Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
ARA changed audio repair in Pro Tools by letting you work directly on the timeline. But ARA is only as good as the integration behind it, and not every editor brings its full toolset across. Here is what Acon Digital Acoustica gets right.
Paul Maunder, a certificated Pro Tools post-production engineer, walks through how Acoustica works as an ARA plugin inside the Pro Tools edit window. Instead of round-tripping clips out to a standalone editor and back, the repair and spectral editing tools sit on the timeline, with edits reflected in Pro Tools as you make them. He covers what the free Acoustica Essentials offers every eligible Pro Tools subscriber, and where the Premium edition's full feature set, including spectral editing and the Retouch tools, earns its place in a working post-session.
The point of this video is the integration, not just the feature list. ARA support exists in several editors, but the depth of what makes it to the timeline varies, and that depth is what determines whether it actually speeds up dialogue cleanup and restoration in a real session. If you work in Pro Tools and spend time repairing audio, this shows where Acoustica fits and how it changes the workflow.
This is Partner Content. Production Expert worked with Acon Digital on this video.
Gear mentioned:
▶ Acon Digital Acoustica – acondigital.com
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▶ Full write-up on Production Expert – production-expert.com/production-expert-1/ara-audio-repair-in-pro-tools-what-acon-acoustica-gets-right
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ARA changed audio repair in Pro Tools by letting you work directly on the timeline. But ARA is only as good as the integration behind it, and not every editor brings its full toolset across. Here is what Acon Digital Acoustica gets right.
Paul Maunder, a certificated Pro Tools post-production engineer, walks through how Acoustica works as an ARA plugin inside the Pro Tools edit window. Instead of round-tripping clips out to a standalone editor and back, the repair and spectral editing tools sit on the timeline, with edits reflected in Pro Tools as you make them. He covers what the free Acoustica Essentials offers every eligible Pro Tools subscriber, and where the Premium edition's full feature set, including spectral editing and the Retouch tools, earns its place in a working post-session.
The point of this video is the integration, not just the feature list. ARA support exists in several editors, but the depth of what makes it to the timeline varies, and that depth is what determines whether it actually speeds up dialogue cleanup and restoration in a real session. If you work in Pro Tools and spend time repairing audio, this shows where Acoustica fits and how it changes the workflow.
This is Partner Content. Production Expert worked with Acon Digital on this video.
Gear mentioned:
▶ Acon Digital Acoustica – acondigital.com
Related reading:
▶ Full write-up on Production Expert – production-expert.com/production-expert-1/ara-audio-repair-in-pro-tools-what-acon-acoustica-gets-right
Find us here:
▶ Website – production-expert.com
Subscribe to Production Expert for plugin tests, gear reviews and mixing breakdowns aimed at working audio professionals.
#ProTools #AudioRepair #AconDigital
