iZotope Insight 2

iZotope Insight 2: The Intelligent Metering Suite

iZotope Insight 2 is the comprehensive metering and audio analysis plug-in that combines every professional metering position in one interface — loudness, spectral balance, intelligibility, stereo field, dialogue level and true peak monitoring. Rather than opening five separate metering plug-ins on the master bus, Insight 2 delivers every meter in one customisable dashboard. The plug-in has become the standard tool for mixing engineers, mastering engineers, film post-production audio engineers and broadcast engineers who need consistent metering across every workflow.

What’s Inside Insight 2

• Loudness meters: LUFS integrated, momentary, short-term and true peak for streaming and broadcast delivery
• Spectrogram: real-time frequency analysis across time for spotting spectral issues
• Spectrum analyser: static and averaged frequency distribution
• Stereo field meter: correlation, balance and phase analysis for stereo mixing decisions
• Vectorscope: Lissajous stereo image visualisation
• Intelligibility monitor: dialogue clarity analysis for post-production and broadcast
• Dialogue Isolate metering: dedicated dialogue level analysis for post-production
• Insight Relay: send audio from any track to a central Insight 2 instance for multi-track analysis
• Customisable dashboard: pick which meters appear and how they’re arranged for your workflow
• Sound Field surround support: up to 7.1.2 immersive surround metering for film and streaming

Who Is It For?

Mixing engineers who want every professional meter on the master bus in one plug-in rather than stacking five separate metering plug-ins. Mastering engineers hitting LUFS targets for streaming platforms and broadcast delivery specifications. Film and television post-production audio engineers monitoring dialogue intelligibility and loudness compliance. Podcast producers who need to hit platform loudness specifications for professional publishing. Broadcast engineers delivering to strict loudness and true peak specifications for radio and television. Anyone whose workflow demands comprehensive metering across every project.

System Requirements

• macOS 11 or higher, 64-bit, Apple Silicon native
• Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit)
• Formats: VST3, AU, AAX, Standalone
• 4 GB RAM minimum

How Producers Use iZotope Insight 2

Mastering engineers set the LUFS integrated meter on the master bus and monitor true peak alongside spectrogram to hit -14 LUFS streaming targets without inter-sample clipping. Mixing engineers use the stereo field meter and vectorscope to check mix width and phase issues before delivering mixes. Film post-production engineers monitor dialogue intelligibility and loudness compliance for streaming platform delivery specifications. Podcast producers hit -16 LUFS podcast platform targets while monitoring true peak headroom. Broadcast engineers deliver to -23 LUFS EBU R128 broadcast specifications with true peak headroom limits. See our mixing plugins collection for related tools.

Why Buy From VST Vault?

• Instant download: installer link within a minute of payment
• Mac and Windows: both installers included
• Priced in pounds: transparent GBP pricing
• Real support: within six hours by email or WhatsApp
• 3-day refund: if the plugin doesn’t work and we can’t fix it

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need Insight 2 if my DAW has built-in metering?

DAW built-in metering covers the basics — peak, RMS, sometimes LUFS. Insight 2 delivers professional metering depth across LUFS integrated and short-term, true peak, intelligibility, dialogue level, spectrogram, vectorscope and Sound Field surround. Producers hitting streaming and broadcast loudness targets, mastering engineers, and post-production engineers benefit from Insight 2 depth over basic DAW metering.

What LUFS target should I hit for streaming platforms?

Spotify targets -14 LUFS integrated. Apple Music targets -16 LUFS. YouTube normalises around -14 LUFS. Broadcast targets vary — EBU R128 European broadcast is -23 LUFS. Insight 2 shows LUFS integrated so you can hit whichever target your platform requires.

Does Insight 2 work on Apple Silicon?

Yes. Native Apple Silicon build. Runs on M1 through M5 Macs without Rosetta.

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