#Izotope nectar full

Like the original, the new version 2 of the Nectar plug-in contains 11 separate processing sections, but the palette has been changed slightly, and now comprises Harmony, Plate Reverb, FX, Pitch, Delay, De-Esser, Saturation, Compressors, Gate, EQ and Limiter.

Nectar, reviewed in SOS March 2011 ( /sos/mar11/articles/nectar.htm) was originally developed by iZotope as aВ comprehensive toolkit of vocal production elements wrapped into aВ single plug-in environment. If you need results quickly and donвЂ™t feel confident in doing all the detailed work yourself, Nectar Elements will certainly help you get the job done.With up to 13 different processing tools available, if Nectar 2 can't make your vocal track sound good, nothing can! Should you wish to add delays or a different type of reverb to get the sound you are after, you can always follow Nectar Elements with the plug-ins you already have. It manages to add a gentle sense of airiness, focus and consistency to vocals without making them sound harsh and the de-esser makes a noticeable improvement to sibilant material. It is probably fair to say that if you have a specific sound in mind and are experienced in handling separate plug-ins, you can probably get closer to it manually than by letting Nectar Elements do all the work for you, but having said that, Nectar Elements generally makes musically appropriate decisions and helps them sit more solidly in a mix. Using conventional plug-ins (or indeed the full-fat Nectar 2), youвЂ™d have numerous parameters to adjust for each stage, but here you just get one refreshingly simple вЂamountвЂ™ fader for each section. These are all set up as Nectar Elements feels appropriate but if you disagree, you can adjust the faders however you like.

Six faders control the Pitch correction strength, Clarity (subtractive EQ), De-essing, Dynamics (compression), Tone and Space (reverb). Once this process is complete, you see a page that shows a dynamic spectrum display at the top with level metering at the right. (If the chorus vocals are very different from the verse, then it might be worth treating the two sections separately.) Based on what it has learned from your section of vocal, it works out the best register for pitch correction, identifies problem areas in need of subtractive EQ, detects and fixes sibilance, then applies dynamic control, finally tweaking the overall tonality and adding a subtle reverb.

Just press Go, play your vocal track and sit back and watch as Nectar Elements ticks off a check list before applying suitable settings.

Of course a ballad vocal wonвЂ™t need the same treatment as a rock vocal, so before you start, you get to select from Vintage, Modern or Dialogue options and three levels of intensity labelled Light, Moderate or Aggressive. Any problem resonances are identified and pulled back while the overall tonality is adjusted to optimise brightness and clarity. Operation is simplicity itself, but what goes on behind the scenes is actually very sophisticated: the plug-in includes a Vocal Assistant that вЂlistensвЂ™ to a section of your vocal track, then sets up the different processing sections for you based on what it hears.

#Izotope nectar full

The new Nectar Elements plug-in, also included in the full iZotope Nectar 2 vocal processing package and the companyвЂ™s Elements Suite, uses artificial intelligence to help you craft a polished vocal sound.