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Description
Step into the future of mastering with iZotope Ozone 9, a sophisticated suite that blends cutting-edge technology with intuitive design. Whether you're aiming for a sleek modern finish or a warm vintage touch, Ozone 9 has you covered with its expanded Master Assistant. This feature harnesses machine learning to tailor-fit your audio with custom presets, helping you achieve the perfect sound in seconds.
Ozone 9's Match EQ module is a game-changer, allowing you to capture the essence of your favorite tracks with an 8,000-band EQ for unparalleled precision. Whether you're matching a track from your session or a reference file, you'll have full control over the end result, with the ability to save your best settings as presets for future use.
The software also boasts an overhauled Imager module, offering multiband controls and an improved Stereoize mode to add expansive width to your tracks. Plus, with NKS support, you can seamlessly integrate Ozone into your existing production workflow, ensuring your creative process remains uninterrupted.
Ozone 9's interface is not just sleek but also resizable, making it adaptable to any workspace. Experience faster performance, smoother metering, and lower CPU usage, enabling you to focus on what truly matters—creating great music.
Key Features:
- Expanded Master Assistant with machine learning for custom presets
- Match EQ with 8,000 bands for precise reference track matching
- Overhauled Imager module with multiband controls
- NKS support for seamless integration into production workflows
- Modern, resizable interface with improved performance and low CPU usage
Product specs
| Plugin Format | VST, AU, AAX |
| Operating Systems | Mac, Windows |
Videos
iZotope, Inc.
How to Master a Song from Start to Finish with Ozone 9 | iZotope
Reviews
PROS
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Modular VSTs allow individual component use without loading full program
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Comprehensive mastering suite with professional, industry-standard tools
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Powerful AI mastering features save time in the mastering process
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Excellent stereo imaging and vintage compressor modules
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Extensive preset library aids in learning mastering techniques
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Visual tools like Tonal Balance Control enhance user experience
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Dynamic EQ and Maximizer praised for their effectiveness
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Allows for standalone use or integration into DAW
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Great for beginners with accessible learning resources
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High-quality parametric EQ and mastering limiter
CONS
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Lacks an expander, limiting certain dynamics processing capabilities
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"Vintage" limiter and Pultec EQ emulations don't meet expectations
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Price may be prohibitive for some users
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CPU-intensive, especially when used within original sessions
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AI mastering not always reliable, requires manual adjustments for best results
Owner Insights
We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about iZotope Ozone 9.
Features and functionality
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The Tonal Balance Control plugin in Ozone 9 provides an average target curve, useful for genre-specific mastering, aiding in achieving balanced mixes.
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Ozone 9's Master Assistant is praised for identifying dynamic EQ issues, serving as a valuable guide for adjustments.
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True peak limiting in Ozone is crucial for preventing inter-sample peaks, especially when preparing tracks for streaming services.
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Ozone 11 introduces a pink noise corrector and allows individual processing of elements like vocals and drums, useful for emergency but not necessary for personal projects.
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Ozone's dynamics are highly regarded for multiband compression, with a recommendation to set module crossovers to Hybrid mode to avoid phase shifts.
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Tonal Balance Control becomes more useful with a custom reference curve, as default ones may not suit electronic dance music. Proper understanding of its use enhances accuracy.
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Use cases and applications
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For classical music, subtle parallel compression using the Vintage Compressor module with a slow release and low ratio is recommended to increase track density without over-compression.
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For mastering classical music, focusing on EQ balancing and light limiting is often sufficient, avoiding heavy-handed AI adjustments that might not suit the genre.
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Low End Focus and Spectral Shaper are deemed effective repair tools, especially useful for restoring older music rather than regular mixing.
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User experience
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The AI Master Assistant can over-amplify mid-highs and scoop lows; users suggest tweaking these settings post-application to better suit individual mixes.
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Users find Ozone 9's assistant better than Ozone 11's, but prefer using it as a third-party opinion due to its tendency to over-process and brighten mixes too much.
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Software and compatibility
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Ozone 9 can be used as a standalone application separate from a DAW, a feature removed in Ozone 10, which some users miss for its separation of mixing and mastering.
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Comparisons
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Ozone Advanced is often more affordable on sale compared to FabFilter, which rarely offers significant discounts, making iZotope a better choice price-wise for some users.
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The Smart:Limiter from Sonible is suggested as an alternative for its mastering sound quality, although Ozone is still valued for bus channel use.
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While Ozone 9 is praised for its features, some users prefer FabFilter plugins for their low CPU usage, focused updates, and pricing model that rewards incremental purchases.
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Critic Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Based on 100 Reviews and 678 Ratings
407
Awesome!
This is essential if you intend on doing your own mastering as it offers a limitless array of functionality, The only drawback is its extremely RAM intensive but that problem can be solved by rendering your project into a wav file after your mix down.
Version: iZotope Ozone 5169
Fluid and Dynamic
I myself use a lot of iZotopes software in mastering. This is more than I expected from the new release of Ozone, It's not just a new skin put on top of Ozone5. The quality and depth of the tools are very fluid and Optimised for the task. If you're familiar with Dynamics and Compressor tools, you can be an expert with Ozone 6 in a couple minutes. This is now one of the essentials when mastering. iZotope never disappoints.
Version: iZotope Ozone 6247
iZotope Ozone 8
Marcus Singletary uses iZotope Ozone in the recording studio. He says, "iZotope EQs are among the best in the biz." #iZotope #Ozone #EQ
Version: iZotope Ozone 8815
Excellent mastering solution
A kind of idiot proof mastering tools. I have had Ozone 4,5,6 and now 7. Never the Advanced versions but I doubt I would know what to do with the advanced the Standard works for me!
Version: iZotope Ozone 6Artist usage
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In a studio video, Martin Garrix speaks very highly of the iZotope Ozone, and how it brings the life out of his productions when he puts it on the master bus.
In an interview with iZotope, Skrillex talks about some of his favorite features of Ozone:
"Ozone is just super-versatile. The Multiband Stereo Imaging is really nice, and you can bus a ton of things to it for different reasons. I'm actually next to [dubstep producer and DJ] Flux Pavilion right now, and he says it's fucking wicked for everything, really. Everybody uses it. I use it as a multi-band compressor on individual channels—I'll bus out multiple channels if I just want some stereo imaging, and the EQ in there is very nice too. I use the Multiband Dynamics and the Harmonic Exciter on a lot of shit, and the Maximizer too. I really use it all. It's just cool to have so many choices in one.
I think where it's really helped me is to create the illusion of a lot of stereo stuff going on, without getting the phase problems. You can use Ozone's stereo imaging and take frequencies above seven thousand [7 kHz], or even a little bit lower, and you can widen everything up there, so that the mix starts to sound a lot wider. In an environment where you're performing live, where a lot of times you have distortion and different high frequencies bouncing around the room, you don't necessarily need those to be as present, but when the higher end stuff starts phasing, because you've widened everything, it almost tightens up your mix. For how bright and how chaotic my mixes are, I think they work really well in the club because I've widened the stereo image. If you do that at a lower frequency band, you get phasing and lose the notation, or lose the actual definition of the synth line. But if you brighten things up at the very top of everything, it gives the illusion of a big wide mix."
The original interview can be found here.
In an interview with MusicRadar from November 2011, Skrillex says his mastering chain "literally consists of an iZotope Maximizer, maybe with a little bit of EQ and harmonic excitement, but that's it." The Maximizer is part of the complete Ozone software package.
At 16:32 in this video you can see Hardwell talking about iZotope Ozone 5 Mastering System, which he then opens within Logic and discusses.
In a longer version of this video, at 2:54, Calvin Harris is seen using iZotope Ozone 5, as indicated by the plugin's initial letters "Ozone 5."
Afrojack on how he masters his tracks (from an interview on the defunct thefreshbeat.com):
Well the “final mixing” then, I use a lot of Waves plug-ins, won’t say anything but the last thing it goes through is the L3, and between all the compressors and other effects there is also an Izotope Ozone. For easy/light mixing I used to use a Kaerhus or something “Classic Master Limiter”, still use it on my laptop but I dropped it from my Final Mix in summer 2008, it does a good job but not as precise as the Waves Plug-ins for instance
Diplo talks about using Izotope Ozone 6 on this artist page, stating, "I can't do what I do without Ozone."
Steve Aoki is shown using iZotope Ozone 9's equalizer plugin in an Instagram post, highlighting its role in his production process.
When asked about his mastering chain in his reddit AMA, Madeon says he uses Ozone version 4. We opted to show you the newer version of Ozone, since v4 is no longer widely available.
Album Usage
The iZotope Ozone 9 has been featured on the following albums:
CLOWN MUSIC
MAD DUBZ (2023)
Wicked
B3nte (2022)
Lucky
Bad Snacks (2022)
Hanging By A Thread
PhaseOne & Micah Martin (2020)
Crescent
Similar Outskirts (2020)
Imagination EP
Similar Outskirts (2019)
Orchestral Symphony
Xenokrypt (2019)
Library Thugs
Jonas Aden (2019)
C.Y.M
Jordan Suckley (2018)
How Does It Feel
M-22 (2018)
Light
San Holo (2017)
Sober
Cat Dealers (2017)
Lava / Lie to Me
John B (2016)
Perfect Strangers
Jonas Blue & JP Cooper (2016)
Rattlesnake
Rogue (2015)
Here Comes The Sun
Will K (2015)
Edge EP
Neonlight (2015)
Turn It Around
DubVision (2014)
Beast
Borgeous & Thomas Gold (2014)
Remember
Thomas Gold (2013)
Morphine
Varien (2012)
Cross The Line
Camo & Krooked (2011)
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Honestly, I recommend just hiring a mastering engineer, it'll give a better sound.
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