All user reviews of 4/5 for the iZotope Music & Speech Cleaner

iZotope's Music and Speech Cleaner is another plugin for those who are looking for an easy way out of a problem that generally requires quite a few steps. Basically, this is another plugin for someone who's more of a beginner and doesn't want to deal with the hassle of removing background noise from an audio source file. The plugin itself is super simple in that there are different panes (reduce noise, reduce hum, reduce pops, enhance voice and enhance music) each with their own sliders that you can enable. To use this, simply open up the application, drag and drop the file you want to manipulate and click away. It's super simple to use, and anybody can start to use it without an issue. I never experienced any compatibility issues with this, so no problems there. I can't comment on the manual, but you can watch some video tutorials on this if you're curious. It's crazy easy to use.

iZotope's Music and Speech Cleaner program is rock solid. I never experienced any crashing in my OS (OS X) while using this application. iZotope software is usually fairly rock stable, so you shouldn't really experience any problems in that aspect. The application itself is 32 bit, and I'd like to see it move to 64 bit if possible. Soon, companies are going to stop making wrappers/junction programs that allow you to use programs like this in a 64 bit environment, so the sooner they convert, the better. Everything worked correctly while using this, so there were no issues there. It didn't suck up tons of RAM or processing power, and it shouldn't as it's not a very involved program. I've been using it for a few months, but I generally find myself using other things.

If I'm feeling lazy, I'll generally call up this application. However, I find that it's always much better to manually remove the noise yourself using various other methods. That could be because I'm so used to working in a DAW environment, but that's just the way I am. The program itself is aimed more towards beginners who don't want to deal with the hassle of opening up a DAW and manipulating the audio that way. It can work in a pinch, but it's just not a program I use often.