Waves X-Crackle

Waves X-Crackle - Professional Audio Restoration Plugin | The Ultimate Crackle Removal Tool for Vinyl Records and Damaged Audio

Waves X-Crackle is a top-tier audio restoration tool designed for music producers, audio engineers, and archivists. Whether you're digitizing precious vinyl records or need to process recording files with defects from aging equipment or improper storage, X-Crackle offers an unparalleled solution. It precisely removes common crackles and surface noise from vinyl records and is also suitable for any audio material with pops and clicks caused by signal degradation or physical damage. With this powerful plugin, you can easily restore the purity of your sound, allowing listeners to focus on the music itself, not the annoying noise.

X-Crackle's core technology is based on advanced psychoacoustic algorithms developed by Waves, enabling it to intelligently identify and separate unwanted crackles from the original audio during crackle removal. Unlike traditional noise reduction tools, X-Crackle strives to avoid any negative impact on the original audio during processing, ensuring that the music's dynamics, frequency response, and spatial feel are fully preserved. For mastering workflows that demand the highest audio quality, this tool is an indispensable component. Whether it's subtle clicks, continuous surface noise, or sudden pops, X-Crackle provides precise and natural audio noise reduction, making it your best choice for professional vinyl noise treatment.

Core Advantages & Use Cases

Intelligent Psychoacoustic Algorithms
X-Crackle's core engine uses an advanced psychoacoustic model, allowing it to distinguish between musical content and crackle noise much like the human ear. It doesn't just rely on frequency or amplitude for detection but understands the context of the sound, achieving highly accurate noise removal and avoiding the "artifacts" or sound blurring issues that can occur with traditional noise reduction tools.

Lossless Audio Quality Restoration
In the field of audio restoration, the biggest challenge is preserving the integrity of the original audio while removing noise. X-Crackle excels in this area; its algorithms are designed to target only the noise, leaving the rest of the audio signal untouched. This means you won't lose any high-frequency detail, dynamic range, or stereo width after cleaning up the crackles.

Intuitive Visual Workflow
To give users more precise control over the restoration process, X-Crackle features a unique dual-window oscilloscope (X-Crackle Scope). This window displays both the original waveform and a Sonogram, which clearly highlights the crackle noise being detected and minimized. This visual feedback makes parameter adjustments extremely intuitive, allowing you to see the real-time impact of your actions on the audio and quickly achieve the best restoration results.

Wide Range of Applications
X-Crackle's applications extend far beyond vinyl records. It is ideal for restoring old tape recordings, damaged digital audio files, live recordings with electrical interference, and even dialogue cleanup in film post-production. Any audio contaminated with pops, crackles, or surface noise can be professionally restored and salvaged with X-Crackle.

Tech Specs

• Plugin Type: Audio Restoration, Noise Removal
• Core Algorithm: Psychoacoustic Algorithms
• Supported Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
• Internal Processing: 64-bit Floating Point
• Channel Modes: Mono and Stereo components supported
• Latency: Varies based on settings, low-latency processing designed for professional needs
• Plugin Format Support: VST, VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX Native, AudioSuite
• Operating System Compatibility: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later; macOS 10.15.7 or later (Native support for Intel & Apple Silicon processors)
• License Management: Product activation and management via the Waves Central application