Restoration Suite

The focus in version 1.8 is DeNoise which has received several quality improvements. A new soft knee parameter allows for more natural transitions between noise and the wanted signal. It is in most situations desirable to leave a certain noise floor in the restored signal and it is easier to achieve a natural sounding residual noise with the new update.

Furthermore, the attack and release times are now adaptive and automatically adjusted according to the input material. The controls are still there, but these are now representing the maximum attack and release times. The noise profile estimation in the adaptive broadband noise mode is now capable of a better discrimination between noise and the wanted signal.

Supports multi-channel audio including 5.1 and 7.1 surround
Supports VST3
DeClick was rewritten from scratch and improves detection and interpolation
DeClick now reduces low frequency clicks like thumps and plosives
Improved quality in DeNoise when using longer attack and release times
Noise profiles are now included in DeNoise user presets
Spectrum analyzers in DeNoise and DeHum are now interpolated
UI theme visually improved

New Features and Fixes

Brand new algorithm in DeClip allows reconstruction of severely clipped material
New Detect button in DeClip adjusts threshold levels automatically based
on input audio
DeNoise has been improved for even more transparency and less processing artifacts.
DeHum now removes hum from the very beginning of a clip if the fundamental frequency
is set accurately
The graphical user interface is now resizable
Fixed code signing issues under OS X
OS X installer now lets users choose which plug-ins to install (AAX, AU or VST)

New visual appearance
Support for visual themes
Additional ‘combined’ mode in the adaptive denoiser that targets tonal components as well as broadband noise
New preset manager with XML export and import
Unlimited undo and redo history
A and B settings for quick comparisons
Control highlighting in Pro Tools
Keyboard short-cut for the automation menu in Pro Tools
Further bug fixes and minor improvements

AAX support

Quality and usability improvements:

DeNoise now reduces broadband noise even more effectively. The center frequency, bandwidth and filter slope of the current band is displayed as cursor information when modifying filter band settings in the emphasis filter editor.

DeHum can now process up to 96 harmonics and passes the Audio Unit validation on OS X Mavericks (v10.9).

DeClip contains audio quality improvements and is better at reconstructing high frequency content.

Also included are several minor bug fixes, including the following:

The plug-ins now show up as stereo plug-ins in Reaper when using Audio Units on OS X.

DeHum now resets its internal state properly so that previous audio data don’t affect the output when the same instance of the plug-in is used for other audio material.

This service update fixes the following issues:

The parameter settings were not recalled when opening a project in Ableton Live containing any of the Restoration Suite plug-ins.
Acon Digital DeClip did not update the handle bars in the histogram when recalling presets or using automation.
Freeze in WaveLab 6 when the demo mode window was shown.
The drop-outs in the demo mode are now synchronized to make it easier to evaluate the quality when chaining the plug-ins.
When launching the help from the German user interface, the English help was opened.
Minor fixes and spelling.