User Manual

Mastering Modules
OZONE 7 | MASTERING MODULES
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Threshold
Drag the threshold to adjust the amount of compression applied to the specific EQ band you have
selected.
Inverse Mode
Click this control to activate the Dynamic EQ’s Inverse Mode. Normally, Dynamic EQ acts like a
multiband compressor: as audio exceeds the threshold, boosts are reduced and cuts are increased,
thus compressing the dynamic range of the aected frequencies.
However, you can also invert this behavior, so that the filters respond more like an expander. In
expansion mode, boosts and cuts occur as signals exceed the threshold, increasing them further.
For example, if you wanted to bring out the snare in a mix, you could adjust a filter to boost at the
appropriate frequency and set the dynamic settings to respond to the level of the snare hits. This
boosting filter will only activate when the snare is present, thus expanding the dynamic range of these
frequencies. Conversely, a cutting filter in the same scenario would only attenuate these frequencies
when the snare was not present, acting much like a gate.
The small arrow above or below each Dynamic EQ node allows you to quickly see whether the node
will compress (downward arrow) or expand (upward arrow).
Attack
Click on this number and drag the mouse to adjust the attack time for the Compressor’s attack time.
Release
Click on this number and drag the mouse to adjust the release time for the Compressor’s attack time.
Auto Scale
When auto scale is enabled, Ozone automatically scales attack and release times based on frequency.
When auto scale is disabled, the attack and release of each band will not scale with frequency, as with
a conventional compressor.