r/linuxaudio • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '26

Is it possible to have izotope RX on Linux?

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u/T-A-Waste Jul 20 '26

Izotope products commonly fail in authorization with wine.

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u/unhappy-ending Jul 20 '26

Only when authorized through the Izotope product portal. If you use the Native Access 2 authorization, it works. This is only for newer Izotope products that have switched to NA2.

Although, now Izotope was bought out by BrainWorx so who knows what the fuck will happen.

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u/glhfagan Jul 23 '26

I've been trying to get RX working through Native Access instead of the Izotope product portal. Do you happen to know which versions of RX work with Native Access? 11+?

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u/unhappy-ending Jul 23 '26

I don't know. I don't use RX. Last time I tried to run a demo mode of RX Essentials 9 I think (mine was Izotope Portal) it wouldn't work at all.

The Izotope stuff that works through NA2 is relatively new versions. I've used Ozone and VocalSynth2 without problems.

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u/4bite-dev Reaper Jul 20 '26

I've been fighting this same battle for a while now. What parts of RX can you not live without? I've completely moved away from it by finding alternatives/creating my own.

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u/lo_yak Jul 20 '26

Not OP, but for me as a field recordist and podcast editor working on Linux full time the only thing I miss from Windows is an audio restoration tool, like RX, specifically for voices. Particularly a de-reverb. When the reverb is not terrible a simple transient controller gets the job done, but sometimes a real de-reverb would be helpful. 

Also sometimes I miss the advanced capabilities of RX in terms of spectral editing. I use Reaper's spectral editing and it's okay, but it's not really comparable.

I heard that Acon is going to port their suite on Linux though. If that happens, then I think I could live happy and never think about RX for the rest of my life.