Sculpture is proper module, and can be positioned anywhere in a track’s processor chain. The new Sculpture module greatly expands on this. Previous versions of Neutron included a simple tool called Neutrino at the end of the plug-in processing chain, which analyzed a track and applied automatic EQ and compression via dynamic multiband processing, functioning as a subtle finishing processor. While long-time mixers may have developed their ability to recognize specific frequency ranges, the Masking Meter can be a very useful tool for both novice and experienced mixers, saving a lot of trial-and-error, whenever masking may be a problem in a particular mix. Once it identifies the likely offending frequencies, either or both the vocal track and the guitar track can be EQ’d to address the masking issue, right from within the same vocal EQ module. Thanks to iZotope’s Inter-Plugin Communication protocol, the guitar track can be selected right within that vocal EQ module, enabling the Masking Meter feature, which will then intelligently analyze both tracks, and display the particular frequencies where the masking is mostly occurring. In this example, an instance of Neutron 3’s EQ module would be opened on the vocal track. For example, a midrangy guitar part might partly mask a vocal, negatively affecting intelligibility-lowering the overall level of the offending guitar track might not work musically, especially if the masking only occurs at some places in the song the better solution would be EQ, but it may be difficult to pinpoint just the specific frequencies causing the masking, to avoid overly processing the guitar sound. This is not inherently bad, but sometimes it can be a problem. When two or more instruments/tracks are combined, certain frequencies-corresponding to certain harmonics and overtones-in one track may cover up, or mask, those frequencies in another track, changing the perceived tonal balance. The Tonal Balance Control utility plug-in-included with Neutron 3-compares the overall tonal balance of a mix with reference mixes, as an aid in final mixing or mastering.The new Mix Assistant (Neutron 3 Advanced only) analyzes track levels and sets up an initial mix to be used as a starting point for mixing.
The Track Enhance feature (nee Track Assistant) analyzes a track and automatically creates a chain of processors to set up initial processing as a starting point for further mixing.The new Sculpture module-expanding on the more basic Neutrino feature in Neutron 2-provides automatic tonal and dynamic processing, guided by the user toward preferred tonality/dynamics.The Masking Meter is a smart display in the EQ module to facilitate dealing with masking issues between tracks in a mix.There are five intelligent mixing features in Neutron 3: In this article I’ll take a brief look at those features, to see what the intelligent mixing algorithms in Neutron 3 bring to the party.
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