iZotope Nectar 4 Advanced

Full Description

What's new in Nectar 4 Advanced?

• Audiolens Referencing:
  • Audiolens Referencing, a standout feature in iZotope Nectar 4 Advanced, allows you to tone-match any vocal sound effortlessly. By separating the vocal from your reference track, it provides invaluable insights, setting a clear starting point for your mix. This state-of-the-art feature enables you to reference audio from any source, streamlining your vocal processing with the help of Nectar's Vocal Assistant. Audiolens' innovative separation technology lets you match the tone of any vocal, giving you a specific target to aim for. It also allows you to build a library of custom reference targets within Nectar's Vocal Assistant, ensuring easy access to your references in any session, thus making your vocal mixing process more efficient and professional.
• Voices Module:
  • The Voices Module in iZotope Nectar 4 Advanced is a game-changer for vocal production, allowing for the instant and effortless creation of complex vocal layers. You no longer need to master voice-leading and harmonic motion; instead, find a preset that closely matches your desired sound and adjust it to your preference. The feature offers a selection of 11 auto-harmonies, enabling you to discover the perfect fit for your unique style. The MIDI mode provides precise control over voices, letting you dictate the exact notes required. A robust editor is at your disposal to customize the number of voices and the chords they sing, catering to your music needs.
• Auto-Level Module:
  • The Auto Level Module (ALM) in iZotope Nectar 4 Advanced is a smart and transparent alternative to traditional compressors. Acting as an automatic recording engineer at the beginning of your signal chain, ALM expertly manages vocal levels, ensuring consistency and balance. What sets ALM apart is its Tame Noise feature that differentiates between sung and unsung vocal content, ensuring that only tonal elements are levelled. This eliminates the need for manual volume automation, saving you both time and effort. The ALM's unique features can be accessed via the new mini-Module view, providing essential vocal controls no matter where you are in Nectar's interface. The innovative Tame Noise feature actively adjusts non-sung vocal elements, providing consistently balanced vocals. You can fine-tune the Mix, Strength, and Range parameters of Auto-Level for precise control over your vocal signal. Additionally, the Sidechain Mode allows you to align the volume level of another track in your mix with your vocals. This results in consistent volume levels without introducing unwanted artefacts, giving you a clean and natural sound.
• 13 component plugins:
  • Nectar 4 Advanced offers a robust suite of 13 brand-new plugins designed to enhance your vocal production. Seamlessly integrate these powerful tools into your DAW template and construct custom chains for each vocal in your production. Achieve a balanced vocal that fits perfectly in your mix with Pitch Tracking and Dynamic EQ. Create compelling layers and shifted effects with the Pitch, Backer, and Voices FX. Add character, depth, and movement to your vocals with Reverb, Delay, Saturation, and Dimension FX. Furthermore, gain control over your dynamics, whether it's sung or spoken material, using the De-esser, Compressor, Gate, Auto-Leveler, and Breath Control plugins. With Nectar 4 Advanced, you have all the necessary tools at your disposal to elevate your vocal production.
• Backer Module:
  • The Backer Module in iZotope Nectar 4 Advanced, powered by AI, is a tool designed to create artificial background singers that complement your main vocal. It offers eight distinct styles but also allows you to import your own acapella for further customization. This feature enables you to diversify your demo with various vocalist tones, innovatively alter ad-lib tracks, or even craft something completely new. The Tone, Pitch, and Formant features allow for seamless blending of your backup singers behind your lead vocal. Moreover, the automation feature provides total control over shifting and style selection, adding dynamic movement to your track. Please note, this module is trained only in English-speaking languages.
• Vocal Assistant:
  • The Vocal Assistant in iZotope Nectar 4 Advanced is designed to simplify your vocal production process, providing a user-friendly interface that allows for effortless decision-making. With the capability to select from various targets in your library, you can instantly achieve your desired sound. It also allows for the importation of a custom reference track, which the Vocal Assistant will then match in tone. This feature enables you to make significant decisions regarding EQ, intensity, and width, shaping your vocal sound to fit perfectly into your mix. Additionally, the Vocal Assistant allows for the seamless blending of vocal effects like dimension, reverb, and delay. Finally, within the Vocal Assistant's page, you can layer, shift, and pitch your vocals for added movement and depth, enhancing the overall quality of your production.

Inter-plugin communication

Nectar 4 Advanced talks to other iZotope plug-ins in your sessions, ensuring you can complete complex mixing tasks with ease. Compare your vocal processing against other components in a mix to help unmask some clashing frequencies and instruments, and carve space in a mix for your vocals by balancing frequencies with total control or meter levels against other elements of your mix for a cohesive and balanced sound.

Signature iZotope design

Designed to maintain their status as industry leaders, Nectar 4 Advanced is the pinnacle of audio plug-in design. Streamlined and ultra-modern graphical interfaces are combined with innovative algorithms to provide an elite plug-in from top to bottom. Tailor to your requirements with the resizable interface, interface with key module settings, enable exciting metering animations and more for a visual plug-in experience like no other.

Edit, mix and transform vocals from start to finish

Addressing every aspect of a vocal recording, Nectar 4 Advanced offers 14 core modules which all take on a single process in your production. Creative modules such as reverbs and delays are included along with more functional modules such as compression, and dynamic EQ and are rounded out with pre-mix issues such as auto-levelling and breath removal.

Adjust your EQ by musical notes

Designed to maintain the core sound of any monophonic incoming audio signal, the transparent asymmetrical EQ algorithms allow you to adjust the frequency response of your audio based on the musical pitch of your track. Tracking in real-time, Follow EQ mode enables you to explore frequency adjustments based on the relative musical note being played by the incoming audio signal, allowing for more transparent tonal shaping over traditional static EQs.

Fix every aspect of a vocal performance

It's not just the dialogue or singing that encompasses a vocal performance, there are also the breaths in between speech. To combat this, Nectar 4 Advanced comes with the newly-designed Nectar 4 Breath Control Plug-in, designed to intelligently remove unwanted breaths without interfering with the speech and without introducing artefacts to your sound. Ideal for quickly cleaning up your vocal recordings before going on to mix and master them, Breath Control offers a lightning-fast workflow to keep your creative momentum running.

No compromise EQ for your vocals

New to Nectar 4 Advanced are two newly designed 24-band dynamic EQ modules. Designed specifically for vocals with a transparent sound, the dynamic EQ modules are perfect for corrective and creative applications. Whether you're looking to dynamically reduce an unwanted resonant note or enhance certain frequencies in specific sections, the Nectar 4 Advanced dynamic EQs don't alter the character of your vocal performance, unless you want them to!

The complete vocal pitch package

With Nectar 4 Advanced, not only do you get access to the built-in pitch correction module, iZotope has partnered with Celemony to include Melodyne 5 Essential completely free. Trusted by GRAMMY award-winning engineers, Melodyne 5 Essential is a highly transparent pitch correction plug-in that's packaged in an incredibly intuitive and unrestricted interface.

Reviews

"I have to compliment iZotope for taking us into the new journey of AI. Nectar 4 is truly a must-have in your arsenal. This plug-in gives me everything from better transients to a smoother and silkier vocal very quickly." - Dave Pensado, Mix engineer (Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake)

"Nectar is my go-to plugin for instant vibe. Nothing else comes close to the speed with which Nectar can achieve an inspiring vocal sound." - Tony Maserati, Producer (David Bowie, Notorious B.I.G., Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande)

Features

• Utilize machine learning technology with Vocal Assistant to create bespoke presets instantly, ensuring your vocal's optimal integration in the mix
• Effortlessly reducing conflicting mix elements with Enhanced Unmask
• Track and eliminate resonant issues in real-time, saving you both time and effort with Dynamic EQ with Follow EQ Mode
• Adjust vocal levels automatically before processing with Auto Level Module, eliminating the need for manual fader adjustments or corrective dynamics
• Nectar 4 interacts with other iZotope plug-ins in your session, addressing masking and tonal balance effectively
• A comprehensive suite of vocal-centric production and mixing tools, including but not limited to dynamic EQs, auto-level, backer, breath control, compression, voices, pitch, de-esser, saturation, reverb, gate, and dimension
• Customised preset creation assisted with machine-learning technology helps to fit your vocals into the mix in seconds
• Hear only the difference in EQ without gain changes with Auto Level
• Comes included with Melodyne 5 Essentials
• Intelligent connection between your plug-ins with iZotope Relay
• Dive into production-ready vocal mixing with hundreds of professionally designed presets for any dialogue application

Specifications

• Operating system:
  • Mac: macOS Monterey (12.6.x), macOS Ventura (13.5.x) - Supported on Intel Macs and Apple silicon (M-series) Macs (Native & Rosetta)
  • Windows: Windows 10, Windows 11
• Format:
  • Mac: AU, VST3, AAX (64-bit)
  • Windows: VST3, AAX (64-bit)
• Supported Plug-in Host Applications: Logic Pro, Live 11, Cubase 12, Pro Tools 2023, Studio One 6, FL Studio 21, REAPER 6, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Audition, Davinci Resolve 18.5, Reason 12.5, Nuendo 12
• Product codde: 1273-1127