The visual guide provides a roadmap (of sorts) for aligning the frequencies to come up with a more even, balanced mix. By making Ozone 8 and Neutron 2 talk to each other, problems from the mixing stage that may result in mastering difficulties can be identified and fixed more easily. The most interesting bit about TBC that’s emphasized by iZotope is inter-plug-in communication. TBC can also do that with custom tracks uploaded by you.

Your audio is compared to optimal targets which iZotope designed after analysing “tens of thousands” of commercially available tracks across different musical styles. The brand-new TBC is a tool for visual analysis that measures how energy is distributed across frequencies. Tonal Balance Control: the missing link between mixing and mastering? Their hard work shows Ozone still has ways to go, despite its years-long status as one of the music industry’s go-to mastering processors making one think “what else could they come up with at this point?” Neutron 2 Given that Ozone felt very complete by version 7, we are impressed with the new functionality and improvements introduced by iZotope. You can concoct a mighty dangerous saturation cocktail by treating the low, mid, and high freqs with different algorithms. Meanwhile, the Exciter gets the ability to apply different saturation modes (Warm, Retro, Tape, Tube, Triode, and Dual Triode) to individual frequency bands.

IZotope has also upgraded the Maximizer module with a low-latency mode, Transient/Sustain adjustment, Stereo Independence adjustment, and Learn Threshold functionality. Such analysis has become very prominent among flagship plug-in makers, and we expect artificial intelligence will become increasingly relevant in audio processing. The new Master Assistant feature uses intelligent algorithms to analyse your tunes and come up with a nice-sounding preset to get you started with mastering. This brings the number of available modules to 12 – Spectral Shaper, EQ, Dynamic EQ, Post EQ, Maximizer, Imager, Exciter, Dynamics, Vintage Limiter, Vintage Tape, Vintage EQ, and Vintage Compressor.

Ozone Version 8 comes with a redesigned interface and a new Spectral Shaper module, designed to help with harsh or problematic frequencies. IZotope made Ozone 8 look even more gray and dull, but at least the important information is focused and organized

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