Albums mastered with Ozone?

[MuffinManRock]

Any well known albums out there mastered with Ozone that you know of?

[DigitalBrownNote]

Morgan Page ,Butch Vig, and Atticus Ross are know users listed on the izotope site. Its probably easily assumed and Page and Ross use it extensively since most of their music is electronically oriented.

[MuffinManRock]

Originally Posted by DigitalBrownNote

Morgan Page ,Butch Vig, and Atticus Ross are know users listed on the izotope site. Its probably easily assumed and Page and Ross use it extensively since most of their music is electronically oriented.

Thank You

[offki]

I think maybe Danny Byrd, I know at least he does his final mix stems with it, not sure if it's further mastered after that.

[Kayo]

It woulld be interesting and intriguing to hear a commercially successful album or a critically acclaimed album, entirely and only mastered with Ozone.

We await that news.

KAyo

[perdix]

Originally Posted by Kayo

It woulld be interesting and intriguing to hear a commercially successful album or a critically acclaimed album, entirely and only mastered with Ozone.

We await that news.

KAyo

Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
"US Billboard 200 (42)"

Mastered with just Ozone 4.



And yes that's some evil milk sort of... Blood would be too mainstream.

[Alexey Lukin]

I've heard that the last Grammy winner album in classical has been mastered with Ozone, but I don't have the details.

[MuffinManRock]

Originally Posted by perdix

Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
"US Billboard 200 (42)"

Mastered with just Ozone 4.



And yes that's some evil milk sort of... Blood would be too mainstream.

Dope! I can hear that ozone reverb on there. Sounds really full, and non-digital.

[MuffinManRock]

Originally Posted by Alexey Lukin

I've heard that the last Grammy winner album in classical has been mastered with Ozone, but I don't have the details.

Woah! How can I get details and hear it?

[Wave theory]

Originally Posted by Alexey Lukin

I've heard that the last Grammy winner album in classical has been mastered with Ozone, but I don't have the details.

It would be interesting to see how much of Ozone was used. There are some classical users who like Ozone for the dither. I could see using dither and a little EQ. There's rarely any compression in classical work.

[Kessler_Audio]

WOW, never knew that Dimmu Borgir had that album mastered in Ozone. I've found that the EQ in Ozone can be a little tricky at first but once you get the hang of it its a lot of fun to use.

[Kayo]

Originally Posted by perdix

Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
"US Billboard 200 (42)"

Mastered with just Ozone 4.

Wow! Now, this I got to hear!
Was it just dither/ Limiter or EQ/Comp etc.. the lot.

Nonetheless, thanks for the heads up.

KAyo

[perdix]

Originally Posted by Kayo

Wow! Now, this I got to hear!
Was it just dither/ Limiter or EQ/Comp etc.. the lot.

Nonetheless, thanks for the heads up.

KAyo

"eq, multi band, harmonic and loudness"

The mastering was done by Andy Sneap and this was what he said on his forum. Ozone 4 by the way, 5 wasn't out yet.

[scalawag]

I'm pretty sure Ozone was used in quite a lot of albums. But it must be almost impossible to know which ones...

[t_d]

how is listening to an album mastered with Ozone, or any other piece of gear for that matter, really going to prove/tell you anything without knowing what it was mixed with/on.. or who mixed or recorded it?

are you expecting to hear this work and say to yourself "wow, ozone sounds great!" ?

for all you know all they did was dither with it, or peak limit, or something else you're likely not to hear. even if they did do extensive EQ... or anything.. how do you know you're hearing "mastering" ?

i don't mean any disrespect to the OP, i'm just a bit confused as to what you expect to hear.

[MuffinManRock]

Originally Posted by t_d

how is listening to an album mastered with Ozone, or any other piece of gear for that matter, really going to prove/tell you anything without knowing what it was mixed with/on.. or who mixed or recorded it?

are you expecting to hear this work and say to yourself "wow, ozone sounds great!" ?

for all you know all they did was dither with it, or peak limit, or something else you're likely not to hear. even if they did do extensive EQ... or anything.. how do you know you're hearing "mastering" ?

i don't mean any disrespect to the OP, i'm just a bit confused as to what you expect to hear.

That is disrespectful. I want to know if respected people in the industry use it which will help me decide if I wanna spend 1000 dollars on it. Good enough reason for ya pal?

[complex]

Originally Posted by perdix

Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
"US Billboard 200 (42)"

Mastered with just Ozone 4.



And yes that's some evil milk sort of... Blood would be too mainstream.

this sounds very horrible and flat to me and quite washy. anyone else think so?

[tablo]

Saw it in a thread recently that Swedish House Mafia uses Ozone

[MuffinManRock]

Originally Posted by complex

this sounds very horrible and flat to me and quite washy. anyone else think so?

I see where you're coming from, but I like it personally.

[t_d]

*knowing* if someone used it and *hearing* it on a record are two different things. because when you hear the record you may be hearing a great mix and a very light mastering job... you might not be hearing ozone very much.

i misinterpreted your original post as wanting to HEAR a record, not just wondering if there are records out there mastered with it.

and, no, i wasn't being disrespectful, i think i raised a very legitimate point..

but, this is gearslutz after all... mostly a place to argue.

and, most importantly, don't pay me much attention, because i'm not "verified". so clearly my opinions are lesser than others.

Originally Posted by MuffinManRock

That is disrespectful. I want to know if respected people in the industry use it which will help me decide if I wanna spend 1000 dollars on it. Good enough reason for ya pal?

[MuffinManRock]

Originally Posted by t_d

*knowing* if someone used it and *hearing* it on a record are two different things. because when you hear the record you may be hearing a great mix and a very light mastering job... you might not be hearing ozone very much.

i misinterpreted your original post as wanting to HEAR a record, not just wondering if there are records out there mastered with it.

and, no, i wasn't being disrespectful, i think i raised a very legitimate point..

but, this is gearslutz after all... mostly a place to argue.

and, most importantly, don't pay me much attention, because i'm not "verified". so clearly my opinions are lesser than others.

Sorry bro. I was having a bad day when I posted that. My apologies you do make a valid point !!!

[derekf208]

Let's not get carried away...

Ozone is a sweet plug, but it's not everything.

Other than dance music dudes mixing in their bedrooms, I seriously doubt Ozone is the only the thing used in ANY professional mastering house. Unless, it was only used for it's EQ and Limiter. Everything else in Ozone sounds terrible or gimmicky. Those "harmonic exciters" are useless!

I guess if an album was mixed well with plenty of analog gear in the chain, you could probably get away with doing LIGHT mastering with Ozone for a professional record. Then again, so could you with T-racks 3.

[Rossd25]

The limiter easily destroys the "industry standard" L2.

The dither is also one of the best.

I have no use for any of the other frills, but I could easily see Ozone being used as a final limiter and dither.

[thermos]

Originally Posted by derekf208

Let's not get carried away...

Ozone is a sweet plug, but it's not everything.

Other than dance music dudes mixing in their bedrooms, I seriously doubt Ozone is the only the thing used in ANY professional mastering house. Unless, it was only used for it's EQ and Limiter. Everything else in Ozone sounds terrible or gimmicky. Those "harmonic exciters" are useless!

I guess if an album was mixed well with plenty of analog gear in the chain, you could probably get away with doing LIGHT mastering with Ozone for a professional record. Then again, so could you with T-racks 3.

Ozone 5 is quite good in the other departments too. The exciter with oversampling is very good in light doses (blend). Eq is very good, compressor ok. Limiter best and dither best. I've done some mastering with just Ozone 5 when called for recently. I don't have the advanced, just the standard one. T-Racks is not in the same sentence.

[DigitalBrownNote]

Originally Posted by derekf208

Let's not get carried away...

Ozone is a sweet plug, but it's not everything.

Other than dance music dudes mixing in their bedrooms, I seriously doubt Ozone is the only the thing used in ANY professional mastering house. Unless, it was only used for it's EQ and Limiter. Everything else in Ozone sounds terrible or gimmicky. Those "harmonic exciters" are useless!

I guess if an album was mixed well with plenty of analog gear in the chain, you could probably get away with doing LIGHT mastering with Ozone for a professional record. Then again, so could you with T-racks 3.

You sound like one of those dinosaurs that say everything digital is crap, and the only way to sound professional is an all analog signal chain. While i do agree all ozone mastering would probably be used in mostly electronic music. I disagree about that it cannot sound professional.

That would depend on the engineer using ozone... Ears brah.

[Storyville]

Originally Posted by Rossd25

The limiter easily destroys the "industry standard" L2.

The dither is also one of the best.

I have no use for any of the other frills, but I could easily see Ozone being used as a final limiter and dither.

The industry standard is the hardware version of the L2. Which frankly sounds much better than Ozone's limiter.

In terms of the software world, L2 has been surpassed by Massey L2007, Ozone, L3, FG-X, Fab-L, and probably a few others.

I think Ozone is a little tricky to use, neither the maximizer nor the limiter nor the compressor really got me going - but perhaps used properly in conjunction they can workout well. Of course, I'm somewhat still in the mindset that if you have to use a compressor and 2 limiters to get the level you want without messing up the mix, you may as well just use a limiter and print the master less hot.

[Ben F]

Originally Posted by Storyville

The industry standard is the hardware version of the L2. Which frankly sounds much better than Ozone's limiter.

Maybe 5 years ago...The hardware sounds the same as the software.

Ozone is leap years ahead of the hardware.

[DaveE]

Originally Posted by Storyville

The industry standard is the hardware version of the L2. Which frankly sounds much better than Ozone's limiter.

In terms of the software world, L2 has been surpassed by Massey L2007, Ozone, L3, FG-X, Fab-L, and probably a few others.

Have you tried the newest version? I'm no mastering expert and haven't used all of those tools you mentioned, but I feel like FGx and Ozone5 both wipe the floor with L2 without much effort.

OP, I believe I read on the Ultimate Metal forums that Joey Sturgis has used Ozone to master his productions. Not 100% sure how accurate that info is.

[marchhare]

Ozone 5 continues to be awesome. The more I use it, the more I love it.

[Rossd25]

Originally Posted by Storyville

The industry standard is the hardware version of the L2. Which frankly sounds much better than Ozone's limiter.

In terms of the software world, L2 has been surpassed by Massey L2007, Ozone, L3, FG-X, Fab-L, and probably a few others.

I think Ozone is a little tricky to use, neither the maximizer nor the limiter nor the compressor really got me going - but perhaps used properly in conjunction they can workout well. Of course, I'm somewhat still in the mindset that if you have to use a compressor and 2 limiters to get the level you want without messing up the mix, you may as well just use a limiter and print the master less hot.

I have heard that there is little or no difference between the software version of the L2 and the hardware version. I don't know myself because I have never had the luxury of using the hardware version of the L2. Don't get me wrong, when I bash L2 I am just saying that it isn't good for more than -2.5 of gain reduction. I still use it sometimes at the very end of my chain for a tiny bit of limiting and find it competent at that.