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iZotope Releases RX 7 - Makes Audio Repair Easier for Musicians
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iZotope releases RX 7 - Makes Audio Repair Easier for Musicians |
Multitrack editing is very welcomed and the new separation functions look pretty cool too, nice update!
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Again! (Have to pay for an upgrade)
The upgrade looks great, and the new functions seems useful (I have to experiment). Hey iZotope people, could you take example of other companies (like AcusticaAudio) who release free updates which are actually upgrades. RX is great, but going back to the wallet every year or so to dig more is kind of a bummer. I understand you have developers you need to pay, but the new features you are developing will bring more clients (ie: so why are you charging over and over the old clients?). For those who have bought into RX, and paid many times upgrades, I have to express my feeling that it is not fair... Yes you don't have any obligation to upgrade, but when you invest for example in an expensive tool like RX Advanced, you expect to invest in one of the best tools available, and not be left along the side with every (yearly) updates. RX is still a great product, and will remain used frequently here. |
I think that every software upgrade should be free and that the developers who worked late into the night for months on end to make it happen shouldn't be paid.
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It's rather simple. If you need a feature that came with the update, you pay. If not.. you don't. I've only updated RX Advanced once since I got it at version 3.0. I'm now on RX Advanced 6 and definitely not planning on upgrading to RX 7 (nothing of use for me. New features are mainly window dressing or "helpers" or something I don't need for work at all).
RX Advanced is amazing software for sure but iZotope as a company leaves a lot to be desired. It took them YEARS to implement basic usability features for RX and when they did, they magically appeared in the latest version instead of simple point fixes. So yeah, I'm consciously avoiding giving iZotope any extra money and scrutinize their every single release very carefully. It's completely their business handling customers any way they want but there are definitely consequences. |
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Free updates is a good practice followed by many companies. It makes the clients happy, a factor not to be neglected when considering all aspects of a business. Maybe the price to upgrade should not be as steep as it is. Especially that there is no differentiation between if you are running the previous latest version, or 3 versions before. For someone running RX Advanced and upgrading at every version, this platform is becoming very costly. |
Hopefully they'll update their Music Production Suite to include this version. rockout
MPS has RX6 bundled atm. Music Production Suite |
Updates should be at least 50% cheaper than they are now.
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As far as I can tell, what I would get for $149 to upgrade from RX6 std to RX7 std, apart from a handful of "improvements" to things I already have, is:
- Music rebalance - Variable time - Repair assistant So, the question is: would I pay $149 for a plugin that did only those three things? On paper I would say nope, and I was all set for getting into the usual iZotope-upgrade-outrage mode, but I've been checking out some Music rebalance videos, and, man, that thing is impressive... It comes at the right time too because I've been given an ancient tape recording of a live performance to clean up and, noise and EQ issues aside, the mix is allover the place, so this might be just the ticket. Demoing soon... |
I’ll demo RX7, but because already I own RX6 and Audionamix XTRAX Stems and TRAX, I don’t think it will be worth buying unless RX7’s music rebalance feature is better than that of XTRAX Stems.
I doubt that the Repair Assistant and Variable Time features alone are worth $149. |
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Can you not demo it? I don't find the option. Sorry for the off topic! |
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Question for the group ...
Can RX-7 co-exist with a previous RX install ? What about the VST plugins ? |
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Running the RX7 demo alongside my RX6 install. Both the software and plugins have the number in the name so they don’t overwrite one another. |
Thank-You.
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Ha! I tried again and this time when I open Connect it tells me "this host is unsupported". Quick google and it seems that it only works in some DAWs (sorry if this is old news, I wasn't aware): RX Connect Frequently Asked Questions | iZotope Knowledge Base |
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I'm actually quite blown away by how well i've been able to isolate or remove vocals, and the drum removal is amazing. Even on full busy tracks it's removing them in a very clean way. RX7, along with Accusonus Regroover, is a bit of a game changer for hip hop producers like me who like to flip old records. They are openening some incredible new opportunities for creative remixing. cooge |
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Sold. Music Rebalance is amazing. A few notes:
- In Preview, with a Pentium G4560 I have to set the buffer (the + sign button next to Bypass) to 5s to have a comfortable margin before playback catches up with processing and you start getting glitches. And that's with the Joint channel algorithm, with Advanced I need even more. The heaviest processing seems to happen if you touch the "Other" stem, for some reason. - If the bass is too quiet, separation from Other is hit and miss, some times impossible. But if it has a good level, it manages to separate it even when mixed with heavily distorted and bassy guitars (e.g. Joe Bonamassa's Lie #1 , obviously panning must help a lot here). - The three separation algorithms do make a substantial difference in terms of quality and CPU. The same goes for Preview vs. rendering. I guess they had to do it this way for Preview to have a chance to work but it's a shame that you can't make adjustments in real time and hear exactly what you will hear when you render. Some back and forth to be expected. - With a long buffer it takes as long for adjustments to take effect during Preview. At first I was wiggling the sliders like crazy thinking "this isn't working..." Be patient! Other than that, it's spectacular. Removing or isolating completely one stem (fun to do when you're demoing it!) causes plenty of artifacts, especially with Percussion which gets very "phasey", so don't expect to be able to render the stems separately and remix from there (the dream, right? :)), but to make subtle adjustments to balance things better it works beautifully, and even to make a "karaoke" mix to sing/play over, where artifacts and complete removal aren't such an issue. |
ProTools users - be aware that apparently by design there is no 'Preview' button in the AudioSuite versions of Dialog Isolate, De-Rustle and Music Rebalance.
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Quick heads-up I forgot before: I got an instant 5% discount coupon when I processed the order (6 std to 7 std upgrade), FYI.
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The new Dialogue De-reverb module is much much more successful at removing room sound from speeches than the De-reverb module (already present in RX6).
It is not a small difference. :) Very useful. |
Am I the only one who dislikes the repair assistant?, I think it´s so easy to use now that many people are not going to hire an audio expert for certain projects. I think this version is cool but I´m gonna stay with the RX6 advanced version, this upgrading thing year by year is costing a lot, maybe I´ll wait till they release RX8
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With Music Rebalance, has anyone noticed a difference in processing between older and newer material?
For example, one of the first things I did was, naturally, to call up some Beatles songs and isolate the vocals. Turns out the high voices behind I am the Walrus were indeed saying "Everybody's got one" and not "Everybody smoke pot". hooppie It did a great job, but I've been far more impressed with its isolation and rebalancing of 90s/00s mixes. It's interesting considering how older mixes are often so hard-panned that you can isolate the vocals yourself, but then again, I guess most people will be using this on modern mixes, so it's probably fair that iZotope pointed their neural networks in that particular direction. |
I am a Music Production Suite owner, seeing lots of upgrade options for plug-in pack and elements to RX7 standard but nothing for MPS or RX6 to RX7 owners. Anyone been able to upgrade RX6 standard to RX7 Standard?
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I can't remember for which plugin, but once I was also missing from my list the upgrade I wanted, I contacted them and they sorted it out very quickly. |
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im curious how well it can isolate vocals. i have never seen an automated process do this well (in fact, not even a manual process 99% of the time), but izotope are constantly blowing my mind with their technologies
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