I am not familiar with AS (Audio Studio). Look for "Audio Restoration' . In SF Pro it is in the 'Tools' and 'Plug-in Effects' menus. SF Pro has the legacy NR-2.0 suite and iZotope RX Elements. The folder containing thew "RXxx dll> files (RX De-noise, RX De-hum, RX De-click & RX De-clip) must be associated with a VST search folder. Typically these <.dll> files are found in the Program Files> Steinberg> vst" folders.

Addendum:
 Sound Forge Audio Studio does not include iZotope RX Elements. It does have other audio restoration tools (noise reduction and click and tick removal).
Sound Forge Cleaning Lab II includes iZotope RX Elements.

Can you be a bit more specific on where noise reduction can be found? Are you sure it's in the vanilla version and you don't have an additional add-on that's providing it?

I've been searching for the past hour or so on this feature, for both AS 13 and 14, and have found nothing. I'm signing in just to post this because it's been frustrating trying to find this feature.

According to the AS user manual, the 'Audio Restoration' items AS has are in the 'Effects' menu .

I do not have AS so cannot do hands-on experimentation.

According to the AS user manual, the 'Audio Restoration' items AS has are in the 'Effects' menu .

I do not have AS so cannot do hands-on experimentation.

Are you sure you're looking at AS 13 or 14? I downloaded both manuals from my account and they only mention noise reduction when using the Vinyl Recording and Restoration Tool.

Audio Restoration is under the Tools menu and there is no option for noise reduction. Looks like this is just another feature they ripped our when moving from 12 to 13.

"Looks like this is just another feature they ripped our when moving from 12 to 13."

> Could be, maybe it just includes the Vinyl restoration tools and they want folks to purchase Cleaning Lab or SF Pro, both of which include IZ's RX Elements... which works fairly well btw.

"Looks like this is just another feature they ripped our when moving from 12 to 13."

> Could be, maybe it just includes the Vinyl restoration tools and they want folks to purchase Cleaning Lab or SF Pro, both of which include IZ's RX Elements... which works fairly well btw.

I guess for now I'm going to switch back to Audacity since I only have Audio Studio. Thanks for the help I appreciate it.

You get RX 7 Elements for free with any purchase till the end of this month at Plugin Boutique. If you don't want to spend a lot of money, then the cheapest plugin at PB probably is Audified Sphene LE (not a bad plugin at all btw) for around $2.60.

@jmart @Mike-Trewhella

I only have SFAS 12.6 and it is under (as said before) from the top menu: Tools > Audio Restoration > and it will be in the sub-sub menu.

John CB

Thanks @browj2

I would assume AS-13 and up would have the same restoration items as AS-12.I would not think they are the same quality as the NR-2.0 suite and certainly not iZ's RX, but enough to adequately attenuate HVAC and other din type noises 10 or so dB without objectionable artifacts.

I've never found an audio editor that did absolutely everything I wanted. At $40 -- which is what I paid for AS14 -- I expect the audio program to be little more than a platform for VST plugs. I don't expect the native capabilities to be anything to write home about.

@jmart @Mike-Trewhella

I only have SFAS 12.6 and it is under (as said before) from the top menu: Tools > Audio Restoration > and it will be in the sub-sub menu.

John CB

@browj2 I've found that in videos about AS12, but starting in 13 I no longer have it.

This opens the VEGAS ExpressFX Audio Restoration window which can do nothing for removing background audio.

It amuses me that free Audacity has more built in effects and tools than $60 software.