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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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Wavering tape pitch contour becoming stable after precise wow and flutter correction

Fix Tape Wow and Flutter with iZotope RX 12Sep 4, 2026 · 12 min readDiagnose slow wow, fast flutter and static speed error separately, then correct only the instability that RX can track without flattening musical expression.

Audio waveform and spectrogram stalled inside a frozen processing block connected to CPU memory and disk resources

iZotope RX 12 Slow or Freezing: Performance FixesSep 4, 2026 · 13 min readIdentify whether RX is slow in the display, playback, rendering, batch work or one saved session, then change the setting that owns that bottleneck.

Shotgun microphone in coastal wind above a spectrogram with intermittent low-frequency gusts reduced

Remove Wind Noise in iZotope RX 12: De-wind GuideSep 4, 2026 · 12 min readDe-wind targets intermittent microphone rumble. Check overload first, tune the four controls to the recording, and preserve speech and outdoor ambience.

Mixed spectrogram separating into four audio stems with one local artifact selected for repair

iZotope RX 12 Stems View: Edit Separated AudioSep 4, 2026 · 12 min readStems View turns an RX separation into editable spectral lanes. Choose the right split, repair only the damaged lane, then verify the recombined mix.

Vocal waveform with loud breaths gently reduced between phrases while natural room tone remains

iZotope RX 12 Breath Control: Natural Vocal SettingsSep 4, 2026 · 11 min readUse Target and Natural mode for transparent first passes; switch to Gain or manual edits only when individual breaths still pull focus.

Dialogue waveform split between fast real-time noise cleanup and detailed spectral restoration

iZotope RX 12 vs Waves Clarity Vx: Which Should You Buy?Sep 4, 2026 · 12 min readChoose Clarity Vx for fast in-session voice cleanup. Choose RX when dialogue isolation is only one part of a larger repair job.

DaVinci Resolve Fairlight clip sent to RX spectral repair and returned in sync

Use iZotope RX 12 in DaVinci Resolve FairlightSep 3, 2026 · 10 min readUse RX plug-ins for repeatable clip or track processing; use Fairlight External Audio Process when a damaged clip needs the standalone spectral editor.

Vinyl transfer restored from clicks, crackle and hum while musical transients remain intact

Restore Vinyl Records with iZotope RX 12Sep 3, 2026 · 12 min readCapture and protect the best transfer first, then repair large clicks, dense crackle, steady noise and pitch drift in separate conservative passes.

RX audio repair routed through AU, VST3, AAX AudioSuite and ARA host workflows

iZotope RX 12 Plug-in Formats: AU, VST3, AAX and ARASep 3, 2026 · 11 min readChoose AU, VST3 or AAX for the host, AudioSuite for offline Pro Tools processing, and ARA only for a supported Spectral Editor integration.

Short audio dropout reconstructed between intact waveform and spectrogram edges

Repair Audio Dropouts in iZotope RX 12Sep 3, 2026 · 10 min readUse Interpolate for truly tiny defects below 4,000 samples; use Spectral Repair when the missing section needs tonal, patterned or harmonic reconstruction.

Original audio protected while an RX document and delivery file are saved separately

iZotope RX 12 Import, Export and Safe SavingSep 3, 2026 · 11 min readUse an RX Document to preserve editable history, export a new audio file for delivery, and reserve Overwrite Original for controlled round trips with a backup.

Low-frequency microphone plosive isolated while vocal harmonics remain intact

iZotope RX 12 De-plosive: Remove P-Pops SafelySep 3, 2026 · 11 min readRun De-plosive before a broad high-pass filter, set the Frequency Limit from the actual burst, and stop before the voice loses chest and consonant weight.