Acoustica 8
The Definitive Toolkit for Surgical Precision and Sonic Perfection.
Using Acoustica in Post Production
Acoustica 8 for audio post production: AI-powered dialogue cleanup, spectral repair, and native Pro Tools integration. Perpetual license, no subscription. Try free for 30 days.
Dialogue cleanup, location-audio rescue, and surgical spectral repair — in one perpetual-license toolkit to accelerate your workflow.
Now over 25 years old, Acoustica 8 is the professional-grade audio restoration package built for audio post production. Standalone application plus extensive plugin suite with AudioSuite and ARA2 integration for Pro Tools.
Included in the update are new restoration and upgraded spectral editing tools built to work for your ears, not instead of them. Tools like DeNoise 3 and DeHum 3 use machine learning to handle the repetitive grunt work — clearing noise floors, pulling hums — so an experienced editor's time goes toward the judgment calls only they can make, not toward repetitive manual passes.
Spectral upgrades like AudioFill, feathering, and Stereo View give you finer, faster hands-on control when you're performing detailed repairs. Alongside Extract:Dialogue 2, DeClick:Dialogue, DePlosive:Dialogue, DeBird, and many more existing features, Acoustica 8 is a toolkit designed to make skilled post work faster, not to replace the skill behind it.
Why a Top NYC Post House Switched To Acoustica
In the above video, Emmy-winning re-recording mixers Brian Bracken, Ian Stynes, and Lou Teti from New York’s String & Can share how they tackle the demands of modern audio post-production. They discuss how tools like Extract Dialogue 2, D-Hum 3, and advanced Spectrogram feathering help them deliver pristine sound despite challenging location recordings and tight deadlines.
The team highlights why they made the switch to Acon Digital Acoustica 8, praising its full ARA integration in Pro Tools, blazing-fast processing speeds, and native Dolby Atmos compatibility. Above all, they emphasize the value of Acon Digital's affordable, perpetual licensing model—allowing multi-suite studios to avoid subscription fatigue while maintaining seamless session hand-offs.
Post Production Feature Hightlights
The tools post pros reach for first, on every project.
DENOISE 3
DeNoise 3 reduces noise such as hiss, buzz and camera noise. As of Acoustica 8, DeNoise 3 integrates a new machine learning based mode that no longer requires noise profiles which allows for a faster workflow with reliable results. A manual mode is also provided, which functions as in DeNoise 2 and requires a noise profile in order to work.
DEHUM 3
DeHum 3 is designed to remove hum and buzz typically introduced by poorly grounded electrical equipment, but also other tonal noise sources like electrical motor noise. The dehum algorithm also supports adaptive hum reduction so that the algorithm adapts to fluctuations in the fundamental frequency of the hum signal.
AudioFill
You can remove clicks, discontinuities or other short impulsive noise using the AudioFill tool which substitutes the selected time range with an estimation of the signal based on the signal before and after the the selection.
EXTRACT:DIALOGUE 2
Extract:Dialogue 2 separates dialogue from common types of background noise such as wind, rustle, traffic, hum, clicks and pops. The algorithm is based on deep learning and has been trained on thousands of high quality voice recordings on one hand and an equally extensive set of recordings of unwanted sound.
DIALOGUE CLEANING PLUG-IN SUITE
This specialised AI-trained suite tackles the noise problems that crop up most in real-world dialogue work — wind, lavalier rustle, buzz, hum, plosives, mouth clicks and even birdsong — so you can deliver clean, natural-sounding dialogue regardless of how it was captured.
Adjustable time & frequency feathering
Control exactly how gradually a spectral edit blends into the surrounding audio, both across time and frequency, so corrections disappear into the mix instead of standing out. Ideal for post-production work where every cut has to hold up under close monitoring.
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What Audio Post Professionals Say About Acoustica
"Take Acoustica extremely seriously if you're a professional in post-production. It goes neck and neck with the industry leader, at a fraction of the price, and with no subscription. It's a no brainer."
Brian Bracken — Emmy-Winning Re-recording Engineer
(Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, The Mind of a Chef)
"In classical and score productions, a repair only works if it's invisible. The quality of interpolation, and how it blends into the surrounding material, is exceptional in Acoustica 8's spectral editing. Complex artifacts and noises are addressed simply and quickly with genuinely transparent results."
Mark Willsher, Grammy®-winning Engineer/Mixer
(San Francisco Symphony, Ultraman Rising, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim)
Bring Acoustica 8 Into Your Post Workflow
No subscription. No cloud licensing. Just serious restoration and editing tools, priced for working professionals.
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