Aulio Studio vs Waves Restoration

Aulio Studio is a paid Mac app for cleaning audio and video recordings. It removes background noise, filler words, stutters, long silences, and room echo. Live A/B preview and an adjustable noise-reduction control let you compare and set processing before applying it. The app transcribes audio, allowing selected transcript text to export its matching clip, and the maker says transcription and filler removal support 99 languages. Effects include reverb, echo, warmth, loudness targets, and sound style profiles. It processes MP4 and MOV video and exports MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, and AIFF. Batch jobs can share settings and remain in history. Processing runs on the Mac, while anonymous diagnostics and analytics may be sent to the maker and Google Firebase. macOS 14 or later is required. Pricing starts at $9.99 a month, with a full-access 10-day trial and no free plan.

Waves Restoration is a five-plugin bundle for cleaning damaged recordings and preparing audio for post-production, podcasts and remixes. X-Noise reduces computer noise, tape hiss and other constant artifacts. X-Crackle addresses surface noise and low-level crackling, X-Click removes clicks and spikes such as vinyl clicks and digital clocking artifacts, and X-Hum removes hum. Z-Noise profiles unwanted sound for targeted removal, with learn modes in profile-based processing. Spectral displays and meters show artifact attenuation, while monitoring lets users hear cleaned audio or removed sound. Waves lists restoration uses including vinyl and shellac, archives, film and television soundtracks, and live or field recordings. The plugin workflow runs on macOS and 64-bit Windows, with hosts including Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase, Nuendo, Audition, Premiere Pro, REAPER and DaVinci Resolve. Requirements call for 16 GB RAM and 30 GB free system-drive space. The bundle costs $99, paid once.