Introducing: iZotope Alloy

[cane creek]

Originally Posted by revolver87

Yeah it looks ok but surely the focusrite liquidmix which i have already should do the job..

Yeah Liquidmix looks ok but surely my DAWs bundled plugins which i have already should do the job....

Same scenario in context ........

[cane creek]

Been playing around with Alloy again today , focusing on the 'Transient' tool and yes i got the 'Tiss' on the snare id been looking for

but is 'Tiss' worth the plugin price alone ? the plot thickens......

[I_Am_Bic_Pentameter]

Not my work, I may add. A users perspective:

Here are a few key features of Alloy that will greatly benefit Ozone users:

* Dynamics: new Vintage-modeled compressor with soft knee is perfect for shaping vocals, guitars, drums and other individual tracks
* Sidechaining: lets you control Alloy's dynamics modules from other tracks in your mix
* Dual Dynamics stages: full-featured flexible parallel compression and more
* Transient Shaper: enhance percussive sounds for creative control, in single or multiband mode
* Zero-latency mode: for ease of use on multiple tracks in a session—no concerns about delay compensation or tracks getting out of sync or phase
* De-Esser: an essential tool for taming sibilance on vocals and more
* Exciter: a new XY-pad based exciter lets you blend between different saturation types for new creative possibilities
* Limiter: includes zero latency operation, and a variable phase rotation control for optimizing vocals and other instruments
* Equalizer: exceptional sonic quality, precise controls, new steeper low and high pass filters
* MacroPresets: over 150 professional presets with custom layouts that show you simplified controls for the task at hand. Like customizing things? Make your own custom plug-in layouts with this unique feature

Alloy seems to use different types of algorithms to get a different sound for mixing specific purposes. Ozone is more transparent ( for mastering) and does not offer the amount of colorization options that Alloy can introduce with the transient and exciter modules.

Alloy as I mentioned above also uses less CPU so you can insert it into more tracks if you wish.