Take Your Mixes to New Heights
iZotope Neutron 5 is a flexible, well-stocked arsenal of intelligent mix tools designed to bring out the best in your mixes. The fifth iteration of Neutron arrives with a slew of significant updates, including Clipper, Density, and Phase modules; an improved Mix Assistant; and Module Channel modes. You also get Delta buttons, upgraded metering, and productivity-enhancing UI tweaks. Neutron 5 contains 10 modules in all, along with a mothership plug-in that enables you to craft full signal chains. You’ll appreciate Neutron 5’s timesaving tools, such as Mix Assistant, which employs machine learning to build custom processing chains based on the audio you feed into it, and Balance Assistant, which automatically sets your levels before you even touch a fader. Neutron 5 includes iZotope’s Visual Mixer and Relay plug-ins, which leverage inter-plug-in communication to make building a pro-caliber mix easier than ever before. You also get Tonal Balance Control 2, which helps you maintain perspective by comparing the frequency balance of your mix to that of tens of thousands of professional mixes. Whether you’re creating your first mix or your thousandth, you’ll be able to achieve the quality you’re imagining with iZotope Neutron 5.
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Neutron 5 updates
Here at Sweetwater, we’ve been using iZotope Neutron since its inception. We’ve long championed its cutting-edge mixing capabilities, and its pioneering use of machine learning has had us hooked from day one. Now in its fifth version, Neutron offers discerning engineers and producers an abundance of major-league updates that are guaranteed to elevate your mixes. For starters, a new Clipper module employs soft clipping across multiple bands, mid-side channels, and transient/sustain content to increase power and free up headroom. Next, a Density module leverages surgical upward compression to smooth dynamics for enhanced presence, detail, and fullness. A Phase module corrects out-of-sync signals and asymmetrical waveforms in seconds. You also get an updated Mix Assistant, which makes finding a sensible starting point for your mix remarkably simple, and Mid/Side and Transient/Sustain Module Channel modes, which allow you to target your processing right where you need it. Finally, Neutron 5 includes Delta buttons for easy before/after comparisons, hyper-detailed metering, and a bevy of well-placed UI improvements.
AI-fueled mixing tools
Many of iZotope Neutron’s most powerful tools leverage their revolutionary AI-driven technology. For example, Mix Assistant leverages machine learning to create custom signal chains based on the specific audio that you can use as a well-informed starting point. Mix Assistant is bolstered by Assistant View, which provides you with refined processing and additional macro knobs for fine-tuning your custom signal chain. You also get Balance Assistant, which relies on iZotope’s Relay plug-in on individual tracks to automatically set your levels before you even touch a fader. Finally, you can use Target Library to dynamically match the sound of your track to a reference track using AI-fueled tone-matching technology.
Unmask frequency collisions
Attain new levels of sonic mastery with Neutron 5’s Unmask module, freeing you from the consternation of burying yourself in the nitty-gritty of your mix. Unmask identifies and corrects mixing and masking issues automatically, proactively seeking out instrumental imbalances, needs for space between competing tracks, and more. Use the module on individual tracks, a bus within your DAW, and anywhere else to optimize audio balance and clear up any muddy mixing.
Inspect your entire soundstage
Visual Mixer allows you to inspect your entire soundstage while providing you with control over individual tracks. Take command of each track’s pan, gain, and width, and shape the contour of your entire mix — all within a single window. Getting the sound you hear in your head has never been easier!
Find your balance
iZotope Tonal Balance Control 2 makes achieving a balanced mix easy; it puts the experience of countless mastering engineers in your hands, enabling you to compare your audio to tens of thousands of professional mixes. Tonal Balance Control 2 boasts iZotope’s super-powerful inter-plug-in communication, allowing you to call up any instance of Neutron or Relay to make per-track adjustments to EQ and gain. It’s a noteworthy workflow enhancement that enables you to instantly address a tonally skewed mix without opening multiple plug-ins.
iZotope Neutron 5 Features:
- Contains 10 modules, along with a mothership plug-in that enables you to craft full signal chains
- Clipper module employs soft clipping across multiple bands, mid-side channels, and transient/sustain content
- Density module leverages surgical upward compression to smooth dynamics for enhanced presence, detail, and fullness
- Phase module corrects out-of-sync signals and asymmetrical waveforms in seconds
- Unmask module automatically discovers and cleans up muddy mixing and competing tracks or frequencies
- Mix Assistant employs machine learning to build custom processing chains based on your audio
- Assistant View provides refined processing and additional macro knobs for fine-tuning your custom signal chains
- Target Library dynamically matches the sound of your track to a reference track using AI-fueled tone-matching technology
- Visual Mixer allows you to control individual tracks while inspecting your entire soundstage
- Relay communicates with compatible iZotope plug-ins across your entire session
- Tonal Balance Control 2 analyzes and optimizes your mix
- Mid/Side and Transient/Sustain Module Channel modes allow you to target your processing right where you need it
- Delta buttons provide easy before/after comparisons
- Full surround support up to 7.1 for professional post-production applications
- Includes hyper-detailed metering and a bevy of well-placed UI improvements