Sonnox - Restoration and Noise Reduction Tools on sale, to be retired

[Michael Docy]

https://sonnox.com/categories/other-plugins/restoration-and-noise-reduction-tools

We’re retiring the Oxford DeBuzzer, DeClicker, and DeNoiser plugins, but we’re giving them a proper send-off before they go.
For a limited time, you can pick up any of these clean-up classics for just £10 each (usually £199.99), or grab all three as a bundle for £25 (down from £479.99).
Licenses are yours to keep, and the plugins will continue to work on all currently supported systems. After the sale ends on July 14th, they’ll no longer be available to buy.
These tools have been used everywhere from The Sound of Music restorations to Call of Duty, true crime TV, and even forensic investigations.
If these have ever been on your radar, this is your last chance to pick them up.
Thanks, 
The Sonnox Team

 

[Brian Walton]

Curious about experience with these.

I've got the Acon suite, Izotope RX and also SuperTone Clear (that I think works quite well for Dialog related tasks).  

I know these are rather old so I'm curious how they stack up.  

[CSistine]

I have purchased the Oxford DeClicker, because I have the DrumGate and that one is an extraordinary plugin.

IMHO Sonnox is a superior plugin company and with iLok authorization you have a kind of guaranty that plugin usage is guaranteed, contrary to CR where you rely on the mercy of the company and its existance. CR is ***** of the customer, because he never knows whether or how long he can use what he has paid for! Frankly, nowadays I am reluctant to use CR plugins in projects that are important for me for more than a year (it's all caused by the experience with some developers)!

[Brian Walton]

26 minutes ago, CSistine said:

I have purchased the Oxford DeClicker, because I have the DrumGate and that one is an extraordinary plugin.

IMHO Sonnox is a superior plugin company and with iLok authorization you have a kind of guaranty that plugin usage is guaranteed, contrary to CR where you rely on the mercy of the company and its existance. CR is ***** of the customer, because he never knows whether or how long he can use what he has paid for! Frankly, nowadays I am reluctant to use CR plugins in projects that are important for me for more than a year (it's all caused by the experience with some developers)!

CR?

As for ilok, my rather expensive Drum Core 4 seats are worthless now - even with the ilok authorization in my account.

 

Acon seems to authorize offline from what I can tell.  Izotope you can do computer auth or ilok (actually both with the same seat).

While Sonnox is considered a high quality company related to the plugins, these also came out 15+ years ago, correct?  The tech someone like Supertone Clear is using wasn't in any kind of mass consumption product back then, thus the curiosity of how it performs by todays standards.

 

[e-cue]

another $5 off with code:  THANKYOU20

 

[CSistine]

13 hours ago, Brian Walton said:

CR?

I compared it(iLok) to CR = challenge response based authorization. For the customer that one is the most "dangerous" one, because it totally depends on the company (either insolvency or product drop). It's especially risky if a product requires periodical re-authorization (like CbB, Sonar).

[CSistine]

13 hours ago, Brian Walton said:

While Sonnox is considered a high quality company related to the plugins, these also came out 15+ years ago, correct?

There are many products on the market that appeared 15 or more years ago. And if I look at cars, then I even claim their quality was better than today, but YMMV.

Back to plugins: I noticed that most providers haven't done any real changes in the last 5 years, except compatibility to macOS + Apple Silicon (e.g. PA). Frankly, why do a lot of people always expect improvement for things that are already quite perfect? I would rather await new plugins in areas that are not or almost not covered. I would have several ideas/requirements.

[Brian Walton]

46 minutes ago, CSistine said:

There are many products on the market that appeared 15 or more years ago. And if I look at cars, then I even claim their quality was better than today, but YMMV.

Back to plugins: I noticed that most providers haven't done any real changes in the last 5 years, except compatibility to macOS + Apple Silicon (e.g. PA). Frankly, why do a lot of people always expect improvement for things that are already quite perfect? I would rather await new plugins in areas that are not or almost not covered. I would have several ideas/requirements.

I think you are missing the point about these particular plugins and not a generalzation.

Again back to my example, restoration and noise removal, AI has changed the game as to what is possible.  That wasn't the tech used in something like this 15 years ago.

Thus do these work better than the modern equivalents or specifically what I already have?  

Have you used Waves VX or Supertone Clear, on a vocal track to have the point of reference as a clear example of how tech in this area is worlds different than it used to be.

Noise removal historically have been very far from perfect even with class leading tools.  Not even close, which is the specific topic of discussion.