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iZotope, Inc. is an audio technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. iZotope develops professional audio software for audio recording, mixing, broadcast, sound design, and mastering which can be used in wide range of Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) programs. In addition, iZotope creates and licenses audio DSP technology including noise reduction, sample rate conversion, dithering, time stretching, and audio enhancement to hardware and software companies in the consumer and pro audio industries. iZotope introduced its hardware product, Spire Studio, in 2015, complemented by its companion Spire mobile app and Spire Pro subscription offering.

History
iZotope was founded in 2001 by Mark Ethier and five other co-founders, while the founders were students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In April of 2019, iZotope announced the acquisition of the Exponential Audio product line, a digital reverb company known for its production of R4, PhoenixVerb Surround and Symphony.

iZotope was awarded Top Places to Work (2020) by The Boston Globe, Top Workplaces (2021)(USA) by Energage , and Best Places to Work 2021 by Built in Boston.

Mobile applications

 * Spire
 * Spire Song Maker - iOS app (released in 2015) that can act as a standalone music recorder or a controller for Spire Studio hardware
 * Spire Studio Controller - Android app (released October 15, 2018 ) that acts solely as a controller for Spire Studio hardware
 * iDrum and iDrum Mobile (acquired on December 4, 2006 — virtual drum machine
 * Music and Speech Cleaner — audio cleanup and enhancement suite
 * Sonifi — mobile remix mobile application developed by Sonik Architects
 * The T-Pain Effect (released July 20, 2011) — beat and vocal recording software with pitch correction

Third-party plugins

 * Ozone Maximizer Rack Extension (released June 14, 2012) for Reason — Reason 6.5 Rack Extension
 * Mastering Essentials (released January 20, 2012) for Acoustica Mixcraft Pro Studio 6
 * Radius (released May 19, 2006) — world-class time stretching and pitch shifting for Logic Pro and SoundTrack Pro

Discontinued products

 * Ozone MP — analog modeled audio enhancement for Winamp and Windows Media Player
 * pHATmatik PRO — loop-based sampler
 * PhotonShow — photo slideshow software
 * PhotonTV — photo slideshow software
 * Spectron (released March 6, 2003) — 64-bit spectral effects processor

Compatible software
iZotope's software can be used with Pro Tools, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubase, Nuendo, WaveLab, Studio One, Adobe Audition, Reaper, FL Studio, Ableton Live etc.

Hardware
Izotope recently launched an iPhone-driven physical recording device competing with Zoom and Tascam, branded Spire Studio. It works wirelessly with the Spire IOS app and includes 4Gb of storage and XLR/TS ports for instrument jacks and mics in addition to the on board, internal mic. It is small, portable and not rack mounted and appears to be targeted to smaller bands and single musicians as well as home studios, as well as the podcasting and meeting sectors.

Licensing
iZotope has recently branched out its business to include software and technology licensing after ten years of developing audio processing algorithms and tools for their own software. iZotope offers development of technology for Mac and Windows platforms, Mobile, Video Game, and Embedded DSP. Clients have included Sony, Adobe, Xbox, Harmonix, Smule, Sonoma Wire Works, and most recently, Blue Microphones. Algorithms are delivered as a plugin or SDK for easy implementation. To date, iZotope technology has shipped in nearly 68 million products worldwide.

Licensed technologies
iZotope has audio technology readily available in the form of VST, DirectX, AudioUnits, RTAS or AudioSuite plug-ins. Typical uses for licensed technology for Mac or PC applications include audio finalizing, music production, audio for video, presentation audio, metering to address broadcast loudness standards, and media playback. Categories of available licensed technologies include audio enhancement, voice enhancement, audio repair tools, creative tools, DJ tools, audiophile tools, time manipulation and audio for video.
 * Mac/PC

iZotope has developed plugins for use directly in Audiokinetic WWise for audio enhancement, voice effects occlusion and room modeling. In addition, iZotope has developed sound design tools and special effects for sound designers using the FMOD middleware engine. For middleware engines supporting XAudio and Multistream formats, iZotope has a collection of licensable DSP for use in music related games or karaoke.
 * Video Games


 * Mobile SDKs
 * Core FX
 * Audio Repair
 * DJ FX
 * Vocal FX
 * Trash FX
 * Fun FX

Noise reduction DSP is available for use in hardware using Analog Devices SHARC and Blackfin processors. In 2012, iZotope embedded Adaptive Noise Reduction and Keyboard Click Reduction technologies on Blue Microphones' Tiki USB Mic.
 * Embedded


 * Other
 * Omega — realtime time and pitch control
 * Radius — natural time stretching technology. Integrated into Digidesign's Pro Tools Elastic Time as well as Cakewalk SONAR. Available as a plug-in for Apple Logic Pro.
 * SRC — 64-bit sample rate conversion.

Artist references

 * Musician Andrew Katz of Car Seat Headrest mentions using Ozone on 1 Trait Danger's cover of CAKE's "Friend is a Four Letter Word".
 * iZotope receives credit from Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails on the album credits of Year Zero.
 * American record producer Just Blaze mentions using Ozone on his latest project with Jay-Z.
 * Rock band from the US Garbage refers using Stutter Edit, Ozone, and Trash.
 * American DJ Skrillex discusses about using Ozone on his tracks.

Awards and accolades

 * Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering Award (2021) — RX audio processing system
 * Cinema Audio Society Award (2020) — Dialogue Match
 * Emmy Award Technology & Engineering Emmy (2019) —RX 7 Advanced
 * NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement (2018)— Spire Studio
 * Emmy Award Technology & Engineering Emmy (2013) — RX 2