Clean Dialogue with Unparalleled Quality— in a Fraction of the Time
Eliminate hours of tedious post-production work: Clarity Vx Pro’s AI-powered noise reduction cleans voice and vocal recording quickly, in real time, delivering artifact-free results.
Forget about ADR, re-doing scenes, or combining multiple processors and hoping they work: Just insert Clarity Vx Pro, turn the single main knob, adjust a few advanced controls if needed—done.
Clarity’s pioneering Neural Networks are the result of millions of voice files fed into an advanced machine learning engine, with the results vetted by meticulous human evaluation. The outcome: a perfect combination of instant real-time workflow and no-compromise audio quality—a revolution in dialogue post-production.
- Industry-leading noise reduction for voice, exceptional quality
- Real-time with full automation—game changer for post-production
- Fast results—performs all noise reduction tasks in a single pass
- Powered by groundbreaking Waves Neural Networks®
- Edit & mix dialogue in context, inside DAW with all video and audio tracks playing
- 6 bands with process amount, solo, delta, bypass, pure gain adjustment, VCA control
- Automate your settings—no need for multiple instances
- Keep background ambience and remove voice to create ‘fills’
- Choose from 4 neural networks to suit your exact needs
- Reflections control smoothly brings back natural reflections
- Neural networks ambience gate to lower voice level between replicas
- Mono/Stereo width control
A New Standard in Post-Production
75th Emmy® Award Winner
We’re excited to tell you that Waves Clarity Vx Pro won the 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Awards.
Clarity Vx Pro Product Manager Shai Fishman and DSP Team Leader Yaniv Alon accepted the award on behalf of Waves, in the ceremony held in Los Angeles on October 18th, 2023: Watch here (skip to 48:20).
Real-Time Workflow: No Bouncing, No Rendering
With Clarity working in real time, you can immediately hear the clean results in your DAW—non-destructively, in the context of your full video or audio session. No need to render, bounce, duplicate or consolidate tracks. Unlike other advanced but cumbersome noise reduction tools, Clarity doesn’t need to ‘learn’ the profile of each noise segment anew. Its AI engine is trained to recognize what’s voice and what’s noise, with no learning time.
Superior Noise Reduction Quality, Powered by Waves Neural Networks®
No need to go through a dozen-plus modules, either, in order to clean dialogue at the highest quality. The heavy lifting is done by Clarity’s pioneering Neural Networks—trained by millions of voice files fed into a machine learning engine, combined with meticulous human evaluation. The result is noise cleaning of the highest order, of such natural, consistent quality it makes ADR redundant.
Easy Automation for an Even Faster Workflow
Bouncing back and forth between scenes or song sections with different noise reduction needs? No problem. Clarity Vx Pro is fully automatable, including all advanced controls, so you can automate changes as needed, to maintain the flow.
Keep Ambience, Remove Voice
Want to keep production sound but remove the dialogue, to use as ‘fill’ underneath ADR? Simply turn the main control to the left to remove the voice from the ambience. This will leave you with the real production sound, for more realistic ambience background—endlessly usable for foley, sound design, broadcasting, and dubbing. Of course, you can also set the main control anywhere in-between the two extreme, to easily set the exact balance between voice and background.
4 Neural Networks to Suit Your Exact Needs
Choose from four neural networks to optimally handle different source materials. Broad 1 is better at preserving both the main and secondary voices. Broad 1 HF is a variant of Broad 1, trained to better preserve high frequencies. Broad 2 is recommended for severe noises. It is also better at separating the main voice from secondary background voices. Broad ECO is a low-CPU network, recommended for heavy sessions where many instances of Clarity Vx Pro are needed.
6 Bands Plus More Advanced Features
Many noise reduction tasks can be achieved with the plugin’s single main control. The advanced controls—all fully automatable—let you further finesse your results, including:
- 6 bands to process different frequency ranges, each with independent processing amount, solo, bypass, delta and pure gain controls.
- VCA control over all 6 bands to adjust global processing amounts, maintaining the ratio of the multiband settings.
- Reflections control to restore the natural reflections of the voice after noise reduction.
- Voice-sensitive (rather than volume-sensitive) Neural Network ambience gate, which can lower the residual ambience in between dialogue replicas (during unvoiced parts).
- Width control to sum the L/R output signal from stereo to mono.
- Auto-reset for the Neural Networks. ((On a re-assign bus, for example, when one instance of Clarity Vx Pro handles alternating voice & noise profiles from different sources, the network processor is reset when it detects 200 ms of silence.)
- Built-in Limiter to prevent digital clipping/peaks, useful when bouncing multiple tracks through the plugin, or after applying pure gain enhancements within the bands.
Description
System Requirements
Mac:
CPU: Intel Core i5 / i7 / i9 / Xeon W 2013 and up / Apple Silicon
See notes regarding Apple Silicon processors
Intel Xeon-E processors are not supported
Memory
Minimum: 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)
16 GB free disk space on the system drive
Operating System
macOS Catalina 10.15, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14
Screen Resolution
Minimum: 1024×768
Recommended: 1280×1024 / 1600×1024
USB displays are not supported as the primary display.
V14 plugins require a graphics card that supports ‘Metal’
Windows:
CPU: Intel Core i5, i7, i9 (all Gen 6 and above)
AMD Ryzen 9
AVX Support required
Intel Xeon processors are not supported
Memory
Minimum: 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)
16 GB free disk space on the system drive
Operating System
Windows 10 64 bit
Windows 11
Screen Resolution
Minimum: 1024×768
Recommended: 1280×1024 / 1600×1024
Waves 14 Supported Hosts
MacApple Silicon Support | Windows |
|---|---|
| Pro Tools 2022, 2023 (AAX Native, Audiosuite) | Pro Tools 2022, 2023 (AAX Native, Audiosuite) |
| Ableton Live 11.2, 12 (VST3) | Ableton Live 11.2, 12 (VST3) |
| Audition 23 (VST3) | Audition 23 (VST3) |
| Bitwig Studio 4,5 (VST3) | Bitwig Studio 4, 5 (VST3) |
| Cakewalk by BandLab 2022 (VST3) | |
| Cubase 12 (VST3) | Cubase 12 (VST3) |
| DaVinci Resolve 18.5 | DaVinci Resolve 18.5 |
| Digital Performer 11 (Audio Units) | |
| FL Studio 21 (VST3) | FL Studio 21 (VST3) |
| Garage Band 10.4 Audio Units) | |
| Komplete Kontrol 2 (VST, VST3) | Komplete Kontrol 2 (VST, VST3) |
| Logic Pro X 10.7 (Audio Units) | |
| Luna 1.3 (Audio Units) | |
| Nuendo 12 (VST3) | Nuendo 12 (VST3) |
| OBS Studio 29 (Intel Only) Via StudioRack, Stereo only | OBS Studio 29 (Intel Only) Via StudioRack, Stereo only |
| Premiere Pro 23 (VST3) | Premiere Pro 23 (VST3) |
| Maschine 2 (VST, VST3) | |
| Main Stage 3 Audio Units) | |
| Pyramix 14 (VST3) | |
| REAPER 6 (VST3) | REAPER 6 (VST3) |
| Reason 12.6 (VST, VST3) Apple Silicon Supported with VST3 only | Reason 12.5 (VST, VST3) |
| Samplitude Pro X7, X8 (VST3) | |
| Sequoia 16 (VST3) | |
| Studio One Professional 6 (VST3) | Studio One Professional 6 (VST3) |
Waves’ latest version works on newer sub-versions of these DAWs, unless stated otherwise.
If your DAW (or DAW version) is not listed here, we recommend you demo the product you wish to purchase to confirm it works.
Your DAW must be running on an operating system that supports it in order for plugins to work properly. To confirm that your DAW version is supported on your operating system, please refer to your DAW’s website.
Exceptions & Notes:
General:
- Multiple versions of Waves plugins (for example v13 and v14) should be able to work on the same system (as long the system supports each of those versions)—but please note that we no longer test or officially support this scenario.
- These specs are for software version 14.
- V14 supports 64-bit only.
- In hosts that support both VST and VST3 plugins, we highly recommend using only VST3 plugins in new sessions from now on, and migrating plugins in old sessions to VST3.
- With the release of Waves V13 plugins, we announce full official Apple Silicon support for host applications that are themselves Apple Silicon-compatible. We will work to provide official ARM support for more host applications as they become Silicon-compatible. We will update this page with new developments as they are available.
- MIDI Support: The following hosts do not offer MIDI support: Pyramix, Premiere, Audition and OBS.
- Mono to Stereo components are not supported in Cakewalk by BandLab, GarageBand and Luna.
- Sidechaining is supported on the following hosts: Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Nuendo, Cubase, Cakewalk by BandLab, Audition, Ableton Live, FL Studio, REAPER, Bitwig Studio, Samplitude, Sequoia and Studio One.
- Demo Mode: Audio mutes are not synced between plug-ins running in Demo Mode, when tracks are set to Input Monitoring and the transport is stopped.
- Surround plugins are supported on the following hosts: Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Digital Performer, Nuendo, Cubase, Audition, Premiere, REAPER, Pyramix and DaVinci Resolve.
- Drag and Drop support: ‘Drag and Drop' of samples and audio files in to CR8 Creative Sampler is possible only on DAWs that support this feature: Ableton Live, Cubase, Nuendo and Studio One.
- GarageBand: The Preset Browser is not available on Intel Mac computers.
- Adobe Premiere on Apple Silicon Macs: While loading plugins / changing parameters, you may experience a slow graphic refresh rate.
- Maschine/ Komplete Kontrol: The following plugins will not function correctly when loaded as VST3 plugins: API-2500, C1 Compressor, dbx160 Compressor / Limiter, H-Comp Hybrid Compressor, Renaissance Compressor, SSL G-Master Bus Compressor, V-Comp. Maschine 2.17.2 and Komplete Kontrol 2.9.2 include a fix for this issue.
- FL Studio: FL Studio 21.1.1.3318 may produce graphics issues on Mac computers with Intel processors.
Solution: Update FL Studio to the latest version (21.0.3.3352 or later). - DaVinci Resolve: Tempo Sync is not supported.
Ableton Live:
- Plugin parameters are not auto-populated in Ableton Live for some plugins with many (over 67) automatable parameters.
- Ableton Live sessions created with previous versions (V10/V11) of the plugin components listed below, will not load in the sessions after the plugin version is updated:
- C4 Multiband Compressor: Mono component
- C6 Multiband Compressor: Mono component
- L2 Ultramaximizer: Mono component
- Q1-Q8 Equalizers: Mono component
- F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ: Mono component
- Nx – Virtual Mix Room over Headphones: 5.0, 5.1 and 7.1 components
Plugins:
- Abbey Road Studio 3:
- Not supported under Audition, Premiere on Mac.
- Surround is supported on Pro Tools, Logic Pro (no 7.1 support), Cubase, Nuendo, Digital Performer and REAPER. Surround is not supported on Ableton Live, GarageBand, Main Stage, Studio One, Samplitude, Sequoia and Cakewalk by BandLab.
- Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain - Not supported under Garage Band.
- Bass Fingers - Not supported under Pyramix on Windows.
- B360 Ambisonics Encoder – 5.1 to 4.0 and 7.1 to 4.0 are not supported by Logic Pro X. In Pro Tools, B360 Ambisonics components are available on standard ‘QUAD’ tracks only, and not yet available on ‘1st order Ambisonics’ tracks.
- CLA MixHub:
- The insert slot is not supported under Bitwig Studio.
- Inserting a plugin in the insert slot while automation is in touch mode and all automation lanes enabled may result in a crash or unexpected behavior.
- CLA MixHub V14’s insert slot supports V14 and V13 Waves plugins.
- CLA Nx - Not supported under Audition, Premiere and FL Studio on Mac.
- DeBreath - Not supported under Main Stage and Premiere on Mac.
- Dorrough Stereo: Only the vertical version of Dorrough Stereo is available in SuperRack, eMotion LV1, SoundGrid Studio and StudioRack.
- Dorrough Surround: Only the vertical version of Dorrough Surround is available in SuperRack.
- eMo Generator:
- When using eMo Generator in Logic or Digital Performer, make sure to enable the input monitor on the channel where the plugin is inserted.
- Not supported under FL Studio on Mac
- Grand Rhapsody Piano, Electric 200 Piano, Electric 88 Piano, Electric Grand 80 Piano, Clavinet and Bass Slapper are supported on the following hosts: Pro Tools (AAX Native), Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Digital Performer, Nuendo, Cubase, Main Stage, Studio One, Cakewalk by BandLab, Reason, Samplitude (VSTi), Sequoia (VSTi), FL Studio, REAPER, Garage Band (on i7), Maschine and Komplete Kontrol.
- Lofi Space and Retro Fi: Tempo Sync is not available in Premiere Pro.
- GTR3 / GTR Solo – Not supported under Audition, Premiere and FL Studio on Mac.
- Kaleidoscopes - Not supported under Luna
- Morphoder - Not supported under Garage Band
- MultiMod Rack - Not supported under Garage Band
- NLS Non-Linear Summer – Not supported under Audition, Premiere and FL Studio on Mac.
- Nx Virtual Mix Room:
- Not supported under Audition and Premiere.
- Surround is supported on Pro Tools, Logic Pro (no 7.1 support), Cubase, Nuendo, Digital Performer and REAPER. Surround is not supported on Ableton Live, GarageBand, Main Stage, Studio One, Samplitude, Sequoia and Cakewalk by BandLab. In Pro Tools, Nx Ambisonics components are available on standard ‘QUAD’ tracks only, and not yet available on ‘1st order Ambisonics’ tracks.
- Q-Clone is not supported on the following hosts: Main Stage, Garage Band, Audition, Premiere and FL Studio.
Q-Capture component not supported on Main Stage. - Scheps Omni Channel:
- The insert slot is not supported under Bitwig Studio and Garage Band.
- Scheps Omni Channel 2’s insert slot is not supported under Bitwig Studio, Garage Band, in SoundGrid Host applications and in SuperRack Performer with third-party VST3 plugins.
- Inserting a plugin in the insert slot while automation is in touch mode and all automation lanes enabled may result in a crash or unexpected behavior.
- Scheps Omni Channel V14’s insert slot supports V14 and V13 Waves plugins.
- SoundShifter: On Pro Tools, SoundShifter Graphic & Parametric support AudioSuite only.
On all other hosts, only SoundShifter Pitch is supported. - UM225 & UM226 are supported on the following hosts: Pro Tools, Nuendo, Cubase, Audition, Premiere, REAPER, and Pyramix. UM226 is also supported on Logic Pro and Digital Performer.
- Waves Harmony cannot be controlled by MIDI in GarageBand.
- Waves Stream: The Waves Stream Receive component is not supported in GarageBand running in macOS Sonoma on Intel Macs.
- Waves Virtual Instruments are not supported on Adobe Premier.
- Waves Tune & Tune LT are fully supported on the following hosts: Pro Tools (AAX Native 64-bit), Logic Pro, Digital Performer, REAPER, and Cakewalk. Waves Tune & Tune LT are also supported on the following hosts, but without ReWire support: Ableton Live (Arrangement view only), Nuendo, Cubase, GarageBand, Audition, Premiere, Studio One, FL Studio, Reason, Bitwig, Luna, Samplitude, Sequoia. ReWire is not supported on Apple Silicon processors.
- X-FDBK is not supported on Adobe Premiere and Pro Tools Audiosuite
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