Boy, if I had to mix this kind of music, I'd have Dr Kevorkian's office on speed dial. (Sorry for you lovers of this stuff.)
And, there's 1/2 hour of my life I won't have back.
I truly don't know what Neutron would do with that, and never having used it, have no idea how you would "program" it to make mix decisions.
OK...since you asked...here's some general info on how it does things.
First, I'm curious if the Neutron mixes for the clips were all from the app's algorithms, left at face value, and derived from the quick analysis of the audio that it does...or was there any amount of human tweaking of the application's chosen processes and settings...?
See...even if you let Neutron analyze and make the mixing decisions, there are initial "presets" that the user must choose based on the music type/style/etc you think the song falls into. So even if you then let Neutron do the rest, those initial preset choices can make a significant difference.
IOW...not everyone might chose the same initial presets for the same song.
I just want to make the clarification that it's not truly 100% all done by Neutron. The user provides some initial input before the engine analysis of the audio.You can also tweak as much as you want, like with any other plug.
That said..I still feel that regardless of user selection for the initial category/style that you want Neutron to use, I noticed that once Neutron does its thing...it tends to hype up the mids/highs always to some degree.
When it first came out a year ago or so, I checked out the demo, and I also heard example mixes that were provided by (? not sure who did them). I only messed with the demo for a couple of days and came to the conclusion that I never much liked what Neutron did regardless of those initial category/style selections made. I always wanted to change things.
After it does its analysis of the audio and spits out its mixing decision...there's just too much (IMO) shit added to the signal path. Like almost always there's lots of compression, and almost always there's a sonic/harmonic enhancer added (which is why I think there's that common hype in the mids/highs).
Of course...once you get the Neutron "decision" after analysis...you can start tweaking it and take stuff away or add stuff, so you can "override" what Neutron picked...but honestly, once you get to that point, it's not much of a different process than what you do using your regular assortment of plugs and tweaking them until you like the sound.
For the folks who simply don't want to tweak, or who want the application to make the decisions, because of the assumption that it's smarter than they are when it comes to audio decision making...I'm sure Neutron feels like a great thing to have. I just realized that I never really liked the Neutron decisions at face value...so then why bother with all that. I can get to the same place with my existing mixing tools and options.
That said...it does package a bunch of tools all into one app, which is probably another selling point for the guys who don't already have their tool set...but TBH, I think after you mix a lot of stuff with it and let it run at "face value" for the most part, you might notice that all your stuff has a "Neutron sound"...which may or many not appeal to you.
I think that is inevitable, considering that Neutron runs off of presets and coded algorithms.
While it can make initial adjustments based on the audio signal it's reading, it doesn't have the ability to actually "hear" the audio...and that, IMO is why you will end up with a "Neutron sound" on your mixes. There's only so many ways it can go...without you cutting in and making a lot of manual tweaks....kinda like what we do already.
So yeah...I didn't mention all this earlier, but that's why I already had/have an opinion about Neutron, and why at first I didn't bother to even listen to the three clips.
After demoing Neutron for a couple of days last year...I knew it wasn't for me, both for the overall sound of it at face value settings, and because I already have plenty of plugs to work with...but I can see why it would appeal to some people.