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M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S 13 processor for the Mac. It will not run on the earlier Intel processors. Acon's Dialogue:Extract 2 current pricing: $79 USD Acon recently released this new version of its AAX/ VST/AU plugin Dialogue:Extract processor, and it was a substantial update which significantly evolved the product to compete against CLEAR and Hush Pro's user interfaces. Those changes, however, were not the biggest revisions that Acon built into their second version of the product. Superficially, Dialogue:Extract 2 shares similar parameters as Hush Pro and CLEAR, in that it separates its processing channels to Voice, Reverb, and Noise, but goes quite a bit further with adding the ability to adjust the EQ of each segment independently. Dialogue:Extract 2 is great sounding, and definitely gives Hush Pro and CLEAR solid competition-. Accentize's dxRevive Pro current pricing: $299 USD Accentize's DX Revive Pro is probably the most unique dialogue-restoration processor of this group. Its interface is not focused as much on reduction of elements of clips' content, though it does do noise reduction (on slightly different terms than the other). Its real distinction is how it uses machine learning to add back missing fidelity to existing recordings, as well as being able to reduce noise and apparent reverb from those recordings. That process works to reduce digital codec distortion (compression/ recompression) from things like phone recordings, Zoom, and Skype calls. It also does clip reduction, and spectral phase correction to make recordings sound significantly more lifelike. The processor has seven processing algorithms: Studio 1/2/3, Natural 1/2, Retain, and EQ restore, all of which use a combination of the internal processing which includes: Reverb/Noise/Artifact suppression and EQ/Lo Frequency/High Frequency enhancement. There are also single- and multi-band presets to fine-tune the way the processor works to remove offending sound from your recordings. When considering these tools, dxRevive Pro is unique in what it does to enhance dialogue recordings compared to the other software packages. That doesn't mean it will solve every problem you might have, but it does do quite a lot. Accentize has also released a new plugin, "DX Split," which offers a similar feature set to Acon's Dialogue:Extract, but also includes direct integration with dxRevive Pro, which makes it an impressive and comprehensive processor for dialogue enhancement. In conclusion, it is easy to see how far these tools have come from the ancient age of the Sonic Solutions NoNoise system of the early 1990s, which cost considerably more than all these tools combined. The current Sonic Solutions NoNoise package has evolved into the modern age with the NoNoise 3 release, and its pricing is at a competitive $149. All these processes that were presented would rightly be considered "next-generation" restoration tools and give us sound editors and re-recording mixers amazing opportunities to recover production audio from aural defects that might affect their clarity. The second very noteworthy aspect of these is that they, even with the more expensive CEDAR and HUSH PRO processors, are very affordable. It is fantastic to see Moore's Law work so happily!