Boris FX Acquires iZotope – RX, Ozone, Neutron, and Nectar Join the Post-Production Toolmaker

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by Nino LeitnerJuly 6^th, 2026

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Boris FX, the visual effects developer behind Sapphire, Continuum, and Mocha Pro, has acquired iZotope, the audio company whose RX, Ozone, Neutron, and Nectar tools sit at the center of professional sound work in film, television, and music. The move folds one of post-production’s most recognizable audio names into a company that has spent the past few years assembling a broad software portfolio, and it positions Boris FX as a single vendor spanning both what audiences see and what they hear.

For working editors, mixers, and sound designers, iZotope needs little introduction. RX has become the default tool for audio repair and restoration on a large share of film and television productions, tackling problems like background noise, clicks, hum, and damaged dialogue that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to fix. Ozone, meanwhile, has been a mainstay of music mastering for more than two decades. Both products lean heavily on machine learning, which iZotope was applying to audio problems well before the current wave of AI tools arrived, and that research history is a large part of what Boris FX is acquiring here.

What the deal covers

According to Boris FX, the acquisition brings iZotope’s full catalog of audio production tools under its roof, with RX, Ozone, Neutron, and Nectar named as the anchor products. The company describes iZotope’s work as honored with one Academy Award and two Emmy Awards, a reflection of how deeply these tools are embedded in professional workflows. Boris FX frames the combination as creating a unified home for professional tools covering the full range of audio and video post-production, rather than a company known primarily for one side of that equation.

Importantly for existing customers, Boris FX states that all iZotope products, licenses, and subscriptions remain fully active, with uninterrupted support and continued product development. iZotope will operate as a business unit within Boris FX, and its core engineering, product, and support teams are said to be staying in place to keep things running smoothly through the transition. Whether that continuity holds over the longer term is something the market will watch, but the near-term message is one of stability rather than disruption.

A pattern of consolidation

This is not an isolated purchase, and it fits a trajectory Boris FX has been on for a while. The company built its name on plug-ins like Sapphire, Continuum, and Mocha Pro, then expanded through a run of acquisitions that added Silhouette, SynthEyes, the Samplitude and Sequoia digital audio workstations, and the AI-driven CrumplePop audio plug-ins. Earlier this year it acquired Vegas Pro, Sound Forge, and Acid Pro from MAGIX, which gave the company an editing host application for the first time. With iZotope now in the fold, Boris FX describes itself as the most comprehensive independent provider of smart audio technology for music, film, television, and content creation.

The timing is worth noting, though not in the way the press materials frame it. Boris FX says the iZotope transaction was coordinated alongside inMusic’s acquisition of Native Instruments, which completed at the end of June 2026. iZotope had previously been part of Native Instruments, so this deal effectively carves it back out and sends it in a different direction. The reshuffling of ownership around these audio brands underlines how fluid the business side of creative software has become, with tools changing hands as larger strategies shift.

Why it matters for filmmakers

The broader context here is an editing and post-production landscape where fewer companies own more of the pipeline. Over roughly the past year, that acquisition pattern has been consistent across the industry, with the Vegas Pro purchase sitting alongside deals like Apple’s acquisition of MotionVFX and Adobe’s planned purchase of Topaz Labs, which we covered in the context of wider consolidation across the sector. Each individual deal can bring tighter integration and genuine convenience, and there is a real case that a single vendor spanning audio and video could smooth out workflows that currently stretch across multiple companies’ products.

The counterweight is that consolidation can also mean less competition, fewer independent options, and a narrowing of the tools that gave editors and mixers leverage in the first place. RX and Ozone earned their positions precisely by being excellent and by working across a wide range of hosts and setups. For now, Boris FX is emphasizing continuity, which is the reassuring answer for anyone whose daily work depends on these tools. The more interesting question is what happens next: iZotope’s machine learning research is arguably the most valuable asset in this deal, and how Boris FX chooses to develop it, especially given the company’s growing collection of audio and AI technology, will say more about the direction of travel than the acquisition announcement itself.

The company also points to a deeper existing audio presence beyond the headline products, including the Samplitude and Sequoia workstations, Sound Forge, Acid Pro, Music Studio, and CrumplePop. Adding iZotope’s spectral repair and mastering technology to that mix gives Boris FX an unusually broad audio stack for a company that most people still associate first with visual effects and compositing.

Boris FX now sits at the intersection of audio and video post-production, with RX and Ozone joining a portfolio that already reaches across both. Are you an iZotope user, and does having these tools under a VFX company change how you feel about them? Don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments below!