iZotope updates Neutron 5 with three new plugins and makes its AI-powered Mix Assistant “faster and smarter” [Video]

iZotope has released the latest version of its flagship mixing suite, Neutron 5, bringing three new plugins and a host of upgrades and enhancements to this already-powerful collection of intelligent audio tools. 

The headline improvement in Neutron 5 is the addition of three new modules that give you a total of ten plugins overall: Clipper, Density and Phase. Neutron 5’s new Clipper plugin helps you tame peaks and maximize headroom with the help of an intuitive interface and visualizer that displays the clipping happening in real-time. 

Equipped with three separate clippers that can be applied independently across individual, adjustable frequency bands, the flexible Clipper module also lets you target mid and side portions of the signal and focus its processing on transients or sustained elements independently. Every module in Neutron now has a mid/side mode, and many have been kitted out with transient/sustain modes, too. 

Clipper is joined by Density, an upward compressorthat’s designed to bring presence …