Topic: iZotope Rx 2 released!

[ironbut]

Woo Hoo!
Any of you guys who've been using Rx to clean up your recordings are gonna love this.
I was an early adopter so I've seen this program go from kinda clunky and not exactly the most stable to a relatively usable, stable application.
After I was using it for a year or so, I got a chance to try Adobe Audition's restoration tools. I thought that Rx was more flexible but I lusted over the selection tools available in Audition.
It didn't take long for me to make a couple of requests for these tools (particularly the lasso) to iZotope and finally, here it is.
I just downloaded the update so I can't give any first hand impressions yet but in addition to the lasso tool, there's a brush tool that looks killer and a few more upgrades.
Check it out!

http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/rx/

[ironbut]

Oops, shoulda mentioned that the Rx to Rx 2 upgrade is currently about $150 and the upgrade from Rx to Rx 2 Advanced is around $500.
Bummer!
Not too shabby if you were considering upgrading to Advanced (saves $250 IIRC).
These prices will more than double once the intro price expires.

[duch]

I'm using iZotope RX almost every day, this new version looks GREAT !

[sunjan]

What are the key differences between RX and RX Advanced

RX 2 Advanced adds the following:

    * iZotope's acclaimed MBIT+ dithering
    * iZotope 64-bit SRC (sample rate conversion) for professional delivery
    * iZotope's Radius time/pitch stretching technology
    * Adaptive mode in Denoiser
    * Deconstruct module
    * 3rd party plug-in support
    * Spectral Repair multi-resolution processing
    * Advanced Denoiser options for precise control
    * Export History as XML
    * Azimuth Alignment for tape restoration

Don't even know what most of these features do, but it looks exotic.
How are they able to achieve tape azimuth alignment in post?! Magic stuff...

Here's an early user review:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/5850319-post21.html

[ironbut]

I can't say I understand everything myself but, I just know how to use it.
Most of these improvements are pretty huge!
I think that the azimuth alignment probably works a little like the Plangent Process for tape archiving. It uses the bias signal as a reference (in the Plangent it uses it like a time code track and does speed correction) and aligns the tracks relative to each other. Which track is used as a reference doesn't really matter since it's only aligning them to be in phase.
This additional processing doesn't seem like that much of a jump considering that all the repair modules work with variable interpolation (editing a selection is replaced with a similar bit of audio that the software decides is appropriate according to the setting you make).
Of course, that just my WAG.