![]() What we are getting, though, are two new modules (Advanced edition only), additional features to two existing modules, and a complete overhaul of Master Assistant, all designed to maintain Ozone’s well-deserved reputation for delivering professional results through minimal user input. ![]() In general terms, of course, this is still the same Ozone we know and love, offering a powerful roster of processing modules for the creation of custom mastering chains, with the reference-targeting Master Assistant automatically setting up a genre-derived starting point if required – we don’t expect any change to those fundamentals. In its goal of democratising the esoteric engineering processes traditionally involved in mastering, Ozone has always gone out of its way to make dynamics, EQ, stereo imaging and all the rest of it as approachable and intuitive as possible, without compromising flexibility or sonic performance – and v10 continues down that path. So give it a shot the next time you’re auditioning IRCs with that Set feature we shared at the beginning of the article.IZotope has just released the tenth full version of their industry- and home studio-standard software mastering suite, Ozone, and this week, Ronan Macdonald has been busy diving in to give us his initial impressions of the new modules and improvements… It can tend toward a slower release behavior and may result in pumping. It’s a special one that represents the least aggressive style setting for IRC III and does not constrain the limiter’s release behavior. Many people still love the sound of Ozone 5, and that’s why this IRC remains in the plug-in today. The IRC III pumping character style is the “legacy” setting and is the behavior used in Ozone version 5.01 and earlier. But did you know that one of the IRC’s dates back to Ozone 5? It’s one of the most popular feature sets in the plugin. Ozone's IRC (Intelligent Release Control) technology lets you boost the overall level of your mixes without sacrificing dynamics and clarity. Be careful though, as oversampling uses more processing power to increase the quality level of the exciter module, so keep an eye on your CPU. And when you turn this on, it's globally applied to all the bands in the module. On a technical level, oversampling increases the sampling rate of the applied distortion to reduce aliasing. And you’ll want to turn this on to reduce aliasing, that distortion we’re talking about, when using the module. What many people don’t know is that Ozone has a feature called oversampling. Now, the reference track spectrum will be displayed in the module spectrum meters alongside the spectrum meter of your current track. To toggle the spectral information, head to the I/O options pop-up menu above the I/O meters. ![]() Ozone is a referencing powerhouse, and in that spirit, another hidden feature is the ability to show the spectral information of your reference overlaid on top of your source audio’s file. Pushing the phase toward 100% can be helpful if you notice unwanted audible pre-ringing in the source audio as a result of your EQ adjustments. Note that 0% Phase means the selected band will have a Linear phase response, while 100% Phase means the selected band will have a Minimum phase response. Just open the filter, toggle this little arrow icon, and now you can adjust the phase response of that filter. Phase response let’s you choose, per band, what kind of phase adjustment is going to occur. Using Global Digital Mode gets you additional phase control filters in the EQ. This is helpful if you really want to dial your EQ to surgical precision. To make very fine adjustments, Hold the command or CTRL key on windows when using the arrow keys, up/down or left and right, to make frequency or gain value adjustments in smaller increments. To make coarse adjustments to the EQ, hold the shift key and use the arrow keys to make frequency or gain value adjustment in larger increments. To alter the gain without altering frequency, just hold SHIFT and start moving up or down with your mouse. There are many hidden keyboard shortcuts in Ozone to help you fine-tune your processing or speed up your workflow.įor example, in the EQ section, you can lock adjustments to the vertical axis by holding the SHIFT key when dragging a node left or right to lock movements to the horizontal (frequency) axis, which allows you to make frequency adjustments without accidentally adjusting gain. This saves you time having to search the waveform to find the verse or chorus, as Ozone will know where the hooks and verses are and be smart enough to position loop points there with only some minor tweaking on your part.
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