One thing which Pro Tools still desperately needs is ARA2 support. This does exactly what the name suggests and reduces bird noise in recordings.

Another new feature in the Premium Edition is DeBird.

As you can tell by their names these processors are intended with post production workflows in mind. The Premium Edition of course brings several additional features over Standard, including multi-channel support up to Dolby Atmos 7.1.2, spectral editing and more comprehensive noise reduction tools including Extract: Dialogue, DeWind: Dialogue, DeRustle: Dialogue, DeBuzz Dialogue, DeClick: Dialogue and the new DePlosive: Dialogue. It comes in two versions the Standard Edition priced at £49.90 and the Premium Edition priced at £169.90. Of course, there are plenty of other noise reduction solutions out there and one which I was interested in trying out is Acoustica from Acon Digital.Īcoustica is an audio editor designed for recording, editing, restoration work, mixing and mastering. In this article and video, he uses Acon Digital’s Acoustica audio editor for the first time to see how it compares…Īs a long term user of iZotope RX, it’s now become standard practice for me to transfer noisy audio from Pro Tools to RX, process it and send it back again. Paul Maunder has used iZotope RX for many years in his post production work.

Acoustica premium edition