Waves Clarity De-Reverb and De-Reverb Pro

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noiseboyuk
KVRAF
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4869 posts since 25 Jan, 2007

Post Wed May 31, 2023 9:00 am

This looks and sounds excellent.

https://youtu.be/m-ub4FaE9nc

https://youtu.be/pRW8KGjVOsk

It claims to handle early reflections too - that’s the really hard stuff.

Very thankful they caved on the stupid subs-only thing. Intro price $99.99 for Pro, $29.99 for regular.
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noiseboyuk
KVRAF
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4869 posts since 25 Jan, 2007

Post Wed May 31, 2023 10:46 am

I demoed it (just select All Products in Waves Central and install). Glad I did because it bears absolutely no resemblance to the demo video (unlike Vx, where it was a good representation). I couldn't make it sound anything other than bloody awful. I tried a variety of long and short tails, and it wrecked the lot - this using Pro, all 3 neural networks and tweaking any control I could find.

After the brilliance of Vx, this is very disappointing. Web-based AI services from Adobe and Descript are now massively better than any plugins you can buy when it comes to many noise-reduction / restoration chores.
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RikkShow
KVRist
147 posts since 14 Nov, 2017

Post Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:06 am

The ERA6 bundle or iZotope has similar stuff that I think sounds better. FFT frogs are not a feature imo. 😂

noiseboyuk
KVRAF
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4869 posts since 25 Jan, 2007

Post Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:59 am

To be fair, I went back to do a 2nd round of tests with more moderately challenging material (my first set were all admittedly tough) and it did well there, I think in some cases better than RX. Like a lot of these sorts of tools, they work well until they fall apart completely.
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