Waves Clarity Vx is an AI noise-reduction plug-in that cleans up vocal recordings with a single knob, removing background noise and room ambience in real time.
Clarity Vx uses Waves’ Neural Networks engine, trained on a huge range of vocal recordings, to separate the voice from everything around it: traffic, air conditioners, laptop fans, headphone bleed, and room echo. Unlike traditional noise reduction that needs a noise print and careful tweaking, Clarity Vx works instantly: turn the single Amount knob and the noise falls away while the vocal keeps its natural tone and full frequency range.
It has become a default cleanup step for mixers, podcasters, and content creators who receive recordings made in untreated rooms. Because it runs in real time with low latency, it can sit on a track while you record or mix, in any major DAW on Windows or macOS (VST3, AU, AAX, AudioSuite).
Clarity Vx handles mono and stereo sources and offers two neural network models: one optimized for sung and spoken vocals in music production, and another tuned for dialogue, so podcasters and film editors get natural results too. A hi-fi ambience control lets you keep a touch of room character instead of a clinically dry sound when the production calls for it.
Clarity Vx is a one-time perpetual license from Waves (list price $249, with frequent sale pricing on waves.com), and it is also included in Waves Creative Access subscription bundles. A free demo is available.
Mix engineers, podcasters, streamers, and voice-over artists who need fast, artifact-free vocal cleanup without learning spectral editing.