Unmask Your Mix, Unlock Your Sound
iZotope Music Production Suite 4 gives you the tools you need to take your musical ideas from a collection of tracks to a polished product ready for release. Break free of muddy-sounding mixes with audio plug-ins that talk to each other to offer new and improved workflows for fitting vocals and reverb in the mix. Get to a great starting point every time with AI-assisted processing that makes suggestions tailored to your audio, whether you’re tweaking an EQ for the perfect tone, or setting up the final master for delivery—with Music Production Suite 4, you decide the vibe, we’ll help you fit it all together.
Clarity, across the board
The plug-ins in Music Production Suite 4 talk to each other to assist you with mixing tasks, from balancing tracks to placing vocals. Now featuring Nectar 3 Plus and Neoverb, you’ll get a polished mix even faster with tools that tell you where frequencies are building up, let you balance your tracks in a visual space, and help you control gain and EQ across your mix with one plug-in window. With Music Production Suite 4, you’ll have a new perspective on any step of the mixing and mastering workflow so your music can sound its best.
What are you going for?
Music Production Suite 4 is the only audio plug-in bundle that listens and gives you a logical starting point at any stage of your production workflow. Whether you’re recording in a noisy apartment, adding space to dry or lifeless mixes, or getting the perfect loudness for Spotify, you’ll have AI-powered processing ready to help you with automatic de-noising, EQ, level balance, reverb selection, and more. Get your perfect mix started quickly and confidently, so you can spend more time adding those creative touches.
Included! Groove3: One Year All-Access Pass
The All-Access Pass provides you full access to every video tutorial and digital book on the Groove3 website, plus any that are added during your 1 year subscription. You will find exceptional, in-depth tutorials for iZotope products along with Exponential Reverb plug-ins, plus thousands more videos covering DAWs, plug-ins, instruments, music production, and so much more. Learn every tool and discover new techniques to put your music over the top.
Which plugins are included?
- NEW! Neoverb: From the minds behind Ozone and Nectar, and powered by legendary Exponential Audio technology, Neoverb is the smartest reverb plug-in for music producers. Featuring:
- Three blendable reverbs in one fluid plug-in
- A real-time Reverb Assistant
- Intelligent EQs with built-in Masking Meter
- NEW! Nectar 3 Plus: Get your vocals to sit in the mix with the most sophisticated set of tools designed for vocal production, featuring an improved Vocal Assistant: Unmask that offers a new EQ with a built-in Dynamic mode.
- Includes Celemony Melodyne 5 essential
- NEW! RX 9 Standard: A complete toolkit for audio cleanup and restoration. Using the standalone audio editor or plug-ins inside your favourite DAW or NLE, RX 9 allows you to surgically fix dialogue and music performances.
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- Includes Standalone application
- NEW! Stutter Edit 2: From the mind of BT, Stutter Edit 2 lets you create exciting movement by instantly slicing and editing your tracks and mixes. Elevate your productions with 11 effects modules, and get set up quickly with an easy to use AUTO mode. With Stutter Edit 2, you get a bottomless well of inspiration in a single plug-in.
Plus:
- Ozone 9 Advanced
- Includes 12 individual component plug-ins
- Includes Standalone application
- Tonal Balance Control 2
- Neutron 3 Advanced
- 8 individual component plug-ins
- Neutron 3 Visual Mixer
- VocalSynth 2
- Insight 2
- Relay
- Exponential Audio R4
- Exponential Audio NIMBUS
- Groove3 One Year All-Access Pass
Neoverb
From the minds behind Ozone and Nectar, and powered by legendary Exponential Audio technology, iZotope Neoverb is the most intelligent reverb plug-in for music producers. Neoverb gets you to an exciting starting point with a new Reverb Assistant that guides you through settings with a simple four-click process. Create exactly the space you want for vocal and instrument tracks using an intuitive Blend Pad to mix rooms, plates, chambers, and more. Shape and tame reverb using intelligent Pre and Post EQs that listen to your audio and make suggestions, helping you add depth while retaining clarity in your mix. Whether you’re a new producer honing your craft, or a veteran on your latest project, with iZotope Neoverb, you can focus on creativity and leave the trial-and-error behind.
Features
- Reverb Assistant: Get a great reverb for any track, with an easy four-step Assistant that adjusts iZotope Neoverb’s settings in real time. Create complex, customized reverbs, without spending time in menus.
- Choose your preferred Size while iZotope Neoverb automatically selects and blends reverb combinations and advanced settings as you move the sliders.
- Add a little vibe with four different Tone selections that further adjust your reverb to give you dark, airy, bright sounds.
- Reverb Assistant listens to your audio and makes further EQ suggestions to get the cleanest possible reverb tone.
- Blend Pad: iZotope Neoverb’s innovative Blend Pad gets you further, faster by helping you visualize and mix three different types of reverbs at once, to create a unique reverb tail that fits your track.
- Blend different types of reverb together: Add realistic space with Early Reflections and Room, classic environments with Plate, and height and depth with Chamber and Hall.
- Separate Size controls for each reverb type to let you create epic guitar tones, construct massive drum rooms, or dream up completely exotic spaces to make your mix unique.
- EQ Section: Get a great reverb sound without using a long plug-in chain, with a fluid EQ section helps you clean your input signal and keeps your reverb tail from overwhelming your mix.
- Use Unmask to have iZotope Neoverb listen to your reverb settings and make EQ suggestions to help your final result come through clear against the original signal.
- AutoCut listens for areas of your track that might create unwanted resonances in the reverb and automatically suggests cuts in the Pre-EQ.
- Masking Meter: Easily keep track of reverb build-up with an intuitive meter that highlights EQ areas you may want to cut from your reverb. Masking Meter communicates with other iZotope plug-ins to show you where reverb is masking other tracks, and is compatible with the following iZotope plug-ins:
- Neutron 3
- Nectar 3
- VocalSynth 2
- Relay
- Advanced Panel: For when you need to tweak a setting, or take a closer look at Reverb Assistant’s results, the Advanced Panel lets you dive as deep as you need to find the exact vibe you’re looking for.
- Unique Advanced settings for each reverb unlock even more creative possibilities and exciting new spaces to explore.
- Advanced Controls are set by Reverb Assistant and can be saved as unique presets for later use.
Nectar 3 Plus
Get your vocals to sit in the mix with the most sophisticated set of tools designed for vocal production. From corrective to creative vocal production all the way to the final polish, Nectar 3 Plus brings out your intended performance in isolation and in the context of the mix. An improved Vocal Assistant: Unmask gives you new insight into how your vocal fits in the mix, with new EQ Amount and Dynamic controls that let you handle masking easily and transparently. Put your vocals in their place with everything you need for a clear, professional sound.
Features
- Vocal Assistant: One-click custom preset creation created with machine learning technology to help your vocal fit in the mix in seconds.
- Improved! 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.
- Twelve modules for completely vocal-focused production and mixing including: Corrective and Creative Dynamic EQs, Compression, Harmony, Pitch, De-Esser, Saturation, Reverb, Gate, and Dimension.
Extras
- Component RX 8 Breath Control plug-in for reducing unwanted breaths without sacrificing audio quality with the power of iZotope RX 8.
- Melodyne 5 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.
RX 8 Standard
Used on countless albums, movies, and TV shows to restore damaged, noisy audio to pristine condition, RX 8 is a complete toolkit for audio cleanup and restoration needs. Instantly polish guitar recordings with Guitar De-noise, rebalance your mix and create stems with the improved Music Rebalance, and prep your production audio for broadcast with the updated Loudness Control. Using the standalone audio editor or plug-ins that can be used in your favorite DAW or NLE, RX 8 allows you to surgically fix dialogue and music performances. Includes 28 modules and 14 plug-ins.
Features
- Guitar De-noise
- Music Rebalance
- Loudness Control
- Batch Processor
- 32 Audio Tab Limit
- Horizontal Scrolling
- Repair Assistant
- And much more...
Stutter Edit 2
Elevate your productions and get a bottomless well of inspiration in a single plug-in with Stutter Edit 2.
One-button Access
With the new AUTO mode, you can easily try out sounds in your mix and fire off gestures without any routing required. Or, easily connect a MIDI controller via an online help system that detects your DAW and provides step by step setup instructions. Get inspired with professionally designed presets that give you cinematic rises, exciting transitions, and club-ready filter sweeps out of the box, ready to be added to your productions. However you want to start your journey into Stutter Edit 2, you’ll be up and running and making sounds quickly.
Movement in the Mix
An upgraded Distort module, new Comb, Chorus, and Limiter modules, and a new Reverb module from BT’s personal collection join a suite of 11 effects that offer everything from lo-fi ear-candy to attention-grabbing tape stops. Every knob and slider in Stutter Edit 2 can move in time with your session using the new Curve Editor, letting you draw in the motion of your effects without needing to use your DAW’s automation. Choose your range with the blue sliders, pick a premade curve (or draw your own), and play back to hear your creation.
Make stutters, breaks, and cuts..
Put Stutter Edit 2 on your tracks to fire off rhythmic gestures, sweeping filters, glitchy effects, or everything at once. Access dozens of unique gestures through custom banks, each with their own rhythmic flavour ready-made to deliver inspiration fast. Chop up your samples to the beat, or just shred them into pitched, synth-y oblivion with the Stutter and Buffer controls. Get simple. Go deep. Try different gestures, and create your own!
Features
- Create instant rhythmic patterns out of any sound. Trap your hi-hat. Make your vocals skip and jump. Turn percussion into pitch. Make an instant dubstep breakdown.
- An easier setup with AUTO mode lets you audition sounds in your mix hassle-free with one button. Or hook up a MIDI controller with step-by-step in-app help that detects what DAW you’re in.
- Curve Editor affects any setting in Stutter Edit 2, letting you make sweeping filters, pumping reverbs, and blends of lo-fi energy. Drill into any setting to edit the curve in detail, or choose from 12 premade curves for instant inspiration.
- Effects modules: get the creative juices flowing with deeper controls and more options for motion and chaos. Stutter Edit 2 adds new Comb and Chorus modules, along with a full-featured Reverb and two-band Distort module.
- Banks and gestures designed by BT deliver a wealth of effects, ideas, and sounds. Saved banks auto-map to your MIDI key keyboard, giving you dozens of gestures at your fingertips.
- UI experience offers a logical workflow, with a new dedicated output section, easier Stutter controls, and a flexible system for saving banks and gestures.
Ozone 9 Advanced
Building on a 17-year legacy in audio mastering, Ozone 9 brings balance to your music with never-before seen processing for low end, real-time instrument separation, and lightning-fast workflows powered by machine learning. Find the perfect vibe with an expanded Master Assistant that knows exactly what you’re going for, whether it’s warm analogue character or transparent loudness for streaming. Talk to more iZotope plug-ins in your session with Tonal Balance Control and blur the lines between mixing and mastering. Work faster with improved plug-in performance, smoother metering, and resizable windows. No more wondering if your music is ready for primetime—with Ozone 9, the future of mastering is in your hands.
Features
- Master Rebalance: Now you can adjust the levels of vocals and other instruments in a stereo audio file, letting you solve balance issues without needing the original stems.
- Low End Focus: Quickly adjust the contrast and definition of your low frequencies and get a hard hitting master every time, without needing a complex plug-in chain.
- Improved Tonal Balance Control: Tonal Balance Control is improved with smoother metering, resizability, new target curves, and inter-plugin communication with Relay for quick and easy gain control across the mixing and mastering stages.
- Expanded Master Assistant: Choose from a modern or vintage vibe, with loudness targets for CD and streaming. Get a great starting point every time, no matter the style, format, or genre.
- Match EQ module: Ozone 9 offers a brand new experience for Match EQ, with a better preset workflow, the ability to match from a reference track, and deeper controls that let you match parts of the frequency spectrum.
- Vintage Modules: Use the colorful collection of Vintage modules to add warmth, grit, and vibe to your music, now available as both modules and component plug-ins in Ozone 9 Standard.
- Updated UI/UX: iZotope have made Ozone faster and easier to use, with a modernized resizable interface, fluid metering, and an expanded module chain.
- Native Instruments NKS Support: NKS support puts Ozone directly into your creative production process. Easily access controls, presets and DSP from within your NKS supported environment.
- Improved Imager module: Transparently adjust your stereo image with powerful multiband controls and an improved Stereoize mode.
- Improved Performance: Experience faster performance and smoother workflows improved visualizations and fluid metering.
- Component plug-ins: Use any Ozone 9 Advanced module as a separate plug-in in your DAW!
Exponential Audio R4
R4 delivers the historic warmth of time-tested reverb hardware units with expanded creative control. Add personality and depth to your music with reverb designed to color your mixes without compromising clarity. For less traditional projects, use creative effects like Warp and Freeze to mangle your reflections beyond recognition and create twisted time effects to take your audience by surprise.
Features
- Lush stereo reverb algorithm
- Warp controls with compression and overdrive
- Create ambient drones and texture with Freeze
- Pre-delay and reverb delay adjustable by tempo
- Chorus and Gate modules for musical effects
- 5 additional early reflection patterns and an additional hall algorithm
- Dynamic tail suppression to lower reverb in louder parts of a mix
- Over 1,200 presets (rooms, plates, halls, chambers, and more)
- EuControl support
Exponential Audio NIMBUS
NIMBUS elevates the signature Exponential Audio reverb engine with surgical controls and timbral effects. Authentic, classic tone meets advanced filter mechanics, compression, overdrive, tempo-syncing, and warp effects, so you’re sure to have the perfect reverb for your music.
Features
- Natural stereo reverb algorithm
- Warp controls with compression and overdrive
- Pre-delay and reverb delay adjustable by tempo
- 5 additional early reflection patterns and additional plate reverb algorithm
- Dynamic tail suppression to lower reverb in louder parts of a mix
- Over 1,200 presets (rooms, plates, halls, chambers, and more)
- EuControl support
Neutron 3 Advanced
From the makers of popular audio plug-ins like RX and Ozone, Neutron 3 is designed to bring your mix workflows into the 21st century. Now with Mix Assistant, Neutron 3 is the first-ever plug-in that listens to your entire session to suggest an overall level mix to kick things off right. With 8 modular mixing tools in one mothership plug-in, it’s the easiest, most intelligent way to bring unrivaled quality and speed to your mix. Create custom presets using machine learning for individual tracks with Track Assistant, communicate across plug-ins in your session with the smartest EQs on the planet, bend and shape your audio to any instrument profile with Sculptor, and automatically find and fix masking issues with the most intelligent Masking Meter that gets you to a mix that sounds better than ever, faster than ever.
Features
- Sculptor: Remove resonance and add excitement to your tracks with the ultimate hands-off audio tool.
- Transient Shaper: Change the contour of your sound and control attack and release with this mixing secret weapon.
- Exciter: Add modern character or warm, vintage grit with our Exciter module.
- Gate: Add impact and energy to your audio with our flexible multiband gate.
- Compressor: Fit your tracks perfectly in the mix with our swiss-army-knife compressor.
- Equalizer: Auto detect frequencies and remove masking with our intelligent EQ.
VocalSynth 2
Vocals, evolved.
The perfect compliment to Nectar 3, VocalSynth 2 is an immersive vocal experience that adapts and evolves with your unique music productions, allowing you to color them with five blendable creative must-haves. A treasure trove of past, present, and future vocal sounds, VocalSynth 2 features a Vocoder, Compuvox, Polyvox, Talkbox, and Biovox, a brand new effect based on the dynamic sonic qualities of the human vocal tract. Further enhance your production with seven stompbox-style studio effects. And with the ability to play in Auto, MIDI, or Sidechain mode, you control every aspect of your sound.
Features
- Biovox: Using scientific modelling of a human vocal tract, adjust human vocal characteristics like nasality, vowel shapes, and formants for a smooth, textural vocal treatment to any audio signal.
- Stompbox-style effects: VocalSynth 2’s effects include two brand new pedal-style effects: Chorus and Ring Mod with a unique tremolo effect. Now drag to re-order all seven effects including an improved Shred with sequencer as well as Distort, Filter, Transform, and Delay.
- 3 ways to play: VocalSynth 2 is built to be flexible, giving you three ways to interact and create: Auto Mode, MIDI Mode, and Sidechain Mode.
- Inter-plugin communication: Use VocalSynth 2 within Neutron 2’s Visual Mixer and Masking Meter, as well as Tonal Balance Control for a bird’s eye view of your music production at all times.
- Extensive sonic enhancements to the Vocoder module as well as Talkbox, Polyvox, and Compuvox that improve usability, CPU utilization, and sound quality.
- Reimagined interface with deep control: VocalSynth 2 includes a brand new, modern interface and the addition of advanced synthesizer controls for each individual module. Paired with a fluid, evolving visualization, VocalSynth 2 is primed for hours of creativity with you at the helm.
Insight 2
Intelligent Metering for Music and Post
Insight 2 is a comprehensive metering and audio analysis plug-in that is a core component of award-winning studios around the world. It is perfect for visualizing changes made during mixing and mastering, troubleshooting problematic mixes, meeting the loudness standards of music streaming services, and more. Keep an eye as well as an ear on your mix at all times with Insight 2.
Features
- Updated look and feel
- Re-designed to be easier to use
- Current loudness standards
- Multichannel support up to Dolby Atmos 7.1.2
- Ensure that dialogue is clear in the mix with the Intelligibility Meter
- Resize the meters and window as small or large as wanted
- Colored warnings available for Level meters
- Expanded inter-plugin communication with iZotope Relay
Tonal Balance Control 2
Tonal Balance Control 2 puts decades of mastering expertise in your hands, letting you adjust your tracks to targets based on thousands of professional masters. In Ozone 9, iZotope have updated Tonal Balance Control with faster performance, smooth metering, and more ways to communicate with other iZotope plug-ins across your session. Now you can call up any instance of Neutron, Nectar, or Relay to make per-track adjustments to EQ and gain, letting you instantly address balance issues as you see them without opening multiple plug-ins. Use Tonal Balance Control to work with confidence and accurately fine tune your mix in any listening environment or genre.
Features
- Create with confidence: Tonal Balance Control 2 is your second set of ears in a session, with 12 target curves representing popular music genres that help you stay on target no matter your listening environment. Load your own audio file to create a custom curve for when you’re looking for a specific vibe.
- Fix issues in your session: Tonal Balance Control 2 can open an EQ from an iZotope Neutron 3 or Ozone 9 plug-in in your session, so you can fix balance issues from one plug-in window. Tonal Balance Control 2 can also talk to plug-ins like iZotope Nectar 3 or VocalSynth 2, letting you see how your vocal fits into your overall balance.
- Get the complete picture: With improved fluid metering and resizability, it’s even easier to see every detail of your tonal balance. Work in Broad view mode to get a general bird’s eye of your mix, or switch to Fine view to zoom in on tough problem areas. Solo frequencies to hear exactly what’s contributing to your tonal balance, and quickly fix issues on your tracks with improved scaling that makes it easier to work with EQs in Ozone 9 or Neutron 3.
Also Included
Music Production Suite 4 includes a 1-year all-access subscription to Groove3 video training.
Music Production Suite 4 also comes iZotope Relay, your hub for intelligently connecting your entire mix to your iZotope plug-in collection via inter-plugin communication.
System Requirements
Ozone 9 & Neutron 3
Note: Ozone 9 runs as a standalone application, or as a plug-in in your audio editing software. Ozone 8 Advanced includes 12 additional component plug-ins for direct access to individual Ozone modules in your host.
Operating Systems
- Mac: OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) - macOS 10.15 (64-bit only)
- Windows: Windows 7 (64-bit) (Latest Service Packs) - Windows 10 (64-bit)
Plug-in Formats
- AU, AAX, VST2, VST3. All formats are 64-bit only.
Supported Hosts:
- Ableton Live 9 - 10, Cubase 9.5, Digital Performer 9, FL Studio 12, Logic Pro X, Nuendo 8, Pro Tools 10 - 12, Reaper 5, Reason 10, Studio One 3 - 4
RX 9 Standard System Requirements
Note: RX 9 can be used as a standalone audio editor, as a standalone audio editor connected to your host via RX Connect, or as a suite of plug-ins.
Operating Systems:
- macOS 10.14.6 Mojave - macOS 11.6 Big Sur (*Intel Macs or Apple Silicon Macs in Rosetta mode only) (64-bit only)
- Windows 7 - 10 (64-bit only)
Plugin Formats:
- AU, AAX, VST2, VST3. All plug-in formats are 64-bit only.
Supported Hosts:
- Logic Pro
- Pro Tools 2021
- Live 11
- Cubase 10.5-11
- Nuendo 11
- Studio One 5
- Reaper 6
- FL Studio 20
- Audition CC
- Premiere Pro CC
VocalSynth 2
Operating Systems:
- Mac — OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion - macOS 10.15 (64-bit only)
- PC — Win XP (32-bit Service Pack 3) - Win 10
Plug-in Formats:
- AAX (64-bit), AU, RTAS (32-bit), VST, VST3
Supported Hosts:
- Ableton Live 9 - 10, Cubase 9.5, Digital Performer 9, FL Studio 12, Logic Pro X, Nuendo 8, Pro Tools 10 - 12, Reaper 5, Reason 10, Studio One 3 - 4
Note: A graphics card with Open GL 2.0 support is required to display the visualizations in VocalSynth 2.
Nectar 3, Relay, and RX 8 Breath Control
Operating Systems
- Mac: OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) - macOS 10.15.6 (Catalina)
- Windows: Windows 7 (Latest Service Packs) - Windows 10
Plug-in Formats
- AU, AAX, VST2, VST3. All plug-in formats are 64-bit only.
Supported Hosts
- Logic Pro X, Ableton Live 9-10.1, Pro Tools 12.8-2020.5, Cubase 9.5-10.5, FL Studio 20.6, Studio One 5, Reason 10, REAPER 6, Bitwig Studio 2-3
Melodyne 5 Essential
- 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 5 essential only computer-based. Internet access is required for activation
Supported Hosts:
- Ableton Live 9 - 10, Cubase 9.5, Digital Performer 9, FL Studio 12, Logic Pro X, Nuendo 8, Pro Tools 10 - 12, Reaper 5, Reason 10, Studio One 3 - 4
Insight 2 Specs
Operating Systems:
- Mac: OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) Pro Tools 10 only; OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks) - macOS 10.15 (64-bit only)
- Windows: 7 - 10
Plug-in Formats:
- AU (32 & 64-bit), AAX (64-bit, real-time), AAX-AS (64-bit, Audiosuite). RTAS (32-bit, real-time), DPM-AS (32-bit, Audiosuite), VST2 (32 & 64-bit), VST3 (32 & 64-bit)
Supported Hosts:
- Ableton Live 9 - 10, Cubase 9.5, Digital Performer 9, FL Studio 12, Logic Pro X, Nuendo 8, Pro Tools 10 - 12, Reaper 5, Reason 10, Studio One 3 - 4
Exponential Audio NIMBUS & R4
Operating Systems
- Mac: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion - macOS 10.15
- PC: Win 7 - Win 10
Hardware Requirements
- CPU: Multicore processor, 2 GHz or greater
- RAM: 2 GB or greater
- Display: 1024 x 768 or greater
Plug-in Formats
- AAX, AU, VST, VST3 (all formats 64-bit only)
Channel Formats
Authorization
- iLok License Manager required
- iLok2, iLok3, or iLok Machine License
Important Notes:
- Exponential Audio products are not available in iZotope’s Product Portal
- You are only provided with 1 x iLok computer activation for each Exponential Audio product licence.