American audio technology company
iZotope, Inc. is an audio technology company based inCambridge ,Massachusetts , United States. iZotope develops professional audio software for audio recording, mixing, broadcast, sound design, and mastering which can be used in wide range ofdigital audio workstation (DAW) programs. In addition, iZotope creates and licenses audioDSP technology includingnoise reduction ,sample rate conversion ,dithering ,time stretching , and audio enhancement to hardware and software companies in the consumer and pro audio industries.
In 2023 iZotope was acquired byNative Instruments .[ 1]
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] RX 11 May 14, 2024[ 20] Stutter Edit January 13, 2011[ 21] sample stutter effects and slicing Stutter Edit 2 June 24, 2020[ 22] 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[ 23] Trash 2 November 19, 2012 64-bit modeling of guitar amplifiers, distortions, delays and filters Vinyl February 1, 2001[ 24] record simulation and lo-fi effect Vocalsynth 2 May 23, 2018[ 25] 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 [ edit ] Spire with App Spire — iOS recording app (released July 24, 2015) iDrum and iDrum Mobile (acquired on December 4, 2006)[ 26] [ 27] Music and Speech Cleaner — audio cleanup and enhancement suite[ 28] Sonifi — mobile remix mobile application developed by Sonik Architects[ 29] The T-Pain Effect (released July 20, 2011)[ 30] Third-party plugins [ edit ] Ozone Maximizer Rack Extension (released June 14, 2012)[ 31] Reason — Reason 6.5 Rack Extension Mastering Essentials (released January 20, 2012)[ 32] Acoustica Mixcraft Pro Studio 6 Radius (released May 19, 2006)[ 33] Logic Pro andSoundTrack Pro Discontinued products [ edit ] Ozone MP — analog modeled audio enhancement forWinamp andWindows Media Player pHATmatik PRO[ 34] PhotonShow — photo slideshow software PhotonTV — photo slideshow software Spectron (released March 6, 2003)[ 35] [ 36] Compatible software [ edit ] iZotope's software can be used withPro 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.
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.
iZotope licenses its software and technology licensing, offering development of technology for Mac and Windows platforms, mobile, video game, and embedded DSP. Clients have includedSony ,Adobe ,Xbox ,Harmonix ,[ 37] Smule ,Sonoma Wire Works , and most recently,Blue Microphones .[ 38] SDK for easy implementation. To date, iZotope technology has shipped in nearly 68 million products worldwide.[ 39]
Licensed technologies [ edit ] Mac/PC[ 40] 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[ 41] iZotope has developed plugins for use directly inAudiokinetic 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 theFMOD 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[ 42] Core FX Audio Repair DJ FX Vocal FX Trash FX Fun FX Embedded[ 43] Noise reduction DSP is available for use in hardware usingAnalog Devices SHARC andBlackfin processors. In 2012, iZotope embedded Adaptive Noise Reduction and Keyboard Click Reduction technologies on Blue Microphones' Tiki USB Mic.[ 44]
Other Omega — realtime time and pitch control Radius — natural time stretching technology. Integrated intoDigidesign 'sPro Tools Elastic Time as well asCakewalk SONAR . Available as a plug-in for AppleLogic Pro . SRC — 64-bit sample rate conversion. Notable licensing partners [ edit ] 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)
Awards and accolades [ edit ] ^ "iZotope, Brainworx und Plugin Alliance sind jetzt Teil von Native Instruments" .Native Instruments Blog (in German). June 14, 2023. RetrievedJanuary 18, 2024 .^ "iZotope Alloy 2" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope ANR-B" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope Break Tweaker" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope release free DDLY Dynamic Delay" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope Insight" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "What's New in Insight 2" .iZotope . RetrievedOctober 31, 2020 .^ "iZotope Iris 2" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope Nectar" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope Nectar 2" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope Introduces New Intelligent Reverb Plug-in, Neoverb" .www.izotope.com . RetrievedOctober 31, 2020 .^ "iZotope Neutron" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^a b c "iZotope Neutron 2 & Ozone 8" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope announces Neutron 3" .Visuals Producer . June 6, 2019. Archived fromthe original on June 7, 2019. RetrievedNovember 21, 2019 .^ "iZotope Ozone 7" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope Ozone 9 Released - New AI Based Features - Exclusive Demo And Review" .Production Expert . Archived fromthe original on March 5, 2020. RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^a b "iZotope Introduces RX 10 and Ozone 10—now with new intelligent features that make repair and mastering more intuitive than ever before" .iZotope . RetrievedOctober 3, 2022 .^ "iZotope RX6" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope RX8" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 5, 2020 .^ "RX 11 Advanced Release Notes" .iZotope .^ "iZotope Stutter Edit" .Sound on Sound . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "iZotope Stutter Edit 2 Announced With Simplified Workflow And Additional Effects Packs" .Production Expert . June 24, 2020. RetrievedOctober 31, 2020 .^ "Welcome to Tonal Balance Control 2.2!" .iZotope . RetrievedOctober 31, 2020 .^ "iZotope Releases Free Vinyl Plug-In" . iZotope, Inc. Archived fromthe original on February 24, 2013. RetrievedJuly 11, 2012 .^ "Release Notes" .iZotope . RetrievedOctober 31, 2020 .^ McConnon, Brian."iZotope Acquires iDrum and Phatmatik Pro" . iZotope, Inc. Archived fromthe original on February 24, 2013. RetrievedJuly 11, 2012 . ^ "iDrum" . iZotope, Inc.^ "Music and Speech Cleaner" .^ "Sonifi iPhone App lets your fingers remix music" .Los Angeles Times . November 17, 2009.^ McConnon, Brian."T-Pain and iZotope Introduce The T-Pain Effect" . Music Marcom. Archived fromthe original on June 1, 2012. RetrievedJuly 11, 2012 . ^ McConnon, Brian."iZotope Releases Ozone Maximizer Rack Extension for Reason" . Music Marcom. Archived fromthe original on February 24, 2013. RetrievedJuly 11, 2012 . ^ McConnon, Brian."iZotope Introduces Mastering Essentials" . Music Marcom. Archived fromthe original on May 7, 2012. RetrievedJuly 11, 2012 . ^ McConnon, Brian."iZotope Releases iZotope Radius for Logic" . Music Marcom. Archived fromthe original on February 24, 2013. RetrievedJuly 11, 2012 . ^ McConnon, Brian."iZotope Acquires iDrum and pHATmatik PRO" . Music Marcom. Archived fromthe original on February 24, 2013. RetrievedJuly 11, 2012 . ^ "Introducing iZotope Spectron" . iZotope, Inc. Archived fromthe original on February 24, 2013. RetrievedJuly 11, 2012 .^ "Spectron" . iZotope, Inc.^ McConnon, Brian."iZotope Technology Licensed for Inclusion in Rock Band 3" . iZotope, Inc. Archived fromthe original on September 23, 2013. RetrievedJuly 11, 2012 . ^ "tiki FAQ" . Blue Microphones.^ "Powered By iZotope" . iZotope, Inc. Archived fromthe original on March 27, 2014. RetrievedJune 6, 2012 .^ "Mac/Win" . iZotope. Archived fromthe original on February 9, 2014. RetrievedJune 6, 2012 .^ "About iZotope | Audio Software, Plug-ins, VST" . Izotope.com. RetrievedDecember 16, 2017 .^ "Audio for iOS" . iZotope. Archived fromthe original on March 27, 2014. RetrievedJune 6, 2012 .^ "Embedded Audio Repair Tools" . iZotope. Archived fromthe original on February 9, 2014. RetrievedJune 6, 2012 .^ "AES12: iZotope Technology Embedded Into Microphones" . Sonicstate.com. October 30, 2012. RetrievedDecember 16, 2017 .^ "ahkatz5 on Twitter" . Archived fromthe original on May 11, 2020.^ "Year Zero" . NinWiki. RetrievedDecember 16, 2017 .^ "Red Bull Music Academy" . Red Bull Music Academy. RetrievedDecember 16, 2017 .^ "Garbage" . Archived fromthe original on May 31, 2012. RetrievedJune 6, 2012 .^ "Skrillex" . Archived fromthe original on June 10, 2012. RetrievedJune 6, 2012 .^ "Winners Announced for the 65th Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards" . RetrievedFebruary 24, 2014 .^ "57th Outstanding Product Awards Winners 2021" .Cinema Audio Society . The Cinema Audio Society.Frakes, Dan (October 7, 2008)."Editors' Notes – An array of audio offerings at AES – iZotope iDrum Hip-Hop Edition and iDrum Club Edition" .MacWorld . RetrievedOctober 28, 2008 . Rogerson, Ben (October 6, 2008)."iZotope Ozone 4 promises better mastering A pro sound from within your DAW?" .MusicRadar.com . RetrievedOctober 28, 2008 . Alexander, Jason Scott (June 1, 2008)."Field Test: iZotope RX Advanced Restoration SoftwareEASY-TO-USE MODULES OFFER TRANSPARENT, MUSICAL RESULTS" .Mix . Archived fromthe original on January 7, 2009. RetrievedOctober 28, 2008 . "IZotope Ozone 4 en janvier..." PC Music (in French). October 7, 2008. RetrievedOctober 28, 2008 ."iZotope Ozone 4 en enero de 2009" .Hispasonic (in Spanish). RetrievedOctober 28, 2008 ."RX Review in Mix Magazine - June Issue" .MixMagazine . Archived fromthe original on January 7, 2009. RetrievedOctober 28, 2008 ."ANR-B Review in Sound on Sound Magazine - April" .SoundOnSoundMagazine . Archived fromthe original on September 30, 2015. RetrievedOctober 28, 2008 ."RX featured in Electronic Musician "Noises Off" - August" .ElectronicMusician . Archived fromthe original on October 20, 2008. RetrievedOctober 28, 2008 ."Ozone 3 review in Mix Magazine- Mar.2004" .MixMagazine . Archived fromthe original on June 22, 2004. RetrievedOctober 28, 2008 .
