Nectar's Delay section, meanwhile, offers stereo width control, host tempo sync, modulation and distinct Digital, Analog and Tape modes for "eroding" the wet signal. Being aimed specifically at vocal application, it doesn't sound like your average reverb - it's dark and dense, generally thickening up the vocal as well as helping to give it a sense of space. The Reverb module has been rewritten and now models the classic EMT 140 stereo plate reverb, with a saturation knob for dialing in analogue preamp overdrive. "Nectar 2 is a seriously impressive processor that probably can't be beaten in terms of value for money" It's not the best De-Esser we've ever used, but it does the job.
The number of EQ/filter types now totals 14, including Baxandall Bass and Treble, and Vintage High and Low shelves that loosely emulate the smooth response of classic Pultec analogue EQs, greatly helping to sweeten vocal sounds without being intrusive.įurther sweetening is on tap in the shape of the De-Esser, which now has an Ess Only monitoring button for zoning in on troublesome sibilance. Speaking of the EQ, as well as including the improved analyser, Nectar 2's now offers eight multimode bands, improving on the previous version's five. Similarly, the Saturation, Reverb, Delay, Limiter, De-Esser and Compressors modules now all feature frequency analysers, much like the one in the EQ module of the original Nectar but with a much smoother, faster, more responsive display. This is now built into the Limiter, De-Esser and Compressors modules, too (not to mention various other iZotope plugins), and it proves to be incredibly useful. It also sports a waveform display with a trace meter superimposed, reflecting gain reduction when the gate is active. The Gate module now has a Floor level control so that, even at high Ratios, you can simply reduce the level of background noise rather than cutting it dead in a way that might make the end result sound sterile or unnatural. Moving on, Nectar's Doubler has become the fully featured Harmony module.
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If you don't need the fancy manual pitch editor (perhaps you already have that side of things covered by Melodyne or Auto-Tune) or the breath volume control, you can happily go for the standard version of Nectar 2 and save yourself 40 quid. The results can be quite miraculous, but on some already-processed vocals, we found the detection to be a bit hit and miss. This essentially sets the volume of detected breaths to a target level of your choosing. Along the same lines, the Breath Control module has also been extracted into its own Production Suite plugin.
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