Available as a standalone app or an ARA plugin in your DAW, Photon can split music into four stems, separate drums into individual elements, isolate vocals, identify and separate speakers, and clean up noisy recordings.
Boston, November 3, 2026 – Today iZotope launched Photon, a standalone app and ARA plugin for AI-powered stem separation and audio enhancement. Powered by 12 cutting-edge custom-trained models, Photon runs locally on the GPU for fast processing without any uploads.
Whether you’re cooking up a remix, adjusting the kick volume, exporting a quick acapella, untangling multiple speakers in a podcast or interview, or cleaning up spoken word, Photon delivers. Choose your model, let the magic happen, export, and you’re done. Or use Photon as an ARA plugin in your DAW: perfect for making quick balance upgrades to a stereo stem.
Photon is the first collaboration between the minds at iZotope and Boris FX, bringing together two world-class research teams to create cutting-edge machine-learning models that sound incredible. LEARN MORE!
Included machine-learning models
Demix — split the mix
- Music – 4 Stems Ultra: new 4-stem high-quality stem separation model for music.
- Drums – 5 Stems: magically adjust the kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, and cymbals.
- Voice Separator: split up to 6 speakers from one audio file into individual stems.
- Voice – 2 Stems: voice and music, for a quick instrumental or acapella.
- Cinema – 4 Stems: split a video or audio file into dialogue, music, sound effects, and everything else.
Denoise — fast and powerful cleanup
- Voice Restore: enhances speech and handles noise, levels, mic tone, and reverb.
- Indoor / Indoor Noisy: tames reverb and room noise, enhancing dialogue to production-ready, fast.
- Outdoor / Outdoor Traffic / Outdoor Wind: optimized models for traffic, urban noise, and heavy wind.
Additional features
- ARA plugin: Tweak stems or fix background noise right in your DAW. Run several models together and switch between them without waiting.
- Local GPU processing: large, custom-trained models run locally on your GPU for fast, private processing without uploads.
- Preview from anywhere: start processing at any point in the clip and hear results in seconds. Very helpful for long files.
- Model Manager: download new and updated models without needing to reinstall.
- Flexible exports: deliver in WAV, FLAC, MP3, or video same-as-source with the original video stream kept.
Learn more
Get all the details at https://www.izotope.com/products/photon
Pricing and availability
Photon is available now, with early cyber deals available through December 7, 2026. Log into iZotope.com to see your best price.
| MSRP | Cyber deals (through Dec 7) | |
| Photon | $349 | $259 |
| Photon – crossgrade from any paid iZotope product | $269 | $179 |
| Photon – crossgrade from RX Elements (or any bundle that includes it) | $199 | $129 |
| Photon – crossgrade from RX Standard (or any bundle that includes it) | $149 | $74 |
| Photon – crossgrade from RX Advanced (or any bundle that includes it) | $99 | $49 |
| Photon – subscription option | $19/month $119/year |
$12/first month, then $19/mo $89/first year, then $119/yr |
System requirements
| macOS | Windows | |
| OS | macOS 14 or later | Windows 10 or later, 64-bit |
| CPU | Apple silicon required — Intel Macs are not supported | Intel Core i5 (5th Gen or better) |
| Memory (RAM) | 16 GB unified memory recommended, 8 GB minimum | 16 GB recommended, 8 GB minimum |
| GPU (VRAM) | Utilizes CoreML – M1 chip or later | Required, 4 GB VRAM minimum |
| Plugin format | ARA2. Pro Tools, REAPER, Cubase, and other ARA2 hosts | ARA2. Pro Tools, Sequoia, Samplitude, REAPER, Cubase, and other ARA2 hosts |
| Opens | .wav .mp3 .flac .aiff .aif .aac .m4a .mp4 .mkv .mov .mxf .mpg – video included: Photon reads the audio track and can write the processed audio back | |
Media contact
press@izotope.com
About iZotope
At iZotope, we’re obsessed with great sound. Our plugins, like RX and Ozone, are powered by the highest quality DSP and machine learning.
iZotope is part of Boris FX, the Emmy Award-winning team behind Sapphire, Continuum, Mocha, and so much more.