
More targeted noise reduction is possible with DeWind:Dialogue, DeRustle:Dialogue, and DeBuzz:Dialogue. One of the four new algorithms (free for Premium users) includes Extract:Dialogue, which automatically isolates dialogue from a range of common noise sources. Have a cymbal decay cut off by an overzealous edit? Try Acoustica's Time Stretch tool, update the fade-out, and you're set.

Time Stretch and Transpose tools have been around for a while, but Acon Digital's algorithm is strong in this area. Without the Remix tool, I would've been unable to help for harming the guitar. For example, the vocal stem revealed a room echo that was muddying up everything. The extracted stems provided the power to address these issues without harming the other material. But the balance was problematic – a resonance afflicted some notes, and there was a fret issue. The artist obsessed over the demo that surpassed the feel of their studio version. I had particular success with a singer playing an acoustic guitar. But doing it is one thing being convincing is another). The Remix tool can split a mix into up to five stems – convincingly! (Hey, give me some paint, and I can create a landscape. The Premium Edition includes extended processing tools, with the same audio restoration algorithms as the stand-alone Restoration Suite. Every Pro Tools jockey I've coerced into demoing Acoustica has purchased it because of how seamless application handoff is. As a time-saving, non-disruptive workflow, I couldn't be happier. The audio spots back to the proper location when you're done. Need to spectral edit a mouth click? Don't trust the pencil tool in Pro Tools? Transfer it to Acoustica for waveform cleaning instead. Harking back to that practice, Acoustica Premium includes Transfer, an AAX plug-in that makes audio handoff between Pro Tools and Acoustica simple. For example, Digital Performer assumed you would employ an external editor, building a send-return routine into their engine. When the earth cooled, we routinely ran multiple DAWs to assemble the tools necessary for audio production.

Invariably an Acoustica processor has rescued a session, so I had to write this review. The company also offers excellent plug-ins (that can run as VST, VST3, AAX, AU, or within Acoustica). Acon Digital's Acoustica (not to be confused with the company Acustica Audio) is a powerful audio editing, podcast creation, mastering, and audio restoration editor.
