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Product Review - Izotope Ozone 4

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Published in SOS July 2009

Reviews : Software: Effects+Processors


Izotope’s comprehensive suite of mastering tools continues to develop and mature, yet still offers excellent value for money.
John Walden
Izotope’s flagship, all-in-one mastering suite was first reviewed by SOS back in the April 2002 issue, and version 4 was launched at the recent NAMM show with a list of new features and improvements.
At its heart, Ozone 4 is still based around the six modules found in the original release: Paragraphic Equaliser, Mastering Reverb, Multi-band Dynamics, Multi-band Harmonic Exciter, Multi-band Stereo Imaging and Loudness Maximiser. The general operation of the plug-in and its core modules has remained very similar through Ozone’s development. Readers might, therefore, refer back to the original 2002 review () for the basics, and I’ll focus here on some of the key improvements in this release.
New Layers
Ozone 4 benefits from a cosmetic overhaul — the look is now futuristic and generally very pleasing to the eye — but most of the key controls remain in familiar places, which is a good thing if you are upgrading. Looks aside, amongst a whole raft of changes and improvements are a redesign of the preset system; module-level and global Amount controls; Mid/Side processing options for each of the three multi-band modules and the reverb; a new mode for the Loudness Maximiser, with superior handling of transients; optional automatic gain adjustment when the Bypass control is applied; and ‘K-System’ metering, which is based on ideas developed by Bob Katz.
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