v3.3a iZotope Nectar Plus
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Vocals, in the mix
Updated with improved Unmasking controls and key detection, Nectar 3 Plus is the most powerful audio plug-in for vocal production, polish, and mixing.
Control your Unmasking with iZotope Nectar Plus
Vocal Assistant: Unmask talks to other iZotope plug-ins to send information and clean up audio in your mix that’s clashing with your vocal. You can visualize the Unmasking via a new EQ window in Neutron, Relay, or Nectar 3, and control the effect with a new Amount slider. Turn on the Dynamic setting, and Nectar 3 Plus tracks the vocal and ensures the unmasking only occurs when the voice is present.
* Vocal Assistant: Unmask works in Nectar 3 Plus, Relay, and Neutron 3 Standard and Advanced
Improved Unmask
With intelligent, assistive vocal mixing, once time-consuming tasks like dynamics processing, EQ cuts, and de-essing can now be performed with precision in seconds.
Why iZotope Nectar 3 Plus?
A complete vocal chain
In other words, 12 vocal-focused processing modules offer the treatment you need for any type of vocal. Get DSP for harmonies, doubling, saturation, and much more.
Your new go-to vocal EQ
Indeed, Nectar 3’s powerful fluid EQs can track the harmonics of your vocal signal, letting you make cuts or boosts that follow your pitch.
Surgically sculpt and polish
Compress, de-ess, mix harmonies, and more within a fluid, resizable UI. Nectar 3 is a complete vocal production environment in one plug-in.
Nectar 3 Features
Vocal Assistant
One of the most challenging aspects of vocal mixing is tailoring your channel strip to the style and abilities of your vocalist. Vocal Assistant makes this easier than ever by analyzing the content of your vocal performance. Generate effects preset form-fitted to the nuances of your singer and your music.
IMPROVED!
Vocal Assistant: Unmask
In larger mixes, vocals often are competing with other instruments like guitars, pianos, and cymbals. Nectar 3 Plus helps you manage to mask, with an improved Vocal Assistant Unmask that uses Inter Plug-in Communication to let you place your vocal at the forefront of the mix. Now you can control the EQ on your masking track, allowing you to scale back the Amount for more subtlety, or engage Dynamic and Sidechain mode for EQ that responds dynamically to the vocal or the masking source.
* Vocal Assistant: Unmask works in Nectar 3 Plus, Relay, and Neutron 3 Advanced
Relay
Included with Nectar 3 Plus, Relay is an easy utility plug-in that lets you adjust the gain, pan, and width of any track in your session. Relay also communicates with Nectar, Neutron, Insight, and other compatible iZotope plug-ins to help you balance and unmask your mix.
Melodyne 5 Essential & RX 8 Breath Control
Nectar 3 also offers the power of Celemony’s industry-standard pitch correction, along with RX’s world-class breath removal. Achieve the cleanest vocal recordings you’ve ever produced.
Equalizer
The only EQ you’ll ever use
Two 24-band EQs come equipped with Dynamic and Follow modes for adaptive tone crafting.
Pitch
Perfect intonation, every time
Get transparent or extreme pitch correction and color to taste with an array of creative parameters.
Dimension
Subtle or dramatic modulation
Dimension includes chorus, flanger, and phaser effects to add movement and depth to your vocal.
Harmony
Instant vocal accompaniment
Add up to four additional voices and stack your harmonies to fit your vocal performance’s register.
Compressor
A dynamics module like you’ve never seen
Two compression modules ensure dynamic balance and add unique character to your vocals.
Reverb
Versatile and realistic spacial effects
Add natural space for a subtle “halo” effect or dial in a gigantic wash of reverb with intuitive controls.
De-esser
Focused hiss removal
Tame sibilant vocal sounds in seconds with Nectar’s new De-esser module.
2017_08-10 MGMT photographed at Beckett Mansion for Columbia Records.
MGMT Artist Presets
A free preset expansion pack
This hand-crafted collection from MGMT’s Ben Goldwater taps into the sonic character of Nectar 3’s latest and greatest vocal processing to inspire your next psychedelic adventure.
Description
Nectar Comparison Chart
Nectar Elements | Nectar 3 | |
---|---|---|
Melodyne 4 essential | ||
RX 7 Breath Control | ||
Vocal Assistant | ||
Assist Mode | ||
Unmask Mode | ||
Global | ||
Relay plugin | ||
Auto Level mode | ||
Output pan | ||
Output width | ||
Output limiter | ||
Bypass Gain Match | ||
Wet/Dry module controls | ||
EQ | ||
Follow EQ mode | ||
EQ modules | 1 | 2 |
Solo Band mode | ||
Dynamic mode | ||
Vocal Assistant EQ integration | ||
Pitch | ||
Pitch module | ||
Improved pitch tracking | ||
Delay | ||
Dimension | ||
Chorus | ||
Flanger | ||
Phaser | ||
Harmony | ||
Compressor | ||
Compressor modules | 1 | 2 |
Vocal Assistant compressor integration | ||
Digital mode | ||
Optical mode | ||
Vintage mode | ||
Solid State mode | ||
Reverb | ||
De-esser | ||
Gate | ||
Saturation |
System Requirements
Nectar 3 Plus, Relay, and RX 8 Breath Control
For the most up-to-date system requirements and host compatibility details, please visit our website: www.izotope.com/en/products/nectar.html
Operating Systems:
- Mac: macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) – macOS Big Sur (11.6.x)*
- Windows: Windows 10
* Supported on Intel-based Macs or Apple Silicon ARM-based Macs in Rosetta only.
Note: Relay is now compatible with Apple Silicon (M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max) chips
Plug-in Formats:
AU, AAX, VST2, VST3.
All plug-in formats are 64-bit only.
Supported hosts:
Logic Pro, Ableton Live 10.1 – 11, Pro Tools 2021, Cubase 10.5 – 11, FL Studio 20, Studio One 5, REAPER 6, Bitwig Studio 3, Adobe Audition CC, Premiere Pro CC, Nuendo 11, Reason 11, Digital Performer 10.
Melodyne 5 essential
Operating Systems:
Mac: Intel Dual Core processor (Quad Core or better recommended), 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended), macOS 10.6.8 and 10.11.x to 10.13
Windows OS: Intel or AMD Dual Core processor (Quad Core or better recommended), 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended), Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 (64-bit recommended), ASIO-compatible audio hardware
Activation: Computer-based or iLok USB dongle (2nd or 3rd generation), Melodyne 5 essential only computer-based. Internet access is required for activation
Change Log
Version 3.3.0a released October 19, 2020
Bug Fix:
- Windows installer: Fixed cleanup behavior when a customized installation is aborted.
Version 3.3 (plus) released September 30, 2020
Enhancements and Changes:
- New automatic key detection in the Nectar Plus Pitch module.
- New advanced Unmasking controls appear in Neutron 3.2 and Relay 1.1 when unmasking Nectar Plus instances.
- Unmask EQ curve display.
- Adjustable Unmask EQ amount.
- Dynamic Unmask EQ toggle with optional Sidechain input.
- Includes RX 8.1.0 Breath Control & Relay 1.1.0
- Fixed an issue where Nectar would not stay hidden in Visual Mixer if removed from view.
Version 3.1.0n released December 23, 2019
Enhancements and Changes to Operating System Support:
- Added support for installation on macOS 10.15 (Catalina).
- Updated installers to include the latest version of Relay (v1.0.4).
Version 3.10 released July 31, 2019
- Nectar 3.1 plug-ins can be selected as source plug-ins in Neutron 3 Mix Assistant (available in the Neutron 3 mothership plug-in and Neutron 3 Visual Mixer)
- Enhancements to real-time DSP performance.
- Added Japanese translations to the Nectar 3 help documentation.
- Improved module Mix slider sensitivity for finer Mix amount adjustments.
- Various UI enhancements.
- Various bug fixes.
FAQs
Tutorials
Tips for Mixing Vocals
In this tutorial, the instructor uses iZotope Neutron 2 but you can use whatever tools you have on hand. The song he uses is Blank Offender by Soft Pyramids.
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