CEDAR Cambridge vs Wave Arts Master Restoration Suite 6

CEDAR Cambridge is a 64-bit platform for speech enhancement and audio restoration on macOS and Windows. Its modular processing system can be automated and is described for audio forensics and security, archives and libraries, broadcast, and mastering. Voice extraction options include DNS, DNS Two, FNR, and VoicEX; other tools address noise, impulse sounds, and speech intelligibility. Retouch provides spectral editing, while dynamics, loudness control, and equalisation modules cover operations such as compression, limiting, and normalisation. Depending on hardware, processing can reach up to 100 times faster than real time. Cambridge can integrate with media asset management systems and add track reports and metadata to databases. Its Report Generator records processing details and produces PDF, HTML, or XML reports. Silent 1 is intended for individual users, while Series V is aimed at batch processing in archives, libraries, and forensic laboratories. The listed starting price is £349, with a 14-day trial; prospective hardware or systems buyers are directed to contact CEDAR Audio for pricing information.

Wave Arts Master Restoration Suite 6 is a set of five plug-ins for cleaning up tape, vinyl, digital, and acoustic recordings. MR Noise 6 reduces broadband noise; MR Hum 6 combines hum and buzz removal with brickwall filtering and spectrum analysis; MR Click 6 targets clicks and crackle; and MR Gate 6 attenuates background noise in quiet sections. The fifth plug-in, MasterRestoration 6, provides an all-in-one option. The suite costs $99, paid once and has a fully functional 30-day demo. It runs on macOS 10.13 or later and Windows 7/8/10/11, in AU, VST3, and AAX formats on macOS and VST2, VST3, and AAX on Windows. Apple Silicon is supported natively in the listed Mac formats. These are not standalone applications: they require an audio plug-in host. Mac hosts must be 64-bit; Windows hosts may be 32-bit or 64-bit. Wave Arts or iLok licensing is available.