Choosing the Right EQ — Nick Messitte, iZotope Contributor

Hang on, aren’t all digital EQs roughly the same?

Some people on the internet will tell you that. They’ll say, “for the most part, digital EQs sound and function the same way.”

by Nick Messitte, iZotope Contributor February 23, 2021

Tres Amigos — Nectar, Neutron, and Ozone.

I never really appreciated the differences in the EQs available in the three tools.

Neutron and Ozone EQs are available as separate plugins. Nectar is only a “mothership” plugin — all of the tools are included in the interface.

Records of the Year: An Analysis of the 2021 GRAMMY® Nominees

The GRAMMY® awards are on March 14th, and there’s a lot to learn by analyzing some of the records that have been nominated. But where to start? There are so many questions surrounding music production, mixing, and mastering, especially now that streaming services have started to move towards loudness-normalized playback. How loud should I make my master? What tonal balance should I aim for? How high should I set my limiter ceiling? How dynamic should my record be?

iZotope posted a fine article examining the tonal contours of some of the 2021 GRAMMY® awards

Vocal Production Tips! A Mega List To Check Out | Production Expert

There are many significant junctures capable of enhancing or undermining the quality of a song’s vocals. In this article, iZotope Contributor Philip Nichols shares some common vocal production practices—some to use and some to avoid. Of course, it’s best to start at the source.

A great refresher when doing pre-production work. It really helps to know how you plan to make your recording the best it can be,

Exploring the Neoverb Advanced Panel

by Griffin Brown, iZotope Content Team October 14, 2020

But what if you’re a mild-to-severe control freak (like I am) when it comes to your audio? You might want to dive a bit deeper than the visible tools allow. Thankfully, Neoverb not only lets you do so, but even offers some reverb-warping options you won’t find in many other reverb plug-ins.

I find the screen captures from Insight showing how the sound changes with the reverb settings highly useful. I can hear the differences, but having a different perspective makes it sink in just a little better…

iZotope RX 8 Music Rebalance Now Supports ARA 2 In Logic Pro X | Logic Pro

Now within the Music Rebalance module, Audio Random Access 2, or ARA 2, allows Logic Pro X to exchange more data with iZotope RX 8 than standard formats. In this article, iZotope Contributor Nick Messitte explains how to use Music rebalance in iZotope RX 8 and how the new ARA 2 support in Logic Pro X works.