RX Connect
Plug-in Only
Overview
The RX Connect plug-in sends a clip, or multiple clips, to the RX 11 standalone application for editing and repair. This gives you access to all of RX 11’s modules in one place, and provides the benefits of RX’s offline processing and visual interface. RX Connect is available from the AudioSuite menu in Pro Tools, or as an AU or VST3 plug-in from your DAW’s effects menu.
Controls
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There are two modes for using RX Connect:
Send For Reference: This is meant for analysis only. The clips are imported into RX 11 but cannot be sent back to your host.
Note about Reference Mode
This mode of RX Connect will not open RX 11 Audio Editor automatically. Opening the Audio Editor after using send for reference will reveal the file in the RX Audio Editor.
Send For Repair: Selected clips are sent to the RX 11 Audio Editor for repair, and you can send them back to your host from the RX Audio Editor.
More Information
For more information on using RX Connect in different DAWs or NLEs, please refer to the following sections, or check out the RX Connect FAQ on our Support website.
DAW/NLE specific instructions
The following sections outline host specific instructions for using RX Connect to Send audio to the RX Audio Editor and back to your host application:
Adobe Audition CC RX Connect Workflow
Inside of Audition, select the Waveform view.
Highlight the area of audio that requires editing.
In the Effects menu, load the RX 11 Connect plug-in from VST3 > Restoration > iZotope (If you do not see the RX 11 Connect plug-in, open the Audio Plug-in Manager and Scan for Plug-ins, then make sure RX 11 Connect is enabled).
When the plug-in window opens, click Apply.
RX 11 will automatically load. Perform your desired audio edit, then click SEND BACK to send the audio back to Adobe Audition. The Waiting for Connect message will appear.
Re-load the RX 11 Connect plug-in from the Effects menu. It will now display a message Press Apply to commit changes.
Click Apply to apply the audio edit from RX to your audio file in Adobe Audition.
Avid Pro Tools RX Connect Workflow
Choose the audio to be sent to the RX Audio Editor by selecting the audio clip(s) in the timeline that you want to edit, and opening RX Connect from the AudioSuite Noise Reduction menu.
If you just need to load a noise profile or analyze some audio, choose Reference to send the audio one-way, but for the complete round-trip workflow click Repair and then hit Send. You’ll see this opens the audio in the RX Audio Editor.
With HDX systems, Pro Tools will have control of your audio drivers, so you aren’t able to hear the output of the RX Audio Editor. However, the RX Monitor tool is built to solve just this problem. In Pro Tools, create a dedicated aux track for monitoring RX, and insert RX 11 Monitor from the Noise Reduction or Sound Field menus,
Then, go to the ‘Preferences’ menu in the RX Audio Editor by clicking on the wrench icon in the top-right of the window. In the Audio tab, set your Driver type to be RX Monitor. Now we can hear the output of the RX Audio Editor through your Pro Tools output chain.
After you’ve made the desired edits in RX, click Send back at the top of the window. Click Render in the RX Connect window, and the repaired audio will be placed back into your session.
Tip
Some engineers might choose to create duplicate playlists before making any repairs to their audio, but you can ‘undo’ these RX Connect changes just like any AudioSuite process. If you make extensive repairs inside of the RX Audio Editor, you can also save an .rxdoc of the file, which will preserve all your adjustments so you can modify them later if you need to.
Audiosuite modes
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When using Audiosuite plug-ins, there are various user definable input and output options, which affect how you may use RX Connect. These options are:
Input
Clip-by-clip: Recognizes individual clips in the timeline, as well as fades.
Entire selection: Treats the entire selected area as one clip.
Input channel modes
Mono mode: Treats mono, dual mono and stereo clips, as well as multi-channel clips, all as discrete mono clips (e.g. a stereo clip will send as two separate mono files).
Mono mode note
Please note, this can result in large groups of audio clips being sent to RX, potentially exceeding the maximum file limit of 32.
Multi-input mode Treats dual mono and stereo audio clips as one entity.
Output
Overwrite files: Destructive processing of the audio clip(s) in the session, overwriting the original file with the new file sent from RX.
Create individual files: Nondestructive processing of the audio file(s) in the session, replacing them with the audio processed in RX. This mode preserves individual clips and fades/handles.
Create continuous files: Nondestructive processing of the original audio file. Creates a new audio file with the audio sent back from RX, consolidated into one continuous clip.
Steinberg Cubase and Nuendo RX Connect Workflow
Select the audio clip you wish to apply changes to.
Navigate to the Audio menu in Cubase/Nuendo and select Direct Offline Processing.
Uncheck Auto-Apply in the Direct Offline Processing Window.
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Click the + Plug-in button and select RX 11 Connect.
Press Apply to send the file to RX.
The RX Audio Editor application will automatically open with the file you sent loaded in a tab named “Cubase 1” or “Nuendo 1”.
Make the desired changes to your file in the RX Audio Editor.
Click the Send back button in the RX file tab display to send the updated file back to Cubase/Nuendo.
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Click the Apply button in the Direct Offline Processing window to apply the changes to the file in the session.
Apply button missing?
If Auto Apply is enabled in the Direct Offline Processing window, the Apply button will not be available. Disable Auto Apply and restart the process with a new instance of RX Connect.
Navigate to the Audio menu and select Make Direct Offline Processing Permanent.
Using RX as an External Audio Editor
Some hosts don’t support the use of RX Connect for round-trip editing, please refer to the instructions below for host specific workflows.
Adobe Premiere Pro CC with RX as an external audio editor
Inside of Premiere, right-click on an audio clip in your timeline and select Reveal in Finder (Mac) or Reveal in Explorer (Windows).
Open the resulting file in the RX 11 Audio Editor.
Perform desired processing in the RX application.
When you have made the desired changes to your file, go to the RX File menu and select Overwrite Original File.
Note
If you have Adobe Audition installed as well, you can right-click on an audio clip in your timeline, and select Edit Clip In Adobe Audition. Then follow these steps for using RX Connect with Adobe Audition.
Apple Logic Pro X with RX as an external audio editor
RX is a powerful audio editor that Apple Logic Pro X users can use to get better sounding audio. To use RX with Logic, you must first set it up as an external audio editor.
How to set up RX as an external audio editor
Open Logic Preferences > Advanced.
Under Additional options, enable the Audio check box.
In Preferences, click the Audio tab and select the Audio File Editor tab.
Under Audio File Editor, click on the External Sample Editor to select iZotope RX 11 Audio Editor from your applications folder.
Workflow
Select the clip you wish to edit in your timeline.
Select Edit > Open in iZotope RX 11 Audio Editor,
Shift
+W
.The file will open in RX 11. Once you’ve completed your edits, open the RX 11 File menu and select Overwrite Original File.
Close the tab, navigate back to Logic Pro X and wait for the waveform to update.
DaVinci Resolve with RX as an External Editor
To use RX as an external audio editor with Resolve, you must first set it up as an external process in the Resolve Preferences menu.
Configure RX as an external process in DaVinci Resolve
Open the DaVinci Resolve menu and select Preferences
Go to the Audio Plugins tab
Click Add in the Setup External Processes section
Configure the New External Process:
Name: Double-click on the default name of the new external process to edit it. Edit the text and hit return to save the changes. We recommend changing this name to ‘RX’ so it is easily identifiable in context menus
Path: Double-click on the Path field to set the path to the RX Audio Editor application. In the system dialog that appears, navigate to your Applications/Program Files directory, select the iZotope RX Audio Editor application, and click “Open”
Type: Use the default setting of “Command Line”
Click Save in the bottom of the Preferences window and click OK in the ‘Preferences Updated’ dialog that appears
Working with RX as an external editor with DaVinci Resolve
Once you have configured the RX application as an external process in Resolve, use the following steps to send clips to RX for editing:
Open the Fairlight tab (musical notes icon at the bottom of Resolve)
Right-click on the audio clip you want to edit in RX
Go to External Audio Processes in the context menu, select the RX process you configured in Resolve Preferences
The clip will open in the RX application, make your edits, and save your changes in RX (using File menu > Save, or
Command
+S
/ctrl
+S
) to update the clip in your Resolve project
Note
When you send a clip from Resolve to RX, saving changes in RX will immediately update the clip in your Resolve project. You may want to create a copy of the clip in your Resolve project before opening and editing it in RX if you want to maintain access to the original.