Budget and efficient audio plugins

I didn't watch the video (gotta roll in a minute), so I don't know if Curtis compares those plugins to say, the ones from iZotope. But let me note that IZotope's audio-restoration plugins (the RX collection) are pretty much industry standard. And iZotope regularly discounts the cost of their smaller bundle (not "low end", just fewer plugins) to something under $100. I use RX a lot and like it. Also, iZotope gives away good info on how to work with their plugins (but that info is also mostly applicable to other companies' tools) So I'd want to know how what Curtis is reviewing to RX. https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx/features.html

And these days, the built-in tools in many NLEs are actually pretty good; sometimes built on code licensed from iZotope, sometimes home-grown by engineers who know what they're doing.

If anyone's up for saving me 13 minutes, please post a summary of Curtis's video!

Thanks!
 
Primarily a demo of the Accusonus ERA-D noise and reverb reduction.
Curtis delves into Audition's functions a bit as well. The ERA-D plug-ins seem decent, but even freebee an low $ NR plugs do an ok job with din type noise.
 
I was intrigued by the ERA-D plug-in, especially using two channels for better noise reduction. So I tried it out. Quite frankly, I was unimpressed. It was largely free of artifacts, but that is because it just didn't reduce that much noise or reverb. I'm getting much better results from the (pricier) iZotope RX Advanced and even the (cheaper) Crumplepop Audio Denoise. At $200 it's not much of a deal and even worse when it goes up to $535.
 
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