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Getting Started
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OZONE 7 | GETTING STARTED
Getting Started
Standalone vs. Plug-In Version
If you wish to process your audio material within your DAW or two-track editor software of choice, use
Ozone 7 in its plug-in form.
If you wish to take an existing audio file and process it without using a DAW or two-track editor, use
Ozone in its standalone form. In this mode, you can:
• Launch Ozone as its own executable application
• Load existing audio files into the application
• Apply Ozone’s processing tools to the loaded files, as desired, while monitoring their eects in
real time
• Export the separate processed audio files, saved with all of the processing applied
Using Mastering Presets in Ozone 7
Ozone’s presets are designed to give you a quick starting point for mastering your own projects.
Every mix is dierent, so no preset can perfectly master your project. However, we have attempted to
provide a wide range of presets that will help you find a good starting point for mastering your own
material. By starting with a preset, you’ll be able to tweak these presets to make them more closely fit
the session you’re working on.
We recommend you download the Ozone Mastering Guide, to learn the basic principles of mastering
with Ozone. Presets can take you a long way, but learning how each of Ozone’s mastering modules
works is key to getting the best results. You won’t regret it; your masters will sound better than ever
before!
Setting Your Input Level
Setting the input level in Ozone can make a huge dierence in how the Dynamics modules in Ozone
behave. Setting your input level is also important when selecting presets, as the presets will sound
drastically dierent if your input level is too loud or quiet.
As a starting point, try setting Ozone’s input level so that the input meter is peaking upper half to
upper quarter of the meter. It is OK if the input meter peaks close to the top when Ozone’s Maximizer
module is enabled, since it will keep the audio from clipping.
Choosing a Starting Point
Start by listening through several of Ozone’s presets. The presets contain helpful descriptions based
on the outcome they will produce on your audio. Alternatively, you can start with a genre-based
mastering preset, or simply use the general-purpose mastering presets.
Because every mix is dierent, we’ve aimed to give you a lot of starting points so that you can choose
the best one for your project. When you’ve found one that sounds like it has what your mix needs, you
can start tweaking that preset to your liking.