Izotope

You can add a bit of time stretching and pitch shifting magic to your MPC, now that iZotope has partnered with Akai to provide its Radius technology to upcoming MPC releases.  

From now on, Acoustica Mixcraft Pro Studio 6 DAW software will come with iZotope Mastering Essentials -- a suite of mastering effects for general use, special FX, audio enhancement, restoration, and more.  

IZotope released six iOS software developer kits (SDKs) and a free guide to audio programming for iOS, providing iPhone and iPad users with a whole new set of audio effects and resources for their apps.  

IZotope updated its Ozone software mastering suite to version 5, providing both Ozone 5 and Ozone 5 Advanced with better sound quality, enhanced DSP, optimized workflow, an updated interface, and new visual feedback features.  

Last weekend at AES, iZotope announced the upcoming release of Ozone 5 and Ozone 5 Advanced -- major updates that provide the software mastering suite with better sound quality, enhanced visual feedback, optimized workflow, and an updated interface.  

Make yourself sound like T-Pain with The T-Pain Effect -- a set of beat-creation and vocal-recording tools. With this T-collection, you will get hundreds of T-Pain-approved beats, song templates, and more.  

"We'll fix it in post" is the battle cry of the digital audio era, a call to action that typically ignores how laborious and soul-killing the form that action typically takes. So is iZotope RX2 just another tool to keep the audio editor down, or does it victoriously save the day from errant clipping and unwanted distortion? Larry the O gives the restoration software suite a more-than-fair shake.  

You'd might be surprised to hear the axiom "less is more" espoused by the man who's listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records has having performed the most vocal edits in any one song (Somnambulist; 6,178), but BT lives to defy expectations. We continue our iZotope Stutter Edit launch party conversation with him in this video.  

Recruited to help launch iZotope Stutter Edit, Richard Devine played a refreshingly non-4/4-reliant set at the BT-headlined NAMM launch party. We sat down with Richard after his set to talk about what the hell he was doing there.  

While some might think of Roger Daltry as the innovator of musical stuttering, the man who made it his signature technique is BT. We spoke with him about the release of iZotope Stutter Edit back at Winter NAMM.  

Developed in conjunction with BT, iZotope's Stutter Edit software is generating some good buzz (and glitch, and ping, and sqwronk) among electronic musicians and producers. Part effects processor, part noise generator, this powerful application has plenty to offer, but does it live up to the hype? Len S-s-s-s-s-asso has an opinion, and he offers it up in this hands-on review.  

With iZotope's newly released Stutter Edit, you can manipulate audio, BT-style, on the spot without having to sit in the studio for days on end doing manual edits. Stutter Edit was created in collaboration with composer and electronic musician BT, who gives the software his seal of approval.  

Enemy of clicks, hiss, and pops everywhere, iZotope takes aim at sour pitches and thin vocal tracks with the new iZotope Nectar vocal processing suite. We take a look at the plugin in action at the 129th AES show.  

iZotope introduced its new vocal processing plugin, Nectar. The vocal suite offers 11 different processing modules (Pitch Correction, Breath Control, Compressors, and so forth) that let you customize your recorded ahhs and oohs.  

New versions of the Izotope RX 2 and RX 2 Advanced audio repair suite are here, offering updated features for removing unwanted sounds, restoring audio, selecting or suppressing certain sounds, and more.  

Technically, as few as two elements are all you need for a true alloy, but iZotope Alloy goes above and beyond by smelting six essential mix plugin into a single package. Find out whether it's enough to impress Pro Reviewer Brian Smithers.  

Now anyone can gain entry to Hed Kandi's extravagant clubbing parties with the new iDrum: Hed Kandi Ibiza Mix 2010 music-making app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Cover charge: 99 cents.  

Enter the iZotope RZA of Wu-Tang App Duel of the Disciples Contest for the chance to have your beats featured in the iZotope iDrum app, win a complete suite of iZotope software, and more.  

In the next few months, iZotope will be updating its products to support accessibility software for the visually impaired; from now on, commonly used screen reader programs will work with iZotope software on both Macs and PCs.  

One lucky Tweeter will win a free Apple MacBook loaded with iZotope software, via iZotope and RZA's new giveaway / promotion of the iDrum: RZA of W-Tang app.  

The new audio editing software from iZotope, Music & Speech Cleaner, would be a nice companion to your video editing software. Use the scrubbing toolkit to perform quick cleanups on audio from home videos, as well as create multitrack files from your existing files.  

Hurray, Pro Tools users will have more TDM plugins to choose from, but not until early next year. D'oh. Guess they will be spending their Christmas money elsewhere.  

The thing that you will hate about recording your own stuff privately is the fact that mixing and mastering can often call for more hours than recording the piece itself. Getting that great sound in the mixing stage with a mastering plugin just would prolong your agony with its CPU intensive nature and inherent latency. The new iZotope Alloy helps you cut down on mixing time with its useful suite of effects and the promise of efficiency with just one plugin.  

Time stretching and pitch shifting are fun and useful applications in the studio, whether you are rehearsing, writing a new and recording a new piece of music, or just plain noodling around. Making your Logic Pro or Soundtrack Pro powerful in manipulating your perception of time is iZotope Radius, a new time-stretching / pitch-shifting application.  

The iPhone is truly paving a way towards a new musical revolution, and this time it involves beatboxers. The iZotope iDrum Beatboxing Editing has now been released to either satisfy or compete with your beatboxing sensibilities.  

Announced back at the 125th AES convention, iZotope Ozone 4 promised to save the world from harsh, destructive audio with its updated suite of mastering software. Will iZotope deliver on that promise? Now that they're delivering on their software, you'll be able to find out.  

I tell ya, a real time, adaptive noise reduction system sure could come in handy on the 125th AES Convention's exhibitors floor. Even with the constant din of audio commerce going on in the background, this demonstration of the iZotope ANR-B makes quite an impression.  

While Planet Earth still chugs along with its "version one" ozone layer, iZotope is already announcing Ozone version 4. Depending on whether you're a Palin supporter or not, the Earth has either 4,000,000,000 or 6,000 years of catchup work to do.  

The Apple iBandwagon gets one fuller with the iZotope iDrum application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. You guys want a stock market tip? This "Apple" company looks like a real go-getter. Invent a time machine and tell yourself to invest!  

Bill "Big Country" Holland busts out some of his old square dancing favorites to clean up some noise with iZotope RX's denoiser. Put on your buckaroo boots and get ready for some good, clean fun. Now promenade!