
The sequence of these processes can be shuffled in any order and it's easy to bypass any of them with a mouse click. The six processors in Ozone 3 are paragraphic equalizer, multiband dynamics, multiband harmonic exciter, multiband stereo imaging, loudness maximizer and mastering reverb. Ozone 3 will be available for both VST and Pro Tools systems soon. Ozone 3 supports Cakewalk's Sonar Record Automation option you can automate Ozone from within Sonar by moving an Ozone control. Even my pokey 800MHz Celeron PC running Cubase SX 2.0 did fine with up to five of them running on a finished stereo mix. CPU load is not light, but in a 2.8GHz Nuendo P4 PC, I was able to run a session with 60-plus tracks, many plugs-ins and reverbs and still have enough steam left for four of six (possible) Ozone 3 processors on the stereo master fader. While it is an amazingly deep and comprehensive mastering "finishing tool," with internal 64-bit precision and the ability to run up to 192kHz sample rates, Ozone 3 also makes an excellent individual stereo track processor. With more than 30 improvements, Ozone 3 is a DirectX-based stereo mastering plug-in that comprises six separate processors running within a common control panel interface.

The polymaths at iZotope, the company that came up with the innovative Spectron and Trash plug-ins, have significantly redesigned the manufacturer's popular Ozone 2 analog-modeled mastering suite and christened it Ozone 3. Barry's Free Downloadable Equipment Front Panel Recall/Manualsīarry's Mix Magazine Equipment And Software Reviewsīarry's Massive Discography And Engineering Careerīarry's Music Connection Magazine Reviews
