Ozone 10 Explained

Join Groove3's Eli Krantzberg for an in-depth look at iZotope's Ozone 10 mastering suite. This massive plug-in and stand alone application includes some the most powerful mastering features around, and in this 2.5-hour Ozone video course, you'll learn about all the features and capabilities with effective musical demonstrations and thorough instruction. By the end, you'll be well on your way to producing high-quality masters with Ozone 10. The audio files used in the videos are also included so you can follow along on your DAW. These videos are for new Ozone 10 users.

Ozone 10 Explained®

• Welcome to Ozone 10: A Modern Triumvirate (04:25) - Get acquainted with the big picture of what Ozone 10 does and how the main interface elements are laid out.

• General Controls (07:46) - Learn how to work with the undo history, metering settings, gain matching, bypass, and more.

• Stabilizer Module (06:53) - Discover this fantastic new outcome-driven adaptive mastering EQ that helps sculpt a balanced, clear sound by taming resonances, carving away harshness, and smoothing transients.

• Impact Module (08:26) - Another new outcome-driven interface, the Impact module is a reimagining of multi-band compression and expansion. By analyzing micro dynamics in the music, it's used to add punch and/or dynamic space to different areas of the frequency spectrum.

• Maximizer & Soft Clipping (10:27) - Learn about the main limiting module used in Ozone 10, the different intelligent release control modes, and the new soft clipping DSP that allows you to "zoom in" and amplify the Maximizer's Intelligent Release Control algorithms by saturating the edges of the waveform and boosting loudness while maintaining the highest fidelity.

• Imager Module (08:19) - Explore how the Imager allows you to adjust the stereo width of your mix using multi-band stereo imaging and hear how the new Recover Sides feature is used to improve mono playback by maintaining stereo information in mono.

• New Master Assistant View (10:04) - Discover the new matching technologies for tone, dynamics, and width, along with the integrated tonal balance curve and updated targets, all accessible directly in the new Assistant view.

• EQ Module (07:50) - Explore the basic workflow of the Ozone EQ, including using the analog and digital models, the HUD and All Band's View, Mid/Side processing, and simple node editing.

• Dynamics Module (09:01) - Hear how this module applies up to four bands of analog-modelled compression and limiting to either stereo or mid/side signals.

• Dynamic EQ (08:09) - A powerful module, this is a threshold-dependent EQ, useful for making level-dependent frequency cut/boost adjustments at different areas in the frequency spectrum, as opposed to the static offsets in traditional EQs.

• Exciter Module (03:46) - Discover this fun and intuitive tool that offers up to four bands of fully configurable saturation, with plenty of saturation flavors to choose from.

• Match EQ (04:18) - Hear how this module is used to learn and apply the EQ curve of a reference track to the current track you are working on.

• Vintage EQ & Vintage Compressor (07:20) - Explore these analog emulations on a drum bus. The Vintage EQ offers precision Pultec EQ modelling, while the Vintage Compressor offers three distinctive flavors of analog-style feedback compression with a detection filter to change which components of the signal are triggering the compressor.

• Vintage Tape (04:23) - Discover the subtle but lovely frequency response and saturation characteristics of magnetic tape that are added with the Vintage Tape module, but without any of the physical problems of machine crosstalk, hiss, and fluctuating or uneven tape speeds.

• Vintage Limiter (04:32) - See how the vintage plug-ins are set up in a mastering chain, including the Vintage Limiter (an emulation of the classic Fairchild 670 limiter), but with three unique modes that affect the overall character of its sound.

• Presets (06:38) - Learn how to save, edit, and recall both global and module presets, using their respective Preset Managers.

• Problem Solvers (08:50) - Explore three Ozone 10 modules designed specifically to tweak or correct specific problems. Spectral Shaper applies high resolution spectral attenuation to problematic frequencies. Low End Focus intelligently reduces muddiness, increases low-end impact, and fixes other low-end issues. Master Rebalance makes real-time level/focus adjustments to either vocals, drums, or bass, within a finished mix.

• Referencing, Dithering, Codecs & More (10:51) - Learn how to set up and use the I/O panel reference, codec, and dithering functions and discover some of the Ozone 10 options that haven't been covered previously.

• Man vs. Machine (07:39) - In this final video, Eli sets up a mastering chain and then compares and contrasts it to the mastering chain generated for the same song by Master Assistant.

Ozone 10.2 Update

• Audiolens & Ozone 10.2 (04:56) - Audiolens is a brand new application by Soundwide that gives you the ability to create Targets from any platform that you listen to music through on your desktop, and then use these captured Targets to get a starting point for your master from within the Ozone Master Assistant Target Library.