So, we have the inevitable question: is it worth upgrading? For me, the answer is an obvious “Yes”, since I do more than 90% of my own mastering with Ozone. This massive plug-in and stand alone application includes some the. I initially thought iZotope had just added a few new modules and a bit of cosmetic enhancement, but actually, they clearly included those new modules in the detection process and after setting the general loudness at approximately the same level, the end result from Ozone 10 still sounds considerably more balanced, especially in regard to different groups of instruments. Join Groove3s Eli Krantzberg for an in-depth look at iZotopes Ozone 10 mastering suite. Depending on the version, Ozone can be used as a single plug-in (containing all the modules) or as a set of individual plug-ins. After running the automatic detection on both Ozone 9 and 10, I was pretty surprised at how much better the new version sounded. This time I made an exception and left the previous version of Ozone in place to compare it with the new one. It is the only one that has automatic detection and to my ear, it sounds just perfect. Ozone proves to be a winner in its own class. 17090. Legacy Products (including previous versions of supported products, such as Ozone 8, RX 7, Neutron 2, etc.). With any new release of a mastering package, I normally go through my standard procedure: I open some of my old projects and recreate my “testing mastering tools” chain implemented with mastering plugins from different companies.

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