Aidez moiĬlicking the Track Assistant button at the top of the interface puts Neutron into 'listening' mode. While the Learn function is a great feature in itself, it's really just an hors d'oeuvre for Neutron's tasty main course: Track Assistant.

With the EQ, this constantly analyses the signal, shifting active filter nodes to 'areas of interest' - sibilance or rumble, for example - while for the other three, it sets the multiband crossovers to their 'natural' frequencies, as befit the input signal. And at the end of the signal flow, a limiter delivers three types of post-processing dynamics control - transparent with high latency (IRC II), less transparent with low latency (IRC LL) and brickwall with zero-latency (Hard) - and three response speeds.Īll of Neutron's processing modules bar the Limiter also include a Learn function. Each band type offers a range of shaping options: proportional Q or a flat-topped bell for the parametrics, Analog, Baxandall and Pultec styles for the shelves, and roll-off slopes from 6-48dB/octave for the filters.Įditing the EQ is done directly in the graphical display or using the controls in the pop-out Details view, and two Dynamic modes (Compress and Expand) enable individual band gains to be modulated by the input level at that or any other band, or the full-frequency signal.įinally, the Exciter borrows the X/Y distortion 'style' pad from iZotope's Alloy 2 channel strip, allowing a blend to be set between Tube, Warm, Tape and Retro algorithms for each band while the Transient Shaper supplements the usual Attack and Sustain sliders with a choice of Sharp, Medium and Smooth Contour modes, governing the per-band response speed. The EQ is a 12-band model with eight parametric bands, low and high shelves, and low- and high-pass resonant filters. Neutron comprises five main processing modules, each with its own wet/dry mix slider. In its default mode, the Compressor is transparent and precise, but activating Vintage mode invokes a much more colourful, punchy sound and analogue-style behaviour, complete with per-band VU meters.

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