Clarity Vx Pro is a real-time noise reduction plugin for voice and dialogue, powered by Waves Neural Networks, offering artifact-free cleaning, ambience keeping, and advanced restoration in a single pass.
Purpose and Core Technology
Clarity Vx Pro targets post-production dialogue and voice cleanup. It operates in real time, enabling immediate, non-destructive results within a DAW session without rendering or duplicating tracks. The plugin is fully automatable, speeding up editing and mixing workflows.
Its engine uses Waves Neural Networks, trained on millions of audio files with machine learning and human evaluation. Unlike traditional noise reduction that requires learning noise profiles per sample, Clarity Vx Pro distinguishes voice from ambience instantly, preserving vocal integrity while removing unwanted noise without artifacts.
Key Capabilities and Neural Network Modes
The plugin includes three catch-all Neural Networks for different scenarios. Broad 1 preserves main and secondary voices when multiple voices are present. Broad 1 HF is a modification that better retains high frequencies. Broad 2 is recommended for severe noise and excels at separating the main voice from background voices.
Users can toggle between modes to find the best match for their source material. The main control quickly reduces noise, while advanced features allow surgical adjustments. An Ambience Keeping mode reverses the process, removing dialogue while preserving production sound, useful for creating fill under ADR.
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This section covers the three neural network options and ambience keeping, essential for understanding the plugin’s flexibility in different recording conditions.
Advanced Features for Restoration and Enhancement
Clarity Vx Pro offers six separate bands for refined noise reduction and voice enhancement. Each band includes controls for processing amount, solo, bypass, delta, and pure gain. A VCA control adjusts global processing across all bands while maintaining their ratios. The Reflections control restores natural voice reflections after noise reduction.
A voice-sensitive Neural Network ambience gate lowers residual ambience between dialogue replicas, independent of volume level. An Auto-Reset button resets the network processor when it detects 200 ms of silence, useful when one instance handles alternating voice profiles. An on-board limiter prevents digital clipping when bouncing multiple tracks or applying gain.
Workflow Integration and Practical Applications
In a DAW, Clarity Vx Pro lets you mix with the plugin active, hearing clean results in context with other video and audio tracks. Its real-time, automatable nature eliminates lengthy render or bounce cycles. The plugin works in one quick pass, reducing the need for multiple modules in the signal chain.
Practical applications include cleaning dialogue for film and TV, podcasts, and voice-over. The Ambience Keeping feature supports foley, sound design, broadcasting, and dubbing by providing real production sound for fill. Advanced controls like the bands and limiter are beneficial for broadcast delivery, while the width control sums stereo to mono for compatibility.
Key features
- Real-time noise reduction with full automation
- Three Neural Networks for different noise scenarios
- Ambience Keeping mode to remove voice, preserve background
- Six bands with process amount, solo, bypass, delta, pure gain
- VCA control over all bands, Reflections control, Neural Network ambience gate, Mono/Stereo width, On-board limiter, Auto-Reset button
- Includes smaller plugin Clarity Vx
Best for
Clarity Vx Pro is best for post-production professionals cleaning dialogue or voice in film, TV, video, and podcasting. It excels in fast, non-destructive workflows where real-time processing and automation are needed. The ambience keeping feature suits foley, sound design, ADR fill, and broadcasting. Ideal for editors and mixers seeking artifact-free results without ADR.