Izotope VEA: How Does It Compare With Clear, dxRevive, and VoicEx

Izotope VEA is a plugin that seems to be their response to the latest plugins aimed at helping podcasters, YouTubers, and other content creators clean up their audio. Plugins like Supertone Clear, Accentize dxRevive, and Cedar Audio VoicEx have surpassed RX's noise and reverb reduction algorithms. Hear how well Vea compares to these plugins when it comes to handling challenging podcast audio.

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0:00 Intro
0:30 About VEA
3:36 Getting Started With VEA
5:51 About The Comparisons
6:58 Comparison 1
10:25 Comparison 2
12:45 Comparison 3
16:30 My Thoughts

[wonderjaxe]

Not so sure if anyone else feels the same, but could you apply a high pass filter to your VO recordings, they have too much low end rumble.

[edmazur]

excellently done....made hearing the diff soooo easy... thank you.

[joeffl]

Thanks for the comparison of all of these. The differences really stand out side by side. I listened to the first set of samples on my TV's low to mid price soundbar. I couldn't tell a difference for any except dxRevive. So I stopped that and tried it on my computer with headphones and could hear more detail, and the differences you mentioned. I received the promo email from Izotope yesterday and listened to the samples they provided. I wasn't impressed but thought maybe the samples were just too short to really get an idea of the performance. And at least they have a free trial, but thanks to you, I don't have to bother with that.

I can't really comment on Izotope's legacy since I'm new to serious scrutiny of audio. But I know from experience in other interests that when a once leading company gets behind then tries to play catch up they often miss the mark at first. I would speculate that Izotope started with a price and engineered based on that. I would think with their history and body of work (not to mention knowledge of the competition) they could have come up with something better. Or just left it alone and pushed their plugins.

[ESHz]

Thank you for that invested comparison; now I know better about each and how it compares, but I tell you the truth, I think that VEA is marketed more as a voice enhancer tool rather than a noise reduction tool, so maybe it is a bit unfair comparison.

[cajamanual]

I'm not sure if I get it. This is a virtual audio interface? means that I can use and modulate my voice in live when I'm Using discord or zoom to talk with friends and they will listen my voice modulated or is just for recording audio and modulate it later?

[omerylmaz]

you can tone down that eq with dx revive pro. The pro version is where it really shines as you can get rid of the frequencies you dont want the ai to not process

[samphelps]

Dxrrvive isn't a noise reduction tool as much as it's a resynthesis tool. It's not removing the background, it's literally rebuilding the speech. Yes it's first module is noise reduction (can use this in the pro version) but that's just to clean the signal so the synthesis is more accurate. The more clear the original is (regardless of what's in the background) the better job it will do, it doesn't do well with lo-fi recordings.

[Kelvinapplegate]

Also consider they have RX which industry standard for noise removal. Until somebody times that they pretty much don't have anything to worry about. 🤷

[cosmingurau]

Wait, is that Jesse Plemons in the second comparison?!?!?

[JanneAirDotCom]

Judging by your video (great job by the way) I wouldn't touch VEA even if it was free. I'm surprised that people don't praise dxRevive that much. I for one (as a field recorder as well) really appreciate the vibe it gives you: it's like a lav mic on a perfect position compared to others. I understand that it's off-putting in certain situations but I much rather add some EQ and reverb etc to the sound to make it seem worse if it needs to be, rather than having the plugin be worse but "more natural" like VoicEx.

[theslunk]

Would definitely love to use dxrevive but unfortunately, they're focused on development for macs.

[jpaulnicholas]

I actually love Revive - I just run an eq plugin after it in the chain to shape it up a bit.

[alyaagad]

Thank you so very much. You have saved me a lot of wasted time and effort. ❤

[lemonaudio]

Some Youtuber make some "extreme" comparisons (like someone is meters/feets away with ultra high diverse noise floor) -> Ok no problem -> In this very special case you have to look for the best provider/result. But let´s be honest. That is a very special case. And most of this software is not trained for that. It´s trained for regular cases. And in regular cases -> I can just speak for myself -> You want a mediocre but more likely "good voice recording" to get rid of artefacts. And and this case VoiceEX is master. It´s not that case where you need 100% or maybe more to be tuned in. I´m talking about cases where it should sound naturaly, like 30% to max. 50%.

[alancooper]

Hold on a sec, firstly you are comparing chalk with cheese, audio noise and reverb reduction require highly specialised algorithms to achieve anything that might be considered good! Clearly for €29 you just wouldn’t expect it to compete with the likes of Cedar for 30 times the cost. As a tool that will provide a reasonable suggestion for frequency and dynamic changes to improve your vocals then for the money VEA hits the spot! Non the less I found the comparison very interesting thanks.

[robnecronomicon]

Nice comparison! I'd seen Via on Gear Space but at the price, it seemed like a bit of a toy. I think you've hit the nail on the head here with Izotope. They were once the industry leaders and now they are just coasting (to use your own words). There has been nothing innovative from them in years, IMO. The same could be said for Native Instruments sadly. :(

[Tomaslav]

Благодарю за упражнялся с VEA часа полтора! так и не нашёл куда его применить в своей сфере реставрации ! Занимаюсь реанимированием "Тяжёлого" аудио-т.е. восстановление фонограмм несколько раз перезаписанных с кассет VHS на другую кассету!. Пока алгоритм моей работы остался прежний! подготовка файла к шумоподавлению, Немного Acon Vitalize что бы просто восстановить верхнюю середину, потом 3 прохода dxRevive Pro - Один в слабом Studio, Два в Retain, удаленеие остаточного Hiss с помощью Acon Extract Dialogue-и потом SonybleLimit и дальше руками в iZotope. Все функции VEA ни вместе ни по отдельности не твоих следующих обзоров!!! Удачи)))

[lemonaudio]

GUYS, VOICEX is on COMPLETELY ANOTHER LEVEL. Please!! If you don´t hear it than you don´t need it! That´s how easy and short it is. I´ve heard many other comparisons, included Demo´s by myself, and I can truly assure: YES it´s much more expensive, but the quality is on another step. Like Izotpe is on about the same level as Waves. But VoiceEx is unbeatable when quality is important. I mean just hear, look at the price and then you will understand.

[SitWithAnkit]

Youtubers using cheap mic or phone's mic can have decent audio quality with dxrevive.

[pjlira]

The video was very helpful. No, it is not worth the 29 dollars. dxRevive is WAY superior!!!