Neutron 5

Bring out the best in your mix

A flexible, fully equipped suite of world-class intelligent mixing tools for all workflows and skill levels.

Bring out the best in your mix with Neutron 5, a flexible, fully-equipped suite of 10 intelligent tools. Add power while reclaiming headroom with the multiband Clipper module, give your audio more presence, detail, and fullness with intuitive upward compression in the new Density module, and fix tedious phase issues with the Phase module.

Shape your sound faster with the improved Mix Assistant, precisely target your processing with mid/side and transient/sustain channel modes across the Neutron suite, and make more informed decisions with beautiful, refreshed visualizations. Achieve the mix you’re imagining, whether it’s your first mix or your next big hit.

What’s new in Neutron 5?

Clipper module | Powerful peak control

Add power while reclaiming headroom. Clipper is feature-packed with unparalleled flexibility for intuitive soft clipping across multiple bands, mid/side channels, and transient/sustain content.

Density module | Solidify your sound

Keep your key elements pinned up-front in the mix. This surgical upward compressor effortlessly smooths out dynamics, giving your audio more presence, detail, and fullness.

Phase module | Unfazed by phase issues

Out-of-sync signals sound weak and empty, and asymmetrical waveforms eat up headroom in your mix. Phase learns and fixes your track’s phase issues in seconds and offers the tools and visualizations to fine-tune as you need.

Improved Mix Assistant | Shape your tracks in seconds

Now it’s easier than ever to find a great starting point for your mix. Just run the Assistant to create a custom signal chain for your audio, then refine your sound with professional instrument profiles (or your own references) and easy macro controls.

Module Channel modes | New dimensions

Take your mixes to new creative heights. Precisely target your processing with new levels of ease and control using Mid/Side and Transient/Sustain channel modes, now available across the Neutron suite. 

Delta buttons | Hear the difference

Make more informed mixing decisions by hearing exactly how Neutron is affecting your track with new Delta buttons in every module. 

Improved metering | See the difference

Dial-in your settings with confidence. Neutron’s hyper-detailed visualizations are now even clearer, easier to understand, and more customizable.

Improved interface | New Neutron, new feel

Neutron’s new design feels polished and professional with updated controls, improvements to the Assistant View, and a refreshed color palette.

Features

• New! A suite of 11 plugins | Neutron 5 now comes with 11 plugins, including a mothership and 10 components. Use the component plugins individually or combine them in the mothership plugin chain to sculpt your sound.
• New! Powerful peak control | The new Clipper module adds power and reclaims headroom with intuitive multiband options, oversampling, and channel modes.
• New! Solidify your sound | The new Density module performs intelligent upward compression to give your audio more presence, detail, and fullness.
• New! Unfazed by phase issues | The new Phase module fixes asymmetrical waveforms and out-of-sync signals in seconds, keeping your audio clean and full.
• New! New dimensions | Mid/side and transient/sustain channel modes across the suite let you use Neutron modules on the specific content that needs processing.
• New! Hear the difference | Make more informed decisions with Delta buttons in every module, letting you hear exactly how Neutron is affecting your mix.
• Improved! Shape your tracks in seconds | Refined processing and additional macro knobs in the Assistant View make it even easier to fine-tune your custom signal chain from Mix Assistant.
• Improved! See the difference | Neutron’s updated visualizations are now even clearer, easier to understand, and more customizable, letting you dial-in your settings with confidence.
• Improved! New Neutron, new feel | Neutron 5 feels polished and professional with a new design, featuring updated controls, improvements to the Assistant View, and a refreshed color palette.
• Mix in the moment | Powered by machine learning, Mix Assistant sets a custom signal chain for your specific audio, saving time for creative mixing choices. 
• Match references in real time | Dynamically match the tone of your track to a sample or stem using the Target Library with intelligent tone matching technology.
• Neutron 4 fan-favorites | Neutron 5 packs powerful modules from version 4, including Unmask, Sculptor, Transient Shaper, Exciter (with Trash Mode), Gate, Compressor (with Punch Mode and Sidechain metering), and Equalizer.
• Balance Assistant | Automatically set levels before you even touch a fader, using Relay on individual tracks and Visual Mixer on your master channel.
• Visual Mixer & iZotope Relay plugins | Launch Balance Assistant directly from Visual Mixer and position your tracks in a virtual space, tapping into iZotope inter-plugin communication.
• Tonal Balance Control 2 plugin | Meter while you mix to shape balanced levels based on tens-of-thousands of professional mixes.
• 7.1 Surround sound support and zero-latency mode in all 7 modules for professional, lightweight processing for audio post or surround music mixes. 
• Beautiful, smooth visualizations and a resizable interface invite you to step in and take control.
• Improved performance | Neutron is compatible with Apple silicon native (M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max) chips for faster processing.

System Requirements

Operating Systems

• Mac: macOS Ventura (13.6) or higher (Apple silicon Macs supported natively) (64-bit only)
• Windows: Windows 10-11 (64-bit only)

Plugin Formats

• AU (Mac only), AAX, VST3 (All formats 64-bit only)
• Please note: VST2 is no longer supported