Acon Digital Acoustica 8 is a standalone audio editor backed by a full restoration and mastering toolset. It occupies the same space as iZotope RX and Steinberg SpectraLayers: the software you open to clean dialogue, repair a noisy recording, remove hum, or finish a master, rather than to arrange a song.
Version 8, released September 10, 2026, rebuilds its two most-used restoration processors on machine learning. DeNoise 3 and DeHum 3 now run on trained models, so they no longer need a captured noise profile before they can work, which removes the fiddliest step in the old workflow on difficult material. The interface has been fully redesigned around a Launch Page and dockable, rearrangeable tools, while frequency-based spectral editing and the full Restoration Suite carry over. Premium and Ultimate add up to eight channels, immersive support, and VST3, AU, and AAX plugin versions. The current first look is Intrect de-artifact.
Acoustica 8 comes in three perpetual-license editions, Standard at $149, Premium at $299, and Ultimate at $449, with a 25% launch discount until October 6, 2026. Read the full Acoustica 8 breakdown for specs, editions, and how it compares.