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Brandon Hayes

Audio restoration engineer in Nashville. Brandon writes practical iZotope RX guides with current documentation, workflows and reversible repair checks.

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Broken DAW-to-spectral-editor connection restored through host mode, insert position and plug-in rescan checks

iZotope RX 12 ARA Not Working? Logic & Studio One FixSep 4, 2026 · 16 min readUse the right ARA route: Logic needs slot one and Rosetta on Apple silicon; Studio One needs VST3 Event FX; Pro Tools uses its integrated clip editor.

Thin phone-call speech expanding into fuller low and high frequency content on a spectrogram

iZotope RX 12 Spectral Recovery: Fix Thin AudioSep 4, 2026 · 12 min readUse Spectral Recovery only where the spectrogram shows a real bandwidth cutoff, then add the smallest believable low and high extension without inventing brittle speech.

Dialogue clips joined by continuous generated room tone between edited gaps

iZotope RX 12 Ambience Match: Room Tone GuideSep 4, 2026 · 13 min readLearn a clean ambience profile, choose Static for steady room tone or Complex for moving backgrounds, then fill only the gaps that reveal the edit.

Three levels of podcast audio repair tools progressing from basic cleanup to advanced restoration

Best iZotope RX 12 Edition for PodcastingSep 4, 2026 · 13 min readRX 12 Standard is the practical default for serious podcast production; Elements handles clean recordings, while Advanced earns its place on difficult location audio.

Audiobook microphone and noisy narration waveform becoming clean audio with consistent chapter markers

Clean Up Audiobook Audio with iZotope RX 12Sep 4, 2026 · 12 min readA chapter-safe RX 12 workflow for repairing audiobook narration, preserving natural pacing and delivering every file to the distributor's current specification.

Finished film mix splitting into separate dialogue, music and sound-effects waveform lanes

iZotope RX 12 Scene Rebalance: DME Separation GuideSep 4, 2026 · 11 min readA practical Scene Rebalance workflow for rescuing dialogue, music and effects from a flattened mix without mistaking machine-learned separation for original stems.

Audio waveform disconnected from an interface and headphones before the playback signal path is restored

iZotope RX 12 No Audio? Fix Playback Step by StepSep 4, 2026 · 12 min readA symptom-first RX 12 playback checklist that isolates the file, transport, output device, driver, routing and DAW ownership before changing the installation.

Reel-to-reel tape playback head beside misaligned stereo waveforms converging into accurate channel alignment

iZotope RX 12 Azimuth: Fix Tape Phase AlignmentSep 4, 2026 · 12 min readA practical RX 12 guide to fixed and drifting stereo alignment, tape-transfer azimuth, mono checks and the crucial difference between Azimuth, Phase and polarity.

Audio spectrogram splitting into dialogue, music and effects stem lanes for the new RX 12 workflows

What's New in iZotope RX 12: Every Major ChangeSep 4, 2026 · 12 min readRX 12 adds three headline workflows, rebuilds two familiar modules, updates its separation models and removes friction from the editor. Here is what each change actually does.

Lavalier microphone beside a noisy clothing-rustle waveform changing into a clean dialogue waveform

iZotope RX 12 De-rustle: Remove Lav Mic NoiseSep 4, 2026 · 11 min readA current RX 12 De-rustle workflow for clothing rub, brushing and low-frequency lav thuds, with conservative controls, local passes and source-level prevention.

Compact four-module audio repair toolkit compared with a broad spectral restoration workstation

iZotope RX 12 vs Acon Restoration Suite 2Sep 4, 2026 · 10 min readChoose Acon for four focused repair plug-ins inside a DAW. Choose RX when you need a spectral editor, dialogue tools, local repair and a wider restoration workflow.

Podcast microphone and noisy speech waveform passing through staged audio cleanup to a controlled final level

Clean Up Podcast Audio with iZotope RX 12Sep 4, 2026 · 13 min readA repeatable RX 12 podcast workflow that diagnoses each speaker, repairs only the defects present and keeps loudness compliance for the final mixed episode.