User Manual

Mastering Modules
OZONE 7 | MASTERING MODULES
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Vintage Limiter
The Vintage Limiter allows you to create a louder and fuller master by limiting the dynamic range and
boosting the overall level of your mix.
It is loosely modeled after the Fairchild 670, a feedback-based tube compressor/ limiter with a soft
knee, with slightly dierent attack and release envelopes due to a diering feedback topology. An IRC
I limiter is then applied after the tube processing to transparently prevent clipping. Like the Maximizer,
the Vintage Limiter is applied to the entire bandwidth of the mix; it is not a multiband eect.
The Maximizer’s Tube mode in Ozone 6.1 has been moved to the Vintage Limiter module in Ozone
7. Presets and sessions saved with Ozone 6.1’s Maximizer Tube mode will open in Ozone 7’s Vintage
Limiter Tube mode.
Key Features
The Vintage Limiter represents the best of both worlds by providing a warmer, more analog-sounding
final-stage of limiting while retaining the ease and precision of digital maximizing.
• A character control helps you fine-tune the Vintage Limiter’s response to perfectly fit your
source material.
• A gain reduction display provides valuable visual feedback of gain reduction.
• An interactive threshold/ceiling control allows you to adjust the amount of limiting in relation to
the level of the incoming signal.
Limiting Modes
Three separate limiting modes are available, each with unique characteristics and sounds:
Analog
With a fast attack and variable release time, this mode provides a tight bass response with a “thick”
limiting quality. This brings out the low-end transients while still providing the smoothness that is
characteristic of analog circuitry.