iZotope RX 5 De-crackle
RX 5 De-crackle is a VST audio plugin from iZotope that removes crackle, clicks and pops from recordings — common artifacts in voice recordings, old vinyl transfers, and dialogue with electrical interference. It is part of iZotope's RX suite of audio restoration tools and is typically used in digital audio workstations (DAWs) like Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Cubase and Ableton Live to clean up dialogue, podcast recordings, field recordings and archival audio during post-production.</description> <parameter name="recommendation">RX 5 De-crackle is a VST plugin component and cannot be updated independently of iZotope's plugin ecosystem. iZotope ships native Apple Silicon builds of their audio restoration plugins, but RX 5 is from 2018 and is an older product line — the company has since moved users to RX 9 and newer versions, which do include native Apple Silicon support (via the iZotope Product Portal, their official plugin and software installer). If you are still using RX 5, contact iZotope support to confirm whether a native Apple Silicon build is available for your version, or consider upgrading to RX 9 or later, which is actively maintained and runs natively on M-series Macs. The upgrade path is straightforward: download the iZotope Product Portal, log in with your iZotope account, and install the version you own. All plugins installed this way will run natively on Apple Silicon. If you remain on RX 5, the VST Intel-only build will stop launching entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028).
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1 suggestionRX 5 De-crackle is a VST plugin component and is not separately updatable. To get a native Apple Silicon build of this plugin, you need to update iZotope's plugin bundle through the iZotope Product Portal, the vendor's official installer and management tool. Launch iZotope Product Portal on your Mac, log in with your iZotope account, and check for available updates to your RX product license — the portal will download and install the latest native build of RX and all its included plugins including De-crackle. Ensure your DAW host (Logic Pro, Cubase, Ableton Live, etc.) is also running a native Apple Silicon build; most modern versions do, but if your host is still Intel-only under Rosetta, the plugin may not load correctly. iZotope began shipping native Apple Silicon VST builds with RX 9 and later (released in 2021), so RX 5 itself does not have a native build and will eventually stop working when macOS 28 removes Rosetta 2 in September 2028. If you rely heavily on RX 5 De-crackle, consider upgrading to a recent version of RX (RX 10 or newer) which includes the De-crackle algorithm in a native build.
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