please help me playaround with my new plugin toys from izotope - 02/19/21 07:33 AM
firstly this is not a technical enquiry to help me get better mixes and improve my home recordings. that might be an end result but the main aim is to give me something to do and learn in lockdown. mainly it's to do with playing with my new izotope plugins.
i have nectar 3 plus but only the elements version of neutron. i got some very useful advice on 'masking' vocals due to cutting eq where there was a conflict with other tracks in another thread.
but some queries i have aren't easily resolved with izotope's support process so i am coming straight to the expertise on the forum.
firstly does the unmask on nectar 3 plus work with neutron elements or only with the full or advanced versions?
if i put neutron elements on a track, do i need to add relay to the track too? and if i put relay on the track do i need neutron elements if i don't need neutron to shape the track in question. and if i have a mix of tracks with neutron elements and some with just replay will unmask work on all of them?
and finally, if i send all the backing tracks to a subgroup can i put neutron/and or relay on the subgroup channel strip instead of individually - saving plugin resource needed - and point unmask just to that strip? i could use a neutron master bus preset on the subgroup.
finally, non-izotope related, if i have reverb on an aux send and return, and route several tracks to it, will the reverb be affected if i send tracks to the subgroup? presumably the aux return sends to the master output bus (as i think a hardware mixer would do) so it would bypass the subgroup which could mean a reverb level at the original track volume setting not a reduced volume if the subgroup fade is lowered..
as i said, this more fun interest and curiosity than a real life mixing and production issue. these days i record for my own pleasure and occasionally when requested by friends. recently i made a full band demo of a track a friend had written which she posted on facebook.
it's fun, interesting and keeping me occupied during lockdown.
i have nectar 3 plus but only the elements version of neutron. i got some very useful advice on 'masking' vocals due to cutting eq where there was a conflict with other tracks in another thread.
but some queries i have aren't easily resolved with izotope's support process so i am coming straight to the expertise on the forum.
firstly does the unmask on nectar 3 plus work with neutron elements or only with the full or advanced versions?
if i put neutron elements on a track, do i need to add relay to the track too? and if i put relay on the track do i need neutron elements if i don't need neutron to shape the track in question. and if i have a mix of tracks with neutron elements and some with just replay will unmask work on all of them?
and finally, if i send all the backing tracks to a subgroup can i put neutron/and or relay on the subgroup channel strip instead of individually - saving plugin resource needed - and point unmask just to that strip? i could use a neutron master bus preset on the subgroup.
finally, non-izotope related, if i have reverb on an aux send and return, and route several tracks to it, will the reverb be affected if i send tracks to the subgroup? presumably the aux return sends to the master output bus (as i think a hardware mixer would do) so it would bypass the subgroup which could mean a reverb level at the original track volume setting not a reduced volume if the subgroup fade is lowered..
as i said, this more fun interest and curiosity than a real life mixing and production issue. these days i record for my own pleasure and occasionally when requested by friends. recently i made a full band demo of a track a friend had written which she posted on facebook.
it's fun, interesting and keeping me occupied during lockdown.