Izotope Nectar?

[PatriotsBiker]

New version - v3 - is now out. I've v2 for a while. Nothing's gonna help me as far as vocals are concerned, but it did OK despite the challenge. The presets were decent starting points. I stopped using it a couple years ago, but do not remember why. It might have been to use some of the various analog sims from others that found their way to my plugins folder.

Not sure I can be all smiles and sheetcakes about paying an $149 upgrade fee, though. Sheeesh.

Anyone here tried this out yet?

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Originally Posted by PatriotsBiker

New version - v3 - is now out. I've v2 for a while. Nothing's gonna help me as far as vocals are concerned, but it did OK despite the challenge. The presets were decent starting points. I stopped using it a couple years ago, but do not remember why. It might have been to use some of the various analog sims from others that found their way to my plugins folder.

Not sure I can be all smiles and sheetcakes about paying an $149 upgrade fee, though. Sheeesh.

Anyone here tried this out yet?

I upgraded to it. There are some things I like and some things I don't. The assistant has been sort of useless for dialogue. To radical with stuff that need to be tamed a bit.. Had to turn off most of the suggestions on some interview stuff for a short film. It could work on subtle changes though and some of the Nectar 3 stuff is really nice. Not really a fan of the harmony thing, but would be cool for creating ideas. I probably need to explore it more as I was on several deadlines over the weekend and only got it yesterday. It's probably worth the expense before it goes up. I would try it out for free. they have a fully functional trial right? I would also encourage you to look at the tutorials and testimonial demos also. They are always helpful. I still like Alloy 2 a a lot and also Nectar 2.
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[simon.a.billington]

I just updated RX. With Christmas around the corner this update may just have to wait. Sadly.

[Righty27]

Not upgraded from V2 and only commenting to agree with PatriotsBiker about the upgrade fee ... just find that Izotope major updates arrive relatively regularly across their range (less so minor updates in between) and, combined with not particularly attractive upgrade pricing that possibly contributes to putting off new customers/revenues, the experience for existing customers feels too much like a stealth subscription.

FWIW, I normally keep my plugins up-to-date regardless of how much I use them but, along with Waves (one of many users who have built up a collection at recent ‘low’ prices and would now essentially have to repurchase them for negligible changes in V10, other than future OS compatibility), Nectar and Ozone are the only plugins I have intentionally allowed to lapse.

[Benoni]

I love Nectar 2. It's great for dialogue, voice-over, video, podcasting and of course vocals. Everything you need in one plugin, one interface. It's even great for making wacky radio voice drops.

But, the upgrade price is a bit steep IMO. The upgrade from Music Production Suite 1 (which I already have) is $249. That's not horrible, but I already bought VocalSynth 2 and there isn't a different price for those that already have more of the plugins that are now included. But I guess we should be use to that, same for the Komplete package.

Maybe we'll get some black friday sales. Of course come the new year Ozone is due for an upgrade and they still never fixed the solo band issue with the EQ in Pro Tools

[Righty27]

FWIW Benoni, Plugin Boutique have launch offers including the upgrade from V2 ... and Izotope Neutron is included with any purchase:

https://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/show?sale_id=4510