How to use Nectar 4 | AI-powered vocal mixing software

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

Hope you guys work on getting those backer modules sounding like crisp style-transfers of voices instead of the robot artifact filled sounds they are now. Still very cool!

[@ulisescalvo2884]

Loving the Audio Level module as well as the saturation. The voices module looks like a fun toy but I still prefer stacking real vocals, nothing like it and is more fun.

[@piggradio1766]

Wow, this is really impressive. Powerful yet user friendly, great demo and walk through. Thank you for the tips and tricks and kudos to the developers behind the scenes.

[@groovedealerfeaturing-ashl6476]

This is a HUGELY significant update! Cheers iZotope!

[@husi9803]

I think nectar would really benefit from a genre choice before letting the ai decide what to do, for me it's not doing a great job most of the time

[@ghastlyshimmer]

The new updated Audiolens is really cool. It's a good starting point for tone shaping.

[@guglielmonigro]

I've already done the update. It's expensive, but here we have a completely new machine then the old Nectar. Also, the finally the possibility to use single modules as plugins. Auto-level is perfect. And in general, it's always a good start up for mixing vocals or, as happens, when you are in a hurry. Anyway, I think is a great evolution from the previous version.

[@diegoalejo15]

the best Nectar 4 tutorial! thanks

[@seancloutier2577]

For anybody who wants some feedback. I am not an audio guy. I know my way around the color and edit page of Davnci resolve. I wanted something that would help spice up my dialogue. I bought the Nectar Elements and it is fantastic. The dialogue I have does not require noise reduction or cleanup. However it is so flat and boring! I needed a tool that would spice it up and give it color. The Nectar 4 elements did just that! A few turns of the dials and my dialogue is improved. I highly recommend. Maybe as I get better I sound I will upgrade to the Advanced but I am very pleased with this product.

[@ShayneCutler]

Thankyou for doing these tutorials Geoff. You do an absolutely great job of them always. I find that in many other tutorials that people do they are talking about what can be done but they hardly ever tell you in detail how it can be done. This is not the case with you. I always come away from your videos with a good understanding of how to use the products. Its a big help... so again Thankyou so much for being very good at what you do Geoff.

[@davidsmarttmusic3744]

Man this is Huge been studying this video for a couple days now thank you.

[@mantis834]

A bit late here but I just upgraded my MPS bundle and look forward to trying out the new Nectar! Geoff, as usual, such a great presentation, so calm, eloquent, a pleasure to watch and listen. Those first vocal bits have bit of a TV On The Radio vibe, very nice!

[@janhaliski9297]

This Geoff guy gets a gold star. He could be a professional hypnotist. I've been on board since Nectar One and this latest version really has some major improvements. I'm excited! I just got it, but haven't cracked it open yet.

[@mbaudio2574]

Well done Geoff! There's a lot of ballistics in this video but you've managed to keep it in the pocket... ;) If I get what you're saying at 41:30, this means I could get Lennon & McCartney to sing along with me!! That's awesome!

[@ronnyskaar3737]

Why don't I like the voices section? Because I am over 60? Well, at least because I remember and am proud of all the effort and skills we put into our background vocals. I remember late, late nights in the studio giving it all our love ...😊 Wouldn't have been without them...

[@johnplainsong9769]

Holy mackerel! The new modules are fantastic!!

[@YouGuys-ux5sm]

In this demo the Backer voices sound great. When you listen to them separately, e.g. changing your own voice, you will probably find that most of them sound strange. And in my experience it is very hard to make that go away. I would like to see and hear more tutorials or examples of how to get this to sound right.

[@DatAnydex]

I upgraded to Oz11. I can’t imagine anyone outdoing Geoff’s tutorials. He’s been ‘first’ for years.

[@PharaohLawLess1]

I own Nectar 2 and Nectar 3 + and they should make the upgrade $50 not $224 then goes up after! That’s crazy

[@Silentragetrolling]

Dòes Nectar sit your vocals precisely in the mix before ozone?

[@jamesmcrayjohnsoniii2889]

Great help, thank you so much. I couldn't figure out how to use the voices module to create harmonies: who would have guessed? Unison mode it is.

[@malte2467]

WOOOW ! You guys. That's amazing! You thought of everything. That backer module - speechless. That's crazy good. :D :O Thanks!

[@OtterLakeFlutes]

Thanks, including for labeling sections to which I can return, if needed. I'm excited, and it gave me $100 off winding up with Melodyne 5 Assistant, since Nectar 4 included Melodyne Essentials. I probably could have just used Mel. Ess. but wanted full mouse-dragging-level control over individual vocal nuances. I never heard "metadata" being used that way, like perceived eq profile of a vocal in a song (versus embedded text details like title or artist name). It's weird how many audio experts have my own, same, exact room and door :)

[@borisdancy9781]

I love the suite of products! So much fun to learn and use!

[@dfgvjnkjdsnbkjsbdvjkhdsb]

so auto level is just like vocal rider by waves?

[@spikesguitarcamp]

Love the Auto-Level. The Tame Noise feature is genius.Much better than Waves Vocal Rider, or using a lot of compression. I wish all the separate modules had the learn feature..lol. The Backer concept is also brilliant...it just still sounds a little wonky for me. Hopefully it will get better. All in all, this is my go to plug in, and has been for years. 4 is definitely an upgrade from 3 IMO. Great Vid!

[@robertonovix3226]

Bought and it's so GREAT!

[@DesoloZantas]

I believe there should be a way to analyze the music around the vocals to ensure a better match with the track, rather than just trying to make the vocals sound like a different track.

[@jamesjames77777]

Technically you can do that with masking EQ in neutron 👍

[@lNowHerel]

@@jamesjames77777 will you explain this?

[@jamesjames77777]

@@lNowHerel izotope make a plugin called neutron. You put it on whatever channels you like and it shows you the frequency analysis. Say you have a guitar and vocal with the plugin inserted, you open one up and it shows you the analysis for both and which frequencies are masking or clashing with the vocals. It then lets you EQ either guitar or the vocal, or both to fix the issues. It does more than that too. Best to look for izotope neutron on KZbin and watch for yourself 👍

[@rodthorogood9257]

Extremely helpful overview thanks, and explains for me very clearly what v 4 offers relative to v 3. BTW, your voice is sounding great in this video (assume you’ve Nectar 4’d it? 😉). Thanks again.

[@ultruhhhviolet5134]

Thank you for these videos, they are extremely helpful!

[@ScoringStageEu]

thanks a lot for explaining this software in-depth

[@29djandy]

Thank you for all you do with these helpful videos

[@johnnygo-time9151]

All this amazing info and here I am adding to the # replays for "I don't know why it's on my belt 😂" at 18:50

[@tolwyn_doom]

This video is why I'm about to buy this product, Geoff. I need to update Reason to 12, first.

[@Charles_Davis]

Thanks Geoff for posting this tutorial! As always this is extremely helpful. Please post affiliate link to volume control feature on your belt!😀

[@keithplunk6611]

Only thing it's missing is 3 octaves of flanged echoed COWBELL. Great unit. Thanks for the great demo. Needs an apt that makes you sound like Paul Rogers on a Shure 57 😂. Be good Nectar MAN. Love your Star Trek processing. 🖖

[@ramaturner]

Absolutely fantastic tutorial and explanation!!

[@TheConsideredMan]

I wonder if Geoff is going to do a deep dive into Ozone 11...I do hope so as I've just splashed on Production Suite 6...ouch!!

[@Gedagnors]

Upgrade prices are insane.

[@Gedagnors]

@@officialWWMThe same for me. I hope they will not repeat what Waves do when you have to pay and pay and pay for things you've already bought.

[@PharaohLawLess1]

Exactly!!!! $224 and I have Nectar 3 + already!!! They should’ve made it $50 for the upgrade the most!!!

[@steveboyle7783]

I used Plugin Boutique and upgraded from Nectar 3+ to Nectar 4 standard for £43.A 67% reduction on normal price.The advanced was only a 20% reduction,so figured it best to get standard and then see what the price for upgrading to advanced Nectar 4 in a few months.I still have Nectar 3+ to use too.

[@danielmcdill]

Worth it

[@Kalus_Saxon]

@@Gedagnorsblame stupid consumers and greedy ceos

[@lawrencediggs7957]

Thanks. But in the "voices" section it was really hard to hear the changes because the music was too loud.

[@DiieVerse]

came for the tutorial ended vibing to the song

[@anointgarcia]

IZOTOPE WITH THE VOCAL HOPE

[@ZeroyCruciatum]

Maybe my ears are not working correctly but I have seen some other tutorials where I also thought the starting vocals sounded better and more natural than the mixed once with nectar…

[@47Libra]

I fuc*ing love the song that you folks are demonstrating on.

[@VentureNW]

Awesome sauce Geoff

[@apt.9183]

love the tame impala shirt btw

[@adammusic1124]

Great walkthrough, can the follow node for the eq where you get it to follow a certain frequency, be set as a side chain dynamic eq, like in surfer EQ 2 by sound radix, this would help me not upgrade to their eq and stick with iZotope's framework?

[@tendingtropic7778]

interesting. can you use the voices module to make another harmony of a vocal file, and export that so that you can use that harmony with the backer module?

[@ReckonRealLight1]

Love you tutorials ! So Amazing !!! Thank you so much !!!!!

[@guglielmonigro]

I just want to suggest an implementation. When I'm moving the voices in the stereo field in the panel, I want to see the kind of voices I'm working with. It's not simple to remember which color is associated to the unison, to the 5th and so on.

[@mdslammer]

Excellent tutorial. Guess I'm buying this....

[@iZotopeOfficial]

We hope you like it!

[@Nogin1972]

WOW! totally amazing. Can anyone tell me if Nectar 4 has timing correction? Thanks

[@Havanacuba1985]

So you record the vocals as different tracks & apply this as needed to each track

[@cetehash]

No more unmask module ?

[@raiidkerbage8187]

Good to see Izotope updating on nectar 3, does 4 still come with the relay option? anybody. cheers!

[@RobertDemetz]

Thank You very much for this intersting tutorial!

[@Justmemaryam]

Can you make a video on using Nector 4 and other iZotope plugins for spoken diagloue, specially for audiobooks and podcasts?

[@iZotopeOfficial]

We got you covered: bit.ly/3t8b5Xu 😇

[@BenKrisfield]

Logic + iZotope + NI ♥

[@larrycavallucci3258]

I bought the upgrade from Nectar Elements to Nectar 3 PLUS. NOW you come out with Nectar 4. SO why didn't you FIRST tell me that 4 was coming out, and #2, why I would not get a special discount if I considered AGAIN upgrading to 4 now? And what are the differences between those 2 upgrades, and don't tell me to watch this video. I'd LOVE to see the Marketing DEPT do their JOB and put out a Comparison Chart for those two because I have not seen one of those on your complicated website, unless I either missed it, or it's buried somewhere, OR it's not there. Anyone know? Think I maybe be done dealing/buying from Izotope for awhile, like I've already done with WAVES.

[@shaungibsonofficial]

Has anyone compared the Auto Level module with Waves Vocal Rider?

[@guglielmonigro]

for me the auto level is perfect to not use vocal rider. I'm not using waves plugins anymore for obvious reasons.

[@tolwyn_doom]

So, Autolevel is like Selig, right? Also, for CPU performance reasons, I assume you can have a "working track" and then bounce that to a pre-mixed/effected new track? I know that might depend upon the DAW, obviously. Does this run stand alone as well?

[@TheCelestineProph]

Hello Great video. Newbie to using Izotope production suite. I have my (instrument and) vocal tracks grouped (Ableton Live 12 Standard) 1- Do you put an instance of Nectar 4 on each track, get the results you want and then on the bus/aux track (going to the master track) or just the bus/aux track or both? Thanks in advance.

[@ReynaldoIvanPena]

I want to know what Audio Interface Geoff uses lol these plugins are not friendly while on record. With that being said, when iZotope decides to release an audio interface, it's officially over for RME, more or less.

[@Lorka_music]

HI! great video. Quick question- When combining Nectar with Neoverb, what should come first in the processing chain? Or is this meant to be used as a stand alone?

[@blessednech]

I BOUTHT THE OZONE 11 WITH THE MIX AND MASTER BUNDLE AND IT TOOK MY MIXES TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL !!!!!

[@Bcutter]

did you have ozone 10 before?

[@OfficialAlexZitto]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@blondiemazedancemusic2127]

AWESOME MAN, LOVE THIS

[@williamk6605]

Dope plugin!

[@robertjason6885]

Hi...I just purchased the Bundle with Ozone 11 Advanced, Nutron 4 Advanced, Nectar 4, etc. I'm just wondering why you'd throw ALL the audio (your mix) into the Assistant at the start...instead of just the vocal track? Is the AI that good to distinguish between the vocal, and say, a snare and midrange synth? Nice vid, and as a previous user of Ozone 10, the improvements and features in 11 Advanced are wonderful as well. You've convinced me to install Nectar 4. Guess I'll give the DSP hungry 'El Rey" a rest for the time being!

[@donruga627]

I also did that seemed the better deal to me. Because individually price wise didn’t make sense

[@lawinter1949]

Is it possible for the eq bands to pitch track and have dynamic gain at the same time in this version?

[@anointgarcia87]

Heck yeah keep it up last video is seen ur hair was regular getting old bro 😅

[@dennisdelaat8852]

What mic are you using? Great video!

[@kleenslatecreative181]

So after neuton 4 finishes lerning in the ai power assistant, i don't get any of the knobs or screens in this video. I only have a tone and width adjustments. I'm following the steps. Hoping to learn what I'm doing wrong.

[@johnbowman3630]

Hi Geoff, I also own RX 10 -- for tone-matching vocal references, should I use 'Lens' as you suggested in this video, or would it perhaps be better to use 'Music Rebalance' on the 'Best' setting (which is excellent, I use it all the time) to isolate the vox within RX, and then simply train lens on the 'Capture' setting instead of 'Acapella'? Which of these methods should yield the best results? Thanks!

[@LaGrungeMusic]

I'm going off the rails on the Crazy Chain!!!!

[@baselinesweb]

At 9:45 - maybe the loudness disguises things, but I though the before was way better than the after. The eq seems just to be off to me.

[@mariodario9033]

Where from Audiolens take audio signal to capture Targets ??? I use Sonarworks that do EQ coreection for headphones and speakers and it is quiet drasticly with EQ that adds frequencies like +12dB where I have my room frequency spectrum hole. Should I turn off Sonarworks app BEFOREI decide to take Audiolens snapshot of vocal or full song target ?

[@dossantos_films]

Can you do a tutorial on how you edit your voice for this videos?

[@peterfj6218]

Interesting. Auto leveling sounds alot like compression.. arent they doing the same thing?

[@knopf1er17]

How can I accomplish changing my EQ and compressor settings with time? Do i just need to create a new track? Also, with Voices, how can I accomplish chanhing my harmonies with time? Primarily through MIDI?

[@mystikrebel1089]

I was waiting for Geoff to do a tutorial on Nectar 4, as i got it a few days ago

[@mystikrebel1089]

ok finally going to fix the vocals to this

[@ThomaspridgenTV]

What in the Namm show is going on ?

[@valiantlydefault]

my god can we talk abt that insane acapella

[@culturaearte7833]

posso ligar mic numa placa zomm h6 e tirar uma saida line e mandar p outra placa na entrada ausxiliar da segunda placa? nao vou ligar noa entrada do mic nao e na entradad ausiliar, posso ou vai queimar a saida? ou entrada/?

[@swhoisthis]

Hi, iZotope vinyl does not show any percentage values when adjusting Dust, Scratches, and Wrap values. Please release a hotfix to resolve this issue. It's a very good plugin but not being able to precisely adjust our value when adjusting the dust, scratch and wrap values is really annoying.

[@louisburley1597]

I love Nectar 4 but I’m curious why my Stereo Width slider disappears occasionally

[@hybridstudios39]

I don’t like that it does damn near the exact treatment regardless for me. Decided to try it since I have ozone 11 but I just don’t like it. mixed vocal vs raw it did the same exact thing obviously sounded bad on the mixed vocals and made the raw vocals sound thin and meh at best. Don’t see myself using it

[@thenewreal]

Well, this is frustrating. I have a trial version of Nectar 4, which I would like to use for voiceover. The auto-level module is one of the features I am most interested in, but I can't find it in the plug-in. Every screen shot of the plug in shows auto-level on the left hand panel of the interface, but on mine that space is occupied by the Key module. All online help files say there is supposed to be a way to activate ALM somewhere on the interface but they never show a picture of it, and I've clicked everything on the interface and cannot find anything that will change that left panel from Key to Auto-Level. Can you tell me exactly where to find it so I can test that feature.

[@CCXYZ0123]

I hope that iZotope includes an outdated 1080p monitor with the upgrade so that Windows users can still see something with a 4K monitor. It's extremely shameful that iZotope won't be able to do this in 2023. Well, it fits very well with NI’s philosophy.

[@paolovic1]

Someone uses it for voiceover

[@HRPL-ej9zo]

Why yall never talk about the pitch correction module?

[@johnwinslow8841]

Hi, Can Nectar 4 be automated for changing parameters during the course of the music or song?

[@nicok5630]

Very good walkthrough thx !

[@Lorka_music]

Also- I'm using Nectar 4 elements and having trouble accessing the details. I can't actually see the EQ curve, when I adjust shape. Is that a limitation of elements?

[@lukaszbudzinski]

it looks so NI now

[@thomasbay2464]

I have a maybe dumb question. In auto level mode, shall i do this before doing anything else with the vocal? I can see you only have De-esser on.

[@JimCPettigrew]

The 5 most important words in this tutorial 'You Can Just Use Your Ears' 👍 @4:34

[@lahattec]

So it is a bit surprising that Nectar doesn't have the ability to isolate vocals in an audio track that may have other stuff in it, as can be done in Ozone.

[@ruipacheco8983]

can i use nectar 4 auto level on other instruments?

[@supervillamos]

I have Windows 10, interface VOLT 1 - but with me not work in Nectar 4 the "Baker" function. Die faces comes not to see at all. Why? And, more better! - if I show my audio for Ozon 11 to hear, it starts to suspend, makes a crash-bang, and suggests so high loudness, that I think my computer flies away. Why? John Burn from Germany