User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- What’s New in Nectar 2?
- Authorization
- Quickstart
- Global Menu
- Preset Manager
- Overview Panel
- Input and Output Gain
- Input and Output Meters
- Equalizer Module
- Compressors Module
- De-Esser Module
- Gate Module
- Saturation Module
- Pitch Correction Module
- Harmony Module
- Reverb Module
- FX Module
- Delay Module
- Limiter Module
- Pitch Editor Plug-in
- Breath Control Plug-in
- Preset System
- Spectrum
- History Menu
- CPU Optimization
- Buffer Size Viewer
- Automation
- Setting up MIDI Control
- Setting up ReWire Control
- Delay Compensation
- Keyboard and Mouse Support
- Available Shortcut Keys (PC/MAC)
- Options Menu
- General Options
- Spectrum Options
- Input/Output Options
- EQ/Harmony Options
- Pitch Editor General Options
- Pitch Editor Pitch Options
- Breath Control General Options
- iZotope Customer Support
How Breath Control Works
The Breath Control plug-in automatically analyzes the incoming vocal take and
distinguishes breaths from sung vocals based on their harmonic structure. If any
piece of the incoming audio matches a harmonic profile similar to a breath, the
module will suppress that portion of the audio until sung vocals are detected. Dif-
ferent from a 'Threshold' based process in which the module is only engaged
once the audio has risen to a certain volume, Breath Control will perform its ana-
lysis regardless of level. This allows for accurate breath recognition with a mul-
titude of quiet or loud vocal styles with minimal adjustment of the module's
controls.
Controls
Modes
Gain
In Gain mode, the Breath Control plug-in will reduce the gain of breaths by an
absolute amount, regardless of the level of the breath. In some cases, this is
desirable when trying to handle egregious breathing or as a way of removing all
breaths from a particular spoken or sung vocal take. Depending on your settings
however, this can result in unnatural sounding results as the very quiet breaths
may be inaudible, while the loud breaths will be reduced to a normal level.