Neutron 5 Explained
Join mixing wiz Eli Krantzberg on a deep exploration of Neutron 5, iZotope's flagship all-in-one mixing suite. This incredibly powerful plug-in collection contains everything you need to produce 100% professional-sounding mixes with greater ease than ever before. With all that power under the hood, however, it can be a bit intimidating, as it's hard to know where to start. That's where this Neutron 5 course comes in. Eli walks you through each component, explaining how it all works and showing you plenty of usage tips along the way, so you'll be confident you're getting the most out of everything Neutron 5 has to offer. These videos are designed for new Neutron 5 users.
Videos
• First Look Around the Interface (03:29) - Learn about the main areas of the mothership plug-in interface.
• IO Panel & Limiter Controls (06:08) - Get a sense of how the IO panel channel controls and metering work and explore the available limiter styles and modes.
• Common Controls (05:23) - Take a brief look at some of the functions that appear in many of the individual modules, including the multi-band crossover spectrum view for processors that support multi-band processing, detection filter view for internal detection filtering, the delta button for auditioning module processing in isolation, and accessing the mid/side and transient/sustain processing modes.
• Getting Started with Neutron Assistant (08:24) - Discover how Neutron?s analysis tool listens to your track and sets up a mixing chain with parameter suggestions useful as a starting point in your mix workflow. Also see how the Assistant View intent controls are linked to deeper parameters within the individual processing modules found in the Detailed View mix chain.
• Working with Custom Reference Targets & Saving Presets (06:11) - Learn how to work with custom reference targets in the Assistant view and how to save and manage custom presets.
• Gate Module (08:30) - Get a close up look at how the Gate module works in single- and multi-band modes with and without internal and external side-chain triggering.
• Density Module (06:32) - Explore the use of this surgical upward compressor in both full-band and multi-band modes, processing a keyboard sound in both stereo and mid/side channel modes.
• Compressor (09:52) - Learn all about the full-featured Neutron compressor functions and hear it used a variety of ways on a percussion loop subgroup and an electric bass.
• Phase Module (06:11) - Hear how this fantastic new module effortlessly corrects the asymmetry and timing deviations between multi-miked recordings of the same source.
• Sculptor (05:34) - Discover this simple spectral-shaping tool that helps your instruments and vocals be the best version of themselves possible by applying spectral shaping towards target curves that represent an idealized version of each instrument?s spectral characteristics.
• Equalizer Module (10:32) - Get familiar with the full-featured Equalizer available in Neutron 5, including the various filter types, dynamic and side-chain functions, and the various shortcuts and workflows.
• Working with the Masking Meter (06:13) - See how this diagnostic tool is used to quickly and easily identify where there are tracks competing for the same space in your mix by colliding in certain frequency ranges and potentially contributing to a lack of clarity.
• Unmask Module (05:51) - Discover this dynamic side-chain tool that provides a fast and great-sounding way to create space between two tracks using dynamic spectral-shaping technology.
• Transient Shaper Module (06:11) - Discover how this module is used to alter and shape your sound?s attack and sustain characteristics while enhancing the sound?s presence without affecting the overall level.
• Exciter Module (07:33) - Hear how this module is used to add either subtle or dramatic harmonic distortion to enhance and accentuate elements in your audio.
• Clipper Module (06:48) - Explore the nuances of hard and soft clipping in the versatile new multi-band Clipper module that works in either stereo, mid/side, or transient/sustain modes.
• Visual Mixer (08:56) - See how this standalone plug-in communicates with other Neutron plug-ins in your mix and provides a node-based mixing display to adjust pan, level, and width for all the tracks from a single location.
• Options (04:36) - Here, we wrap up our course on Neutron 5 by looking at some of the global and module-specific options available, along with how the unique undo history options work.