
| Reverb | Convolve | Provides convolution-based reverb |
| Verberate 2 | Stereo reverb | |
| Tools | Remix | Separates mixes and enables audio remixing |
Acoustica also provides a dedicated program called Acoustica.
Let’s take a closer look at Acoustica 7 Premium Edition!
Even if you only purchase Acoustica 7 Premium Edition, I believe it will be sufficient for your restoration tasks.
This edition includes everything except DeVerberate 3 for reverb removal and DeFilter for addressing resonance or comb filter issues.
The program’s interface is straightforward.
It features a large waveform display, a file browser on the left, a Processing Chain for applying effects, and various analyzers.
The loudness meter, which measures LUFS, allows you to set measurement parameters according to different standards.
The Processing Chain section lets you directly apply Acon Digital’s plugins.
Of course, the plugins included here can also be used in your DAW.
Similar to iZotope’s RX, you can view frequency-based volume changes over time.
This enables restoration work and even allows separate playback for the left and right channels, letting you apply different restoration processes to each.
Thanks to the advanced algorithms for separating vocals, piano, bass, drums, and other instruments, Acoustica also provides a tool called Remix for instrument separation.
iZotope RX offers more tools for noise removal, but the quality of Acoustica’s plugins is excellent.
At the current sale price of $153.89, Acoustica 7 Premium Edition is much cheaper than RX Standard’s discounted price.
You should give DeFilter a try and judge for yourself. I was blown away the first time I heard it.
While you might not use it often, it’s a great tool to have for solving significant problems when they arise.
It seems particularly beneficial for voiceover recordings.
DeVerberate also delivers solid performance.
Personally, I hope more people learn about and use products from companies like Acon Digital, which create such well-crafted plugins.
Although it’s not the cheapest, it’s significantly more affordable than competitors like RX.
If you’re considering restoration tools, I recommend taking a look at this one.
That’s all for today. See you in the next post!
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