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Read and watch tutorials for iZotope audio plugins like Ozone, Neutron, and RX. Get music production tips, boost your post production skills, and more.

Reducing reverb with the RX De-reverb module

Reducing reverb with the RX De-reverb module

Reverb can be a desirable characteristic, adding emotion and ethereal qualities to a recording. But what happens when reverb makes a recording sound...

What is top-down mixing? How to speed up your workflow

What is top-down mixing? How to speed up your workflow

You might have heard about top-down mixing, a technique many professional engineers employ to speed up their workflow and maximize their efficiency. But...

The fundamentals of vocal pitch correction

The fundamentals of vocal pitch correction

Let’s say you’ve crafted your vocal chain and done some vocal recording. After selecting your favorite takes and comping together a vocal track, you’ve...

Understanding serial compression: how to use it to control dynamic range

Understanding serial compression: how to use it to control dynamic range

Ever sit there slamming your vocals through one compressor and wondering why it doesn’t sound slick, sophisticated, polished, or professional? Now...

What is distortion in music? When and how to use it

What is distortion in music? When and how to use it

Distortion can be a powerful tool for audio engineers. In the right hands, distortion can add all sorts of flair to a track, fill out thinly recorded signals,...

How to master an album for a professional, consistent sound

How to master an album for a professional, consistent sound

Mastering singles can be fun, quick, and rewarding, but there’s almost nothing I love more than mastering a full album. Mastering an album makes you exercise...

Trash is back: your favorite distortion plugin is better than ever

Trash is back: your favorite distortion plugin is better than ever

Distorting, mangling, and transforming your sound has never been easier. Trash is back and reimagined with over 660 distortion types and impulse responses, and a...

Learn iZotope Trash in 10 minutes

Learn iZotope Trash in 10 minutes

Trash is back with a modern, multiband twist. Trash was always a deep cut of a plugin – a distortion powerhouse that could unlock so many sonic...

What is an impulse response? How to use convolution reverb on drums, synths, bass, and more

What is an impulse response? How to use convolution reverb on drums, synths, bass, and more

Impulse response: It’s not a concept relating to self-control – not in the world of audio, anyway. An impulse response is a tool that is often...

Getting to know brickwall limiters: a sound engineer's essential tool

Getting to know brickwall limiters: a sound engineer's essential tool

At its most basic definition, a limiter is a compressor with a high ratio. While audio compression and limiting both involve dynamic range control and...

What does an audio engineer do? Advice from a pro on how to become one

What does an audio engineer do? Advice from a pro on how to become one

As audio hardware and software has become cheaper and more accessible, more and more people have begun buying gear to record themselves or produce...

Principles of equalization: how to EQ your mix

Principles of equalization: how to EQ your mix

EQ is a fundamental tool used by audio engineers to shape the sound of music, voice recordings, and other audio content.  With equalization, you...