iZotope Nectar 3 (Download) Vocal Production Suite Software

From corrective to creative processing, all the way to the final polish, Nectar 3 ushers in a new era of mixing vocals with machine learning tools, modern workflows, and communication across your session.

Great vocals in isolation...

Vocal Assistant listens to your audio and gets you started with a custom preset tailored to your unique vocal. Time-consuming tasks like corrective EQ cuts, dynamics, and de-essing are performed with precision in seconds. Vocal Assistant will even intelligently set an optimal input level with Auto Level Mode to ensure a smooth performance.

...and in the mix

Vocals are a big part of the mix, but they're not the only part. By communicating with the included Relay plug-in, Nectar will help place your vocal at the forefront of the mix, moving other competing mix elements out of the way automatically. Vocal Assistant: Unmask will communicate with any instance of Nectar 3, Neutron 2 Advanced (available separately), or iZotope Relay (included with Nectar 3) to create the perfect nest for your vocal.

Dynamic EQ

Dynamic EQ mode responds to the dynamic level of your audio, allowing you to make transparent cuts or boosts.

Heads up displays

Experience EQ in a brand new way and stay in your creative zone, with powerful controls available directly from your selected EQ node.

Follow EQ

Follow EQ Mode will ride selected frequencies and their harmonics for unparalleled control of pitch information so you don’t have to make hours of corrective manual edits by hand.

Professional clarity & polish

Nectar 3 is designed to work within any genre. In the audio examples below, we used Vocal Assistant, along with our own custom settings, to fit these vocals in the mix.

A match made in heaven: Melodyne 4 essential

iZotope has partnered with Celemony to include Melodyne 4 essential, giving you surgical, intuitive, and truly transparent pitch adjustment capabilities that are an industry standard in professional studios around the world. Nectar 3 is also bundled with iZotope RX Breath Control, which can intelligently detect breaths in dialogue or vocal recordings and automatically suppress them.

Catch every breath

Nectar 3 comes bundled with the magic of RX, the standard for audio cleanup and restoration. RX 7 Breath Control is designed to detect breaths in audio recordings and make them disappear, reducing time spent in the comping and editing stage.

The pinnacle of audio plug-in design

Every module in Nectar 3 has been redesigned with your time and experience in mind. With new ways to interact with key module settings, a resizable interface, exciting metering animations, and new contextual selection settings, it’s a visual experience so smooth, you won’t want to go back to knobs and faders.

Highlights

• Vocal Assistant: One-click custom preset creation created with machine learning technology to help your vocal fit in the mix in seconds.
• Unmask puts your vocal at the forefront of your mix by carving away other competing mix elements directly from Vocal Assistant’s menu screen.
• Dynamic EQ with new Follow EQ Mode to track down pesky resonances and remove them in real time, saving valuable time and energy.
• Auto Level Mode adjusts the level of your vocal before it even starts processing, eliminating the need for corrective dynamics or riding the fader.
• Inter-plugin Communication: Nectar 3 can communicate with other instances of iZotope plug-ins in your session to address mix issues, tonal balance, masking and more.

• Component RX 7 Breath Control plug-in for reducing unwanted breaths without sacrificing audio quality with the power of iZotope RX 7.
• Melodyne 4 essential for GRAMMY-award winning time and pitch correction.
• iZotope Relay: your hub for intelligently connecting your entire mix to your iZotope plug-in collection.
• Hundreds of professionally-designed presets for music and dialogue applications.

• Twelve redesigned and updated modules for completely vocal-focused production and mixing including: Corrective and Creative Dynamic EQs, Compression, Harmony, Pitch, De-Esser, Saturation, Reverb, Gate, and Dimension.

• Delay: Two brand new modes and new independent controls for stereo support.
• De-esser: New interactive threshold design experience that can be auto-set with Vocal Assistant.
• Saturation: Two new Saturation modes, Decimate and Distort.
• Harmony: Increased number of voices you can add from 4 to 8, improvements to MIDI mode experience for easier playability.
• EQ: Ability to add two EQ instances of up to 24 bands with Dynamic processing for frequency and pitch.
• Compressor: Ability to add two Compressors. New interactive threshold design with interactive visualization.
• Reverb: Additional third EQ node for additional shaping flexibility; immersive visual display.
• Dimension: New Chorus and Phaser modes with interactive UI.

Technical Specifications

• Operating Systems: OS X 10.8-10.14 - macOS 10.12 (Sierra) Windows: 7, 8, & 10
• Plug-in Formats: VST2, VST3, AudioUnit (Mac Only), AAX (Real-time & AudioSuite; 64-bit only), RTAS (Real-time & Audiosuite (DPM); 32-bit only)

• macOS: Intel Dual Core processor (Quad Core or better recommended), 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended), macOS 10.6.8 and 10.11.x to 10.13
• Windows: Intel or AMD Dual Core processor (Quad Core or better recommended), 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended), Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 (64-bit recommended), ASIO-compatible audio hardware
• Activation: Computer-based or iLok USB dongle (2nd or 3rd generation), Melodyne 4 essential only computer-based. Internet access is required for activation