Topic: Holiday pricing on Izotope RX11?

[Thelonius]

After 12+ years of using Audacity and other freeware for editing, I finally just pulled the trigger on iZotope RX 11 Standard Audio Repair Software from Sweetwater for $213 total with tax. (https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/RX11Std--izotope-rx-11-standard-audio-repair-software) Electronic delivery, so it will get installed this week.

I asked one of their sales engineers if it was a plug in or standalone version. He response was "iZotope RX 11 standard Includes both the standalone version of RX as well as the VST plugins so feel confident you can use it both ways."

That’s interesting as when I looked in their website they specifically said that with RX 10 they discontinued stand-alone software. This was a show stopper for me as I primarily use audacity these days and it does not have full RX support as a host. It does however, allow me to use “declick” which does help to reduce e the impact of close clapping. Note that it doesn’t lower the vo,use level but it reduces the high frequency content of those claps making them sound more distant. I find that, combined with some compression with the threshold set above the peak music volume, deals with 90% of my  lose clapping issues.

If you find it does have a stand alone app, and you have a good workflow, I would love to hear about it. In the meantime I got the elements for $40 CAD which will include upgrade offers so I’m happy.

[robgronotte]

There are definitely stand alone versions of RX10 and RX11.

[grawk]

They discontinued stand alone ozone, RX still includes the editor.

[Ronmac]

There are definitely stand alone versions of RX10 and RX11.

^^ This

Ozone 10 and 11 do not offer a standalone version.

Ozone Standalone Application (Discontinued)

With the introduction of Ozone 10, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue the Ozone standalone application. This also means that there is no standalone version of Ozone 11.

[Thelonius]

Okay, I misunderstood that. I will look at potentially upgrading to the standalone version when I get the right offer.

I appreciate the clarification, that's a big miss on my part...

[mccordo]

If you find it does have a stand alone app, and you have a good workflow, I would love to hear about it. In the meantime I got the elements for $40 CAD which will include upgrade offers so I’m happy.

As others have said, RX 11 is indeed a standalone app. I don't have a workflow yet but am getting the hang of the program fairly quickly. I downloaded a trial version of Reaper earlier in the year, but never got comfortable using it and deleted it before the trial period was complete. I have found RX 11 easier to use than Reaper, but YMMV.

So far, I did the initial walk-thru that let's you mess around with a sample track using select tools and found it easy enough to use. I dropped in an old show I was planning to remaster one day and within a few minutes was able to find a handful of tweaks that made it sound way better than what I was able to do before. Granted, some of these tricks may have been buried in Audacity somewhere, but RX 11 was worth $200 based on my experience so far.

[checht]

If you find it does have a stand alone app, and you have a good workflow, I would love to hear about it. In the meantime I got the elements for $40 CAD which will include upgrade offers so I’m happy.

As others have said, RX 11 is indeed a standalone app. I don't have a workflow yet but am getting the hang of the program fairly quickly. I downloaded a trial version of Reaper earlier in the year, but never got comfortable using it and deleted it before the trial period was complete. I have found RX 11 easier to use than Reaper, but YMMV.

So far, I did the initial walk-thru that let's you mess around with a sample track using select tools and found it easy enough to use. I dropped in an old show I was planning to remaster one day and within a few minutes was able to find a handful of tweaks that made it sound way better than what I was able to do before. Granted, some of these tricks may have been buried in Audacity somewhere, but RX 11 was worth $200 based on my experience so far.

I detect some confusion here. Audactity and Reaper are digital audio workstations, swiss army knives for audio editing/mastering. RX is deisgned to "fix, enhance, and polish your audio for music, post production".
I import polywaves into Audacity, make stereo pairs, trim, add track starts, and do some dynamics work there, mostly with normalize and sometimes their sof limiter. RX allows for stem separation, spectral repair, deverb, and all sorts of other fixing kinda things.

According to the website "RX 11 includes the RX standalone audio editor and 20 plugins." Many of the plugins don't work with Audacity, but a few do. After a few years of the workflow, it doesn't really bug me that music rebalance and a few other things happen outside of my DAW. Given how long rebalance takes, and that it's modal, I like having a separate app for it.

Hope this helps

[mccordo]

I detect some confusion here.

I believe you are correct. I've been trying to feel my way along with post production and get a bit confused with some of it. One thing I do know is that I was able to make some edits in RX 11 that made noticeable differences in files that I couldn't previously do using the programs I had available to me.

[checht]

I believe you are correct. I've been trying to feel my way along with post production and get a bit confused with some of it. One thing I do know is that I was able to make some edits in RX 11 that made noticeable differences in files that I couldn't previously do using the programs I had available to me.

Congrats! That's awesome, and I totally had a similar challenge when starting with post production. The payoff is so great, it's worth the investment. I've cleaned up recordings from the 80s that I thought I'd never be able to listen to. The tech improves greatly with time, just getting better...

[AbbyTaper]

[/quote]

Oh, I missed the lower part of the page you linked.

Still the only one I might ever use would be de-wind.
Have you (or anyone) ever used that?
[/quote]

Yes.  It works, although I have noticed that if used too aggressively it tends to leave an "underwater" sound.

[capnhook]

My experience now is that there is no stand-alone version past Ozone 9, it is a plug-in collection instead.?

Trying to arrange a refund this week with someone named "Nanni" from an order I made for Ozone 10 in 2023


Getting the slow walk from them sofar.....I tried to install the Ozone 10 they sent, and was shocked and horrified that it wouldn't launch

Got a lot of cororate mumblespeak back from "Andrew P" but finally, 'Yes, please do note that Ozone 10 and Ozone 11 unfortunately do not include a standalone app. These products only include audio FX plug-ins which can be hosted in a DAW.
 
I'll forward this case to the order support team and they will be able to assist with a refund early next week.' 



It's been a good week..

Hello,
 
We apologize for the trouble with this issue.
 
we have looked into this issue and we apologize but because the bundle was purchased over a yet ago we are unable to refund it if you would a  version of ozone that comes with the stand alone like ozone 9 I am happy to provide a serial number for that or a credit towards a different product but we are unable to process a refund for that.
 
We apologize for the misunderstanding.
 
Thanks!
Sincerely,

Lars

Please excuse me Lars, you must be a corporate bot, your syntax, half-sentences and spelling are atrocious

The passing of time does not mean anything to me, or my bank, when it comes to fraud

You will be hearing from them next

Kevin J Hook
Mechanicsburg PA


Hello,
 
For the trouble and confusion I have made a one time exception and processed the refund please allow 3 - 5 business days for the funds to be returned.
 
Refund number 8189083920
 
We will not be able to do such refunds moving forward.
 
Thanks!
Sincerely,

Lars