iZotope

iZotope, Inc. is an audio technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. iZotope develops professional audio software for audio recording, mixing, broadcast, sound design, and mastering which can be used in wide range of digital audio workstation (DAW) programs. In addition, iZotope creates and licenses audio DSP technology including noise reduction, sample rate conversion, dithering, time stretching, and audio enhancement to hardware and software companies in the consumer and pro audio industries.

IZotope

Industry	Software industry/SIP licensing
Founded	1 January 2001
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Audio middleware
Parent	Native Instruments
Website	www.izotope.com

In 2023 iZotope was acquired by Native Instruments.^[1]

Software

Product name	Release date	Description
Alloy 2	August 14, 2012^[2]	channel strip plugin with EQ, Transient Shaper, Dynamics, Exciter, Limiter, and De-Esser
ANR-B	May 10, 2007^[3]	iZotope's only hardware unit — adaptive realtime noise reduction for broadcast audio
BreakTweaker	January 23, 2014^[4]	drum sculpting and beat sequencing machine that blurs the line between rhythm and melody
DDLY Dynamic Delay	February 9, 2016^[5]	responds to track musical dynamics to create unique delays
Insight	November 13, 2012^[6]	CALM Act compliant essential metering suite
Insight 2	September 13, 2018^[7]
Iris 2	November 19, 2014^[8]	spectral sampling re-synthesizer featuring spectral selection tools
Nectar	November, 2010^[9]	vocal production suite
Nectar 2	October 18, 2013^[10]
Nectar 3	October 16, 2018
Neoverb	October 2, 2020^[11]	reverb plug-in that combines industry-leading Exponential Audio technology with an intuitive, AI-powered workflow
Neutron	October 5, 2016^[12]	audio mixing plug-in suite including advanced analysis and metering
Neutron 2	October 5, 2017^[13]
Neutron 3	June 6, 2019^[14]
Neutron 4	June 2, 2022
Ozone 7	November 3, 2015^[15]	mastering suite with equalizer and dynamic eq, dynamics processing, exciter, spectral shaping processor, imager, maximizer, track referencing system and mastering assistant
Ozone 8	October 5, 2017^[13]
Ozone 9	October 3, 2019^[16]
Ozone 10	September 13, 2022^[17]
RX 6	April 20, 2017^[18]	audio restoration suite
RX 7	September 13, 2018
RX 8	September 2, 2020^[19]
RX 9	October 14, 2021
RX 10	September 7, 2022^[17]
Stutter Edit	January 13, 2011^[20]	sample stutter effects and slicing
Stutter Edit 2	June 24, 2020^[21]
Tonal Balance Control	October 5, 2017^[13]	visual analysis tool measuring the distribution of energy across frequency spectrum, comparing audio to program-specific or custom-created targets
Tonal Balance Control 2	May 5, 2020^[22]
Trash 2	November 19, 2012	64-bit modeling of guitar amplifiers, distortions, delays and filters
Vinyl	February 1, 2001^[23]	record simulation and lo-fi effect
Vocalsynth 2	May 23, 2018^[24]	Color and shape vocals to the point of unrecognizable, using vocoder, talkbox, and other features. Includes a full suite of stompbox-style studio effects.

Mobile applications

 

Spire with App

• Spire — iOS recording app (released July 24, 2015)
• iDrum and iDrum Mobile (acquired on December 4, 2006)^[25] — virtual drum machine^[26]
• Music and Speech Cleaner — audio cleanup and enhancement suite^[27]
• Sonifi — mobile remix mobile application developed by Sonik Architects^[28]
• The T-Pain Effect (released July 20, 2011)^[29] — beat and vocal recording software with pitch correction

Third-party plugins

• Ozone Maximizer Rack Extension (released June 14, 2012)^[30] for Reason — Reason 6.5 Rack Extension
• Mastering Essentials (released January 20, 2012)^[31] for Acoustica Mixcraft Pro Studio 6
• Radius (released May 19, 2006)^[32] — world-class time stretching and pitch shifting for Logic Pro and SoundTrack Pro

Discontinued products

• Ozone MP — analog modeled audio enhancement for Winamp and Windows Media Player
• pHATmatik PRO^[33] — loop-based sampler
• PhotonShow — photo slideshow software
• PhotonTV — photo slideshow software
• Spectron (released March 6, 2003)^[34] — 64-bit spectral effects processor^[35]

Compatible software

iZotope's software can be used with Pro Tools, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubase, Nuendo, WaveLab, Studio One, Adobe Audition, Reaper, FL Studio, Ableton Live, Reason etc. iZotope is compatible with most software that use VST or VST3 files.

Hardware

iZotope introduced an iPhone-driven physical recording device, branded Spire Studio. The small, portable device works wirelessly with iZotope's Spire iOS app and includes 4GB of storage and an internal microphone, as well as audio inputs for connecting external instruments or microphones. Spire Studio is targeted to musicians, small bands, and home recordists, as well as the podcasting and meeting sectors.

Licensing

iZotope licenses its software and technology licensing, offering development of technology for Mac and Windows platforms, mobile, video game, and embedded DSP. Clients have included Sony, Adobe, Xbox, Harmonix,^[36] Smule, Sonoma Wire Works, and most recently, Blue Microphones.^[37] Algorithms are delivered as a plugin or SDK for easy implementation. To date, iZotope technology has shipped in nearly 68 million products worldwide.^[38]

Licensed technologies

Mac/PC^[39]

iZotope has audio technology readily available in the form of VST, DirectX, AudioUnits, RTAS or AudioSuite plug-ins. Typical uses for licensed technology for Mac or PC applications include audio finalizing, music production, audio for video, presentation audio, metering to address broadcast loudness standards, and media playback. Categories of available licensed technologies include audio enhancement, voice enhancement, audio repair tools, creative tools, DJ tools, audiophile tools, time manipulation and audio for video.

Video Games^[40]

iZotope has developed plugins for use directly in Audiokinetic WWise for audio enhancement, voice effects occlusion and room modeling. In addition, iZotope has developed sound design tools and special effects for sound designers using the FMOD middleware engine. For middleware engines supporting XAudio and Multistream formats, iZotope has a collection of licensable DSP for use in music related games or karaoke.

Mobile SDKs^[41]

• Core FX
• Audio Repair
• DJ FX
• Vocal FX
• Trash FX
• Fun FX

Embedded^[42]

Noise reduction DSP is available for use in hardware using Analog Devices SHARC and Blackfin processors. In 2012, iZotope embedded Adaptive Noise Reduction and Keyboard Click Reduction technologies on Blue Microphones' Tiki USB Mic.^[43]

Other

• Omega — realtime time and pitch control
• Radius — natural time stretching technology. Integrated into Digidesign's Pro Tools Elastic Time as well as Cakewalk SONAR. Available as a plug-in for Apple Logic Pro.
• SRC — 64-bit sample rate conversion.

Notable licensing partners

Mac and PC	Video games	Mobile
Acoustica (Mixcraft) Sony (Soundforge, ACID) Avid (Pro Tools 10) Adobe (Audition) Serato (DJFX) Image-Line (FL Studio) Telestream (Screenflow) Prism Sound (SADiE 6) Akai (MPC Studio, Renaissance) Audiofile Engineering (Fidelia, Triumph) Cakewalk (Sonar X1) Grass Valley (Edius) Techsmith (Camtasia Studio) Audio Hijack (Rogue Amoeba)	Microsoft (Halo 4, Forza 4, Forza Horizon) Ubisoft (Michael Jackson: The Experience) Harmonix (Rockband 3) Capcom (Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil Resistance)	Smule (I Am T-Pain) Sonoma Wireworks (GuitarTone) Audiofile Engineering (FIRe 2) Harmonix (VidRhythm) Seven45 Studios (Soulo Karaoke)

Artist references

• Musician Andrew Katz of Car Seat Headrest mentions using Ozone on 1 Trait Danger's cover of CAKE's "Friend is a Four Letter Word".^[44]
• iZotope receives credit from Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails on the album credits of Year Zero.^[45]
• American record producer Just Blaze mentions using Ozone on his latest project with Jay-Z.^[46]
• Rock band from the US Garbage refers using Stutter Edit, Ozone, and Trash.^[47]
• American DJ Skrillex discusses about using Ozone on his tracks.^[48]

Awards and accolades

• Emmy Award Technology & Engineering Emmy (2013) — RX 2^[49]

• The Cinema Audio Society Outstanding Product Post Production (2021) — RX^[50]

References

1. "iZotope, Brainworx und Plugin Alliance sind jetzt Teil von Native Instruments". Native Instruments Blog (in German). June 14, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
2. "iZotope Alloy 2". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
3. "iZotope ANR-B". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
4. "iZotope Break Tweaker". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
5. "iZotope release free DDLY Dynamic Delay". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
6. "iZotope Insight". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
7. "What's New in Insight 2". iZotope. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
8. "iZotope Iris 2". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
9. "iZotope Nectar". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
10. "iZotope Nectar 2". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
11. "iZotope Introduces New Intelligent Reverb Plug-in, Neoverb". www.izotope.com. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
12. "iZotope Neutron". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
13. "iZotope Neutron 2 & Ozone 8". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
14. "iZotope announces Neutron 3". Visuals Producer. June 6, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
15. "iZotope Ozone 7". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
16. "iZotope Ozone 9 Released - New AI Based Features - Exclusive Demo And Review". Production Expert. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
17. "iZotope Introduces RX 10 and Ozone 10—now with new intelligent features that make repair and mastering more intuitive than ever before". iZotope. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
18. "iZotope RX6". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
19. "iZotope RX8". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
20. "iZotope Stutter Edit". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
21. "iZotope Stutter Edit 2 Announced With Simplified Workflow And Additional Effects Packs". Production Expert. June 24, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
22. "Welcome to Tonal Balance Control 2.2!". iZotope. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
23. . iZotope, Inc. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
24. "Release Notes". iZotope. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
25. McConnon, Brian. . iZotope, Inc. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
26. "iDrum". iZotope, Inc.
27. "Music and Speech Cleaner".
28. "Sonifi iPhone App lets your fingers remix music". Los Angeles Times. November 17, 2009.
29. McConnon, Brian. . Music Marcom. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
30. McConnon, Brian. . Music Marcom. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
31. McConnon, Brian. . Music Marcom. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
32. McConnon, Brian. . Music Marcom. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
33. McConnon, Brian. . Music Marcom. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
34. . iZotope, Inc. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
35. "Spectron". iZotope, Inc.
36. McConnon, Brian. "iZotope Technology Licensed for Inclusion in Rock Band 3". iZotope, Inc. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
37. "tiki FAQ". Blue Microphones.
38. "Powered By iZotope". iZotope, Inc. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
39. "Mac/Win". iZotope. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
40. "About iZotope | Audio Software, Plug-ins, VST". Izotope.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
41. "Audio for iOS". iZotope. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
42. "Embedded Audio Repair Tools". iZotope. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
43. "AES12: iZotope Technology Embedded Into Microphones". Sonicstate.com. October 30, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
44. . Archived from the original on May 11, 2020.
45. "Year Zero". NinWiki. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
46. "Red Bull Music Academy". Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
47. . Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
48. . Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
49. "Winners Announced for the 65th Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards". Retrieved February 24, 2014.
50. "57th Outstanding Product Awards Winners 2021". Cinema Audio Society. The Cinema Audio Society.

Further reading

• Frakes, Dan (October 7, 2008). "Editors' Notes – An array of audio offerings at AES – iZotope iDrum Hip-Hop Edition and iDrum Club Edition". MacWorld. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
• Rogerson, Ben (October 6, 2008). "iZotope Ozone 4 promises better mastering A pro sound from within your DAW?". MusicRadar.com. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
• Alexander, Jason Scott (June 1, 2008). . Mix. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
• "IZotope Ozone 4 en janvier..." PC Music (in French). October 7, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
• "iZotope Ozone 4 en enero de 2009". Hispasonic (in Spanish). Retrieved October 28, 2008.
• . MixMagazine. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
• . SoundOnSoundMagazine. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
• . ElectronicMusician. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
• "Ozone 3 review in Mix Magazine- Mar.2004". MixMagazine. Retrieved October 28, 2008.

External links

• Official website