iZotope Ozone 6 Mastering Software Suite

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With easy presets and powerful mastering tools -- EQ, dynamics, maximizer, stereo imager, exciter and dither -- Ozone 6 takes your mixes to the next level.

Elevate a good-sounding mix to a professional-sounding master with Ozone. iZotope's critically acclaimed mastering software has all the tools you need to produce a full and polished sound. With a striking interface and a modern workflow, Ozone 6 both guides and inspires your creativity at every step.

Equalizer and Post Equalizer

Ozone includes two equalizers that combine eight bands of adjustable filters with a variety of filter shapes to choose from. Use the first EQ for initial shaping of your master, then take advantage of Ozone 6's Post Equalizer for even more shaping later on in your signal chain. The Analog-Matched EQ curves preserve analog behavior at high frequencies, giving Ozone 6 authentic analog frequency response.

Dynamics

Each band of dynamics is capable of three types of dynamics processing: limiting, compressing, and expanding. Easily fine-tune the dynamics of your mixes with independent control for up to four frequency bands. The interactive Threshold control allows you to set threshold points for the Limiter and Compressor stages without taking your eyes off of the gain reduction meter, which provides extra feedback while making your detailed dynamics tweaks.

Exciter

Ozone's Exciter lets you dial in the right amount of bite or warmth to add to your master. Add analog character with a variety of modes: Easily add tube or tape saturation, accentuate even harmonics, and add punch or sparkle to your project. In addition, multiband and Mid/Side modes give read more you a huge range of sonic possibilities across the frequency spectrum and the stereo field.

Imager

Ozone allows you to precisely adjust stereo width for your master using the Imager module. As with the other multiband modules, the Imager works with up to four frequency bands--providing independent control over stereo width by frequency. An integrated Vectorscope and Correlation Meter give you valuable visual feedback for the mastering process, including Polar vectorscope modes and a Stereo Balance meter.

Maximizer

Ozone's Maximizer is essential for giving your recordings professional loudness and fullness. This powerful tool helps you prevent your master from clipping while dramatically lifting the perceived overall audio level--perfect for any master where you want more loudness without sacrificing crisp detail. Keep the subtle snap of a snare rimshot in a country single, or give a club track incredible impact.

Presets

Ozone's Preset Manager gives you professionally designed starting points for mastering your projects. Power users will appreciate the ability to create presets that utilize all of Ozone's modules and routing capabilities for instant recall of useful configurations.

Dither

Ozone provides the finest bit reduction algorithms available, allowing you to effectively convert and dither to 24, 20, 16, 12, or 8 bits. This is useful for mastering a track for a CD (16-bit) from a 24-bit source. Ozone includes our proprietary MBIT+ dither algorithm that reduces quantization distortion with minimal perceived noise. As a result, the algorithm produces smooth and quiet conversions for the best-sounding dither possible.

Standalone Application

Ozone 6 allows you to master outside of your audio editing software with the new standalone application. This creative mastering platform provides comprehensive tools for any mastering project.

Features:

- Get essential mastering tools: Equalizer, Dynamics, Maximizer, Exciter, Imager, Post Equalizer and Dither.
- Harness the sonic texture of classic analog gear with even deeper digital control.
- Make smarter mix decisions aided by robust, real-time visual feedback throughout all modules.
- Quickly achieve authentic sounds for any genre with a comprehensive bank of presets.
- Master your audio within or outside your audio editing software with both plug-in and standalone options.
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- Ozone 6 System Requirements: Ozone 6 runs as a standalone application, or as a plug-in in your audio or video editing software. Ozone 6 Advanced includes six additional component plug-ins for direct access to individual Ozone modules in your host.
- Operating system requirements:
- Windows: 7 and 8
- Mac: OS X 10.8-10.10 (Intel only)
- Plug-in formats: Pro Tools 10 & 11 (RTAS, AudioSuite, 64-bit AAX), VST 2, VST 3, and Audio Unit.
- Plug-in host compatibility: Pro Tools 10 & 11, Logic, Ableton Live, Cubase, Nuendo, WaveLab, Digital Performer 8, StudioOne, GarageBand, Audition, SONAR, REAPER, Sound Forge, FL Studio, and many more. Try a free, 10-day trial today
- Graphics card requirements: For use of the scrolling 3D Spectrogram in Insight, Ozone 6 Advanced requires a graphics card that supports Open GL 2.0.

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 617-577-7799

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (2 ratings)
Submitted November 2, 2015 by David R in Roseburg, OR

"Excellent tool"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Ozone6 is a joy to work with because everything one needs to work with is all on the same screen. Makes mastering much quicker and the quality is supreme. Well worth the price. If anybody tries to tell you to work with the tools you have to get better ay your craft are lying through their teeth, step up to a huge step forward.

Musical Background:

played for 40 plus years professionally and have been an audion engineer for over half that time. Pedal steel, bass, six string

Musical Style:

Rock, country, pop, top 40 and blues with a few sprinklings of other stles.
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