In comes Nectar 2 from Izotope. It’s a Vocal Production Suite – but I KNOW some people who will be throwing this all over FX, Music and other non-vocal sounds. I saw it when it first came out, what seems like 6 months ago (?). It sounded like a bit of a novelty. Like “hey, look we made ONE plug-in with EVERYTHING in it!!!” Typically, I stay away from those “Everything to Everyone” products. I have similar theories on programming radio stations but that is a different article. But after seeing plenty of videos and hearing from colleagues on Twitter etc, the final straw was this deal on Audio Deluxe. Nectar 2 for like $185 bucks! After the original price of $300 I was in. And I can safely say having only used it on two big sessions, I love it.
Honestly after that vid from the great Dave Pensado there isn’t much more I can, or NEED TO, add.
I can talk about who should get it, though. My blog is geared at Radio people, not necessarily music people but often those circles overlap. I was a radio guy who has evolved more into a music guy in the last 2 or 3 years. So, at this point I’d say I know just enough to know how much I DON’T know yet about producing, mixing and mastering music. Make sense? If you are a Radio Producer who wants to start implementing some of the cool things you hear in music production (on vocals or otherwise) but you don’t want to spend 20 years learning how to do every little thing, this is a great place to start. It literally has all aspects of a great vocal chain built into it. Plus it’s laid out in a very clean, simple manner. Which means…You get RIGHT into making cool stuff happen.
I didn’t mention it earlier in the article but I LOVE presets. I’ve brought it up in many podcasts and other articles. Even if you don’t actually use the built-in presets, they are great places to start and to me a strong selling factor of a plug-in. Nectar 2 has a pile of ’em.
To sum up, ALMOST everyone who deals with vocals should get this. If you are making commercials with VO on Music and never do much to color your audio then perhaps save the cash or spend it on a great EQ like the MAAG. Everyone else will really enjoy this!! <- 2 exclamation marks