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Products | audio middleware |
Website | www.izotope.com |
iZotope, Inc. is an audio technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. iZotope develops professional audio software for audio recording, mixing, broadcast, sound design, and mastering which can be used in wide range of Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) programs. In addition, iZotope creates and licenses audio DSP technology including noise reduction, sample rate conversion, dithering, time stretching, and audio enhancement to hardware and software companies in the consumer and pro audio industries.
Nov 29, 2017 And with version 2, iZotope has upped the ante considerably. Iris 2 shares some operational concepts with U&I Metasynth’s Image Filter and Spectral Synth. Download iZotope RX for free. IZotope RX™ 2 is the most complete audio repair toolkit on the market, enabling you to remove noise, hiss, buzz and hum, eliminate clicks and crackle, restore clipped audio, visually select and suppress unwanted sounds, resynthesize missing audio and much more. The Options panel has tools for toggling meters on & off, tooltips, graphics adjustments, and other useful settings such as “True Peaks” detection. There’s a Social panel for accessing social media content related to Izotope products, YouTube, Izotope videos and Mixing tutorials.
Software[edit]
Product name | Release date | Description |
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Alloy 2 | August 14, 2012[1] | channel strip plugin with EQ, Transient Shaper, Dynamics, Exciter, Limiter, and De-Esser |
ANR-B | May 10, 2007[2] | iZotope's only hardware unit — adaptive realtime noise reduction for broadcast audio |
BreakTweaker | January 23, 2014[3] | drum sculpting and beat sequencing machine that blurs the line between rhythm and melody |
DDLY Dynamic Delay | February 9, 2016[4] | responds to track musical dynamics to create unique delays |
Insight | November 13, 2012[5] | CALM Act compliant essential metering suite |
Iris 2 | November 19, 2014[6] | spectral sampling re-synthesizer featuring spectral selection tools |
Nectar | November, 2010[7] | vocal production suite |
Nectar 2 | October 18, 2013[8] | |
Nectar 3 | October 16, 2018 | |
Neutron | October 5, 2016[9] | audio mixing plug-in suite including advanced analysis and metering |
Neutron 2 | October 5, 2017[10] | |
Neutron 3 | June 6, 2019[11] | |
Ozone 7 | November 3, 2015[12] | mastering suite with equalizer and dynamic eq, dynamics processing, exciter, spectral shaping processor, imager, maximizer, track referencing system and mastering assistant |
Ozone 8 | October 5, 2017[10] | |
Ozone 9 | October 3, 2019[13] | |
RX 6 | April 20, 2017[14] | audio restoration suite |
RX 7 | September 13, 2018 | |
Stutter Edit | January 13, 2011[15] | sample stutter effects and slicing |
Tonal Balance Control | October 5, 2017[10] | visual analysis tool measuring the distribution of energy across frequency spectrum, comparing audio to program-specific or custom-created targets |
Trash 2 | November 19, 2012[16] | 64-bit modeling of guitar amplifiers, distortions, delays and filters |
Vinyl | February 1, 2001[17] | record simulation and lo-fi effect |
Mobile applications[edit]
- Spire — iOS recording app
- iDrum and iDrum Mobile (acquired on December 4, 2006)[18] — virtual drum machine[19]
- Music and Speech Cleaner — audio cleanup and enhancement suite[20]
- Sonifi — mobile remix mobile application developed by Sonik Architects[21]
- The T-Pain Effect (released July 20, 2011)[22] — beat and vocal recording software with pitch correction
Third-party plugins[edit]
- Ozone Maximizer Rack Extension (released June 14, 2012)[23] for Reason — Reason 6.5 Rack Extension
- Mastering Essentials (released January 20, 2012)[24] for Acoustica Mixcraft Pro Studio 6
- Radius (released May 19, 2006)[25] — world-class time stretching and pitch shifting for Logic Pro and SoundTrack Pro
Discontinued products[edit]
- Ozone MP — analog modeled audio enhancement for Winamp and Windows Media Player
- pHATmatik PRO[26] — loop-based sampler
- PhotonShow — photo slideshow software
- PhotonTV — photo slideshow software
- Spectron (released March 6, 2003)[27] — 64-bit spectral effects processor[28]
Compatible software[edit]
iZotope's software can be used with Pro Tools, Apple's Logic Pro and GarageBand, Cakewalk SONAR, Nuendo, Digital Performer, WaveLab, Adobe Audition, Magix VEGAS, Reaper, FL Studio, Ableton Live etc.
Hardware[edit]
Izotope recently launched an iPhone-driven physical recording device competing with Zoom and Tascam, branded Spire Studio. It works wirelessly with the Spire IOS app and includes 4Gb of storage and XLR/TS ports for instrument jacks and mics in addition to the on board, internal mic. It is small, portable and not rack mounted and appears to be targeted to smaller bands and single musicians as well as home studios, as well as the podcasting and meeting sectors.
Licensing[edit]
iZotope has recently branched out its business to include software and technology licensing after ten years of developing audio processing algorithms and tools for their own software. iZotope offers development of technology for Mac and Windows platforms, Mobile, Video Game, and Embedded DSP. Clients have included Sony, Adobe, Xbox, Harmonix,[29]Smule, Sonoma Wire Works, and most recently, Blue Microphones.[30] Algorithms are delivered as a plugin or SDK for easy implementation. To date, iZotope technology has shipped in nearly 68 million products worldwide.[31]
Licensed technologies[edit]
- Mac/PC[32]
Izotope Rx Macro Review
iZotope has audio technology readily available in the form of VST, DirectX, AudioUnits, RTAS or AudioSuite plug-ins. Typical uses for licensed technology for Mac or PC applications include audio finalizing, music production, audio for video, presentation audio, metering to address broadcast loudness standards, and media playback. Categories of available licensed technologies include audio enhancement, voice enhancement, audio repair tools, creative tools, DJ tools, audiophile tools, time manipulation and audio for video.
- Video Games[33]
iZotope has developed plugins for use directly in Audiokinetic WWise for audio enhancement, voice effects occlusion and room modeling. In addition, iZotope has developed sound design tools and special effects for sound designers using the FMOD middleware engine. For middleware engines supporting XAudio and Multistream formats, iZotope has a collection of licensable DSP for use in music related games or karaoke.
- Mobile SDKs[34]
- Core FX
- Audio Repair
- DJ FX
- Vocal FX
- Trash FX
- Fun FX
- Embedded[35]
Noise reduction DSP is available for use in hardware using Analog Devices SHARC and Blackfin processors. In 2012, iZotope embedded Adaptive Noise Reduction and Keyboard Click Reduction technologies on Blue Microphones' Tiki USB Mic.[36]
- Other
- Omega — realtime time and pitch control
- Radius — natural time stretching technology. Integrated into Digidesign's Pro Tools Elastic Time as well as Cakewalk SONAR. Available as a plug-in for Apple Logic Pro.
- SRC — 64-bit sample rate conversion.
Notable licensing partners[edit]
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Artist references[edit]
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- iZotope receives credit from Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails on the album credits of Year Zero.[37]
- American record producer Just Blaze mentions using Ozone on his latest project with Jay-Z.[38]
- Rock band from the US Garbage refers using Stutter Edit, Ozone, and Trash.[39]
- American DJ Skrillex discusses about using Ozone on his tracks.[40]
Awards and accolades[edit]
- Emmy Award Technology & Engineering Emmy (2013) — RX 2[41]
References[edit]
- ^'Izotope Alloy 2'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'Izotope ANR-B'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'iZotope Break Tweaker'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'iZotope release free DDLY Dynamic Delay'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'Izotope Insight'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'iZotope Iris 2'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'Izotope Nectar'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'iZotope Nectar 2'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'iZotope Neutron'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ abc'iZotope Neutron 2 & Ozone 8'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'iZotope announces Neutron 3'. Visuals Producer. June 6, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ^'iZotope Ozone 7'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'iZotope Ozone 9 Released - New AI Based Features - Exclusive Demo And Review'. Production Expert. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'iZotope RX6'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'Izotope Stutter Edit'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^MusicTech.net (February 6, 2013). 'Trash 2 Review'. MusicTech. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^'iZotope Releases Free Vinyl Plug-In'. iZotope, Inc. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^McConnon, Brian. 'IZOTOPE ACQUIRES IDRUM AND PHATMATIK PRO'. iZotope, Inc. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^'iDrum'. iZotope, Inc.
- ^'Music and Speech Cleaner'.
- ^'Sonifi iPhone App lets your fingers remix music'. Los Angeles Times. November 17, 2009.
- ^McConnon, Brian. 'T-Pain and iZotope Introduce The T-Pain Effect'. Music Marcom. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^McConnon, Brian. 'iZotope Releases Ozone Maximizer Rack Extension for Reason'. Music Marcom. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^McConnon, Brian. 'iZotope Introduces Mastering Essentials'. Music Marcom. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^McConnon, Brian. 'iZotope Releases iZotope Radius for Logic'. Music Marcom. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^McConnon, Brian. 'iZotope Acquires iDrum and pHATmatik PRO'. Music Marcom. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^'Introducing iZotope Spectron'. iZotope, Inc. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^'Spectron'. iZotope, Inc.
- ^McConnon, Brian. 'iZotope Technology Licensed for Inclusion in Rock Band 3'. iZotope, Inc. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^'tiki FAQ'. Blue Microphones.
- ^'Powered By iZotope'. iZotope, Inc. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- ^'Mac/Win'. iZotope. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- ^'About iZotope | Audio Software, Plug-ins, VST'. Izotope.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^'Audio for iOS'. iZotope. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- ^'Embedded Audio Repair Tools'. iZotope. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- ^'AES12: iZotope Technology Embedded Into Microphones'. Sonicstate.com. October 30, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^'Year Zero'. NinWiki. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^'Red Bull Music Academy'. Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^'Winners Announced for the 65th Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards'. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
Further reading[edit]
- Frakes, Dan (October 7, 2008). 'Editors' Notes – An array of audio offerings at AES – iZotope iDrum Hip-Hop Edition and iDrum Club Edition:'. MacWorld. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- Rogerson, Ben (October 6, 2008). 'iZotope Ozone 4 promises better mastering A pro sound from within your DAW?'. MusicRadar.com. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- Alexander, Jason Scott (June 1, 2008). 'Field Test: iZotope RX Advanced Restoration SoftwareEASY-TO-USE MODULES OFFER TRANSPARENT, MUSICAL RESULTS'. Mix. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- 'IZotope Ozone 4 en janvier...'PC Music (in French). October 7, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- 'iZotope Ozone 4 en enero de 2009'. Hispasonic (in Spanish). Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- 'RX Review in Mix Magazine - June Issue'. MixMagazine. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- 'ANR-B Review in Sound on Sound Magazine - April'. SoundOnSoundMagazine. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- 'RX featured in Electronic Musician 'Noises Off' - August'. ElectronicMusician. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- 'Ozone 3 review in Mix Magazine- Mar.2004'. MixMagazine. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
External links[edit]
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Let’s start with the most important piece of this mix, the vocal. We’re using a bone-dry solo vocal.
Nectar Elements
Let’s use Nectar Elements to bring this dry vocal to the next level and meet the energy and intensity of everything else happening around it. I’m going to choose a vibe of Modern and a Moderate intensity.
When I press go and play the audio in my DAW, Nectar Elements’ Vocal Assistant uses machine learning and our latest DSP to set parameters based on what it’s hearing and offers me a starting point to fit this vocal in the mix.
Let’s make some tweaks to Nectar Element’s six macro sliders to make this vocal really shine.
- Reverb: I’m raising the reverb as this vocal definitely needs more reverb
- Tone: This is our Character EQ which I’m leaving as is. This adds brightness and clarity to the vocal
- Dynamics: I like where Vocal Assistant placed the Dynamics slider. Dynamics applies compression to the vocal which will ensure a smooth consistent level for the signer
- De-ess: This track doesn’t have a lot of sibilance, so I’ll leave it at 1, which will engage it a little but not much
- Clarity: Leave it where it is. Clarity pushes down resonance frequencies
- Pitch: Not looking to tune this vocal, so I’m leaving it at zero
Next, I’m increasing the output gain of Nectar Elements. I’m doing this because we started with a dry vocal, so we need to make it louder to rise to the energy level of the rest of the tracks in this session. I’m bringing up the gain output of Nectar Elements because some gain reduction occurs when we engaged the dynamic slider, which is the compression slider. So we need to make up any loudness we lost when we compressed the vocal.
Let’s continue making mixing decisions before repairing and mastering this track. I’d like to make the drums more impactful, and I’m going to use Neutron Elements to beef up the whole stack.
Neutron Elements
I’ve added Neutron Elements to this drum stack, and just like we did in Nectar Elements I’m going to use machine learning to bring these drums to life. Using the Track Assistant feature, I’m going to go for a preset of upfront midrange. Before we make any more tweaks, let’s tweak some of Neutron’s modules.
Izotope Rx Rapidshare
Right away things are sounding much more bright and upfront. If I wanted to I could go into these modules, make some changes, add some EQ nodes or whatever it may be.
Let’s move on to fixing a few issues that I’m hearing in the mix, most notably some noise happening in the keys, and some hum occuring on the main guitar track. Let’s start with the keys.
RX Elements
There’s noise almost imprinted in this keys recording. I’ve placed Voice De-noise on this track, and made sure a few setting are engaged. The first is to adaptive mode, and next we’re going to optimize RX Voice De-noise for music, instead of its dialogue default. We can effortlessly get rid of background noise occurring on tracks that are really important for the vibe of the overall mix. If you’d like to reduce the noise even further you can use the reduction slider and bring it up to its default of 12 dB. I think it sounds great at it’s default.
Let’s take care of some hum that I’m hearing on the guitar’s lower frequencies. When the guitar is playing we don’t hear it as much, but when it drops out it’s much more audible and we need to take care of it. Using de-hum in RX Elements, we can quickly get rid of this hum by pressing the suggest button, this instructs de-hum to locate and suppress the hum automatically. In a matter of seconds it has located the hum. And just like that, with a few clicks, we can easily eliminate hum with RX Elements De-hum.
Now that we’ve polished up this track with Nectar and Neutron Elements, and made some repairs with RX Elements, let’s get this track ready for market by mastering it with Ozone Elements.
Ozone Elements
I’m going to use Master Assistant in Ozone Elements to help get me in the ballpark for a louder, more commercially competitive polished master. If I chose Streaming, the assistant will optimize the processing for a streaming service by ensuring the maximizers optimize to an ideal loudness target. If I choose CD the assistant will optimize the modules and parameters to make sure the track sounds great on that platform. I’m going to go with Streaming instead.
Izotope Rx Torrent
Just like the indicator says here, for the best results you should play the loudest part of your track like the chorus, so I set up a loop on the chorus. I press next and play some audio to get Master Assistant started. Let’s have a look and see what Master Assistant did to the various modules in Ozone Elements.
In the EQ it added a bit of a boost in the low end and it added a dip around 14 kHz. Try and enable the imager to add a little width and pan to the mix so that the vocal, which is now more forward thanks to Master Assistant, sits back more comfortably. I’m pretty happy with things here.
Let’s do a big loudness match before and after of all of our processing to see how far we’ve come. As you can see, the Elements Suite gives you everything you need to bring a session from rough to radio ready.