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
Visuals
Gain Reduction Trace
The Gain Reduction Trace is a scrolling meter that displays the incoming sig-
nal’s waveform with a superimposed tracing that illustrates the amount of gain
reduction taking place in real-time.
Latency
In order for the Breath Control plug-in to have time to perform its analysis, it must
incur a good deal of latency. The result of this latency is that the incoming audio
is delayed in time with respect to the other tracks in your session. Modern audio
applications have a feature called 'Delay Compensation' which will recognize
the latency (delay) that Nectar requires and will adjust the tracks in your session
accordingly - making sure that all of your tracks are aligned and in time with
each other. This 'Delay Compensation' can only occur once the audio has been
recorded into your digital audio workstation however. When tracking (recording)
your incoming audio the latency of the Breath Control module will cause a delay
between when the audio comes in to your computer, and when it passes
through Nectar.
Note: If your host has a limited number of samples of latency compensation,
Breath Control may still cause tracks to be played back out of sync with each
other. In these cases, we recommend processing your vocal takes with Breath
Control as a separate offline process.