Acon Digital releases Acoustica 7.5 with Speech Recognition and New Processing Tools

Acon Digital has released version 7.5 of their powerful audio editor Acoustica for macOS and Windows. Acoustica is available in a Premium Edition and a lower cost Standard Edition. Version 7.5 adds automatic speech recognition, new processing tools and usability enhancements. The update is free for existing Acoustica 7.x customers.

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The automatic speech recognition lets users add captions fully automatically. Captions can be exported in a variety of formats. The new Edit History pane keeps track of all the changes made in the clip editor. It is easy to go back to earlier editing states, check processor settings or revert selections. The Premium Edition even exports complete audit trails as HTML documents.

The new tab to transients feature simplifies audio editing by allowing users to quickly navigate to transient points, streamlining the editing process. This feature not only saves time but also ensures a more accurate editing experience. A long requested new feature is freehand editing of waveforms.

When it comes to audio processing tools, Acon Digital has added a brand new tool called DeEss:Dialogue. De-essing is an audio processing tool designed to reduce or eliminate excessive sibilance in vocal recordings such as harsh "s" and "sh" sounds. There is also a Tame control to reduce resonant frequencies in the sibilant sounds. The Remix tool has been updated to use the same algorithms as the recently released Remix plug-in and can now be used in Processing Chains and the Batch Editor. The built-in Extract:Dialogue tool was upgraded to version 1.5.

New Features at a Glance:

• Automatic captioning and transcription based on automatic speech recognition.
• Edit History pane with audit trail export (Premium Edition only).
• New DeEss:Dialogue plug-in.
• Updated Remix tool that can be inserted in the Processing Chain or the Batch Editor.
• Updated Extract:Dialogue to version 1.5 (Premium Edition only).
• Draw waveform tool.
• Search bar in keyboard shortcut and possibility to save and load keyboard shortcuts.
• Support for Broadcast Wave Metadata, including time offsets.
• Tab to transients in clip editor.

Price and Availability

Acoustica 7.5 is available in a Premium Edition ($199.90 USD) for advanced users and a feature limited Standard Edition ($59.90 USD) for beginners. The upgrade is free for Acoustica 7 customers and owners of Acoustica 5 and 6 are entitled to reduced upgrade prices.