iZotope Nectar 4 Help

Introduction to Nectar 4

Achieve professional-quality vocals effortlessly with iZotope Nectar 4. This comprehensive vocal mixing tool provides a complete set of features for mixing, producing, and designing vocals.

Key Features

Nectar 4 introduces several innovative features to elevate your vocal sound:

• Vocal Assistant: Get a finished vocal sound instantly, with the ability to broadly adjust aspects of your vocal or dive deep into the module chain for endless tweaking.
• Unmask: Puts your vocal at the forefront of your mix by carving away other competing mix elements.
• Voices Module: Build stacks of complex harmonies in your vocal productions quickly and easily.
• Auto-Level Module: Ensures your musical vocals or spoken word content is instantly consistent in your production.
• Melodyne 5 essential: Integrated pitch and time correction for surgical adjustments.
• Audiolens Compatibility: Tone match the sound of any vocal using reference tracks.

Advanced Capabilities

Nectar 4 Advanced includes a suite of 13 individual plug-ins, allowing for custom chain building within your DAW. Explore features like:

• Improved Vocal Assistant Page for custom preset creation.
• New Backer Module for artificial background singers.
• New Component Plug-ins for a comprehensive set of vocal tools.
• Inter-plugin Communication for seamless integration with other iZotope plug-ins.

Getting Started

The Vocal Assistant guides you through an analysis process to optimize your vocal settings. Key components include:

• Assistant Analysis: Analyzes input level, vocal signal, and applies settings based on vocal content.
• Vocal Assistant View Interface: Provides controls for Intent, Target Library, Meters, and Key/Range.
• Intent Controls: Allow for broad control over tonal, dynamics, FX, width, and voice decisions.

For more detailed information, refer to the official iZotope documentation.