A Smarter De-Esser For Smoother Vocals

iZotope has launched Velvet, which they describe as a smarter de-esser plugin that splits audio into sibilance and tonal channels to let you separately de-ess, de-click, and reshape only the parts of your vocal that need it. Designed to deliver effortlessly smooth and polished vocals, Velvet is the latest installment in iZotope's popular Catalyst series, alongside new plugins like Aurora and Plasma. Here's more details from the company...

Unlike traditional de-essers that can often dull the overall character of a vocal, Velvet's dedicated sibilance and tonal channels allow for transparent and targeted processing of any problematic parts, preserving the natural warmth and clarity of your vocals.

Key features of iZotope Velvet include:
· Intelligent de-essing: Dynamically reduce harsh sibilance only where it's needed, leaving the tonal quality untouched.
· Sibilance learn: Velvet automatically identifies sibilant frequencies and sets up intelligent EQ nodes for immediate and effective de-essing.
· Dynamic tone shaping: The Lift and Tame controls adaptively shape vocals toward a variety of high-quality target profiles, without affecting sibilance.
· Intuitive de-click: Transparently eliminate distracting mouth sounds, pops, and clicks with a simple fader adjustment.
· Channel soloing: Precisely adjust settings for both the sibilance and tonal channels, ensuring focused and accurate processing. Or use the delta button to hear exactly what's being processed.
· Pro presets: Get started quickly with 50 professionally designed presets.

About the Catalyst Series
The Catalysts Series is iZotope's newest line of great-sounding, user-friendly and affordable plugins that are each designed to tackle a specific mixing problem, fast. Rather than the deep module-based channel strips that iZotope is known for, like Neutron and Ozone, you'll get one powerful effect per plugin, with just the right number of parameters to achieve quick, creative, and clean results.

Pricing and Availability:
$49 MSRP
$39 Limited-time crossgrade from any paid iZotope product available until May 21, 202

More information:

• Velvet

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