
Over the last few years I’ve become a fan of Ozone and then Neutron. Or, at the very least, make those necessary technical aspects of production more engaging and intuitive, leading to better, more consistent and reliably translatable sonic results in a shorter time and with less effort. It wasn’t that long ago (less than two years, if my calculations are correct) that we were discussing the previous versions of Ozone and Neutron, but here we are again with new improved versions of both over the last few weeks.īoth products are designed to take much of the (sometimes) dry and technical heavy lifting or “rocket science” of music production and mastering off the shoulders of artists and producers, and essentially enable us to focus on the more creative aspects of our music, confident that our productions are balanced and enhanced enough to translate well on the broadest range of listening devices and environments.

Surprisingly, Ozone 10 can no longer be used as a standalone application, and is now only available as AAX, AU and VST3 plugin formats.IZotope clearly believe very strongly in the core machine-learning technology at the hearts of their flagship mixing and mastering plugin tools, Neutron 3 and Ozone 9, since the rate of new versions featuring excellent enhancements and whole new features has increased over the last few years. Recover Sides – reduce width without losing the sides with this new feature in the Imager module, which maintains stereo information in mono and helps preserve depth and power when narrowing a problem frequency (included in Standard and Advanced)Īnd more, including native Apple silicon support, improved gain match mode, improved metering with Tonal Balance target curve, and a refreshed look and feel of the Ozone interface. Magnify Soft Clip – boost loudness while maintaining high fidelity audio with this new setting in the Maximizer module (included in Standard and Advanced) An updated Assistant View makes it faster than ever to customize your starting point, while the Tonal Balance curve allows for easy metering (included in Standard and Advanced) Improved Master Assistant – match the sound of trusted reference files or today’s hit songs with groundbreaking new matching technology for tone, dynamics, and width.
