Goss-stick
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Went to Guitar Center and the workers there were speaking really highly of Ozone 6 for mastering. Can I get some thoughts and feedback? Thanks
I certainly didn't want to be the first GC slammer in the thread, but I'll happily be the second.
I recently walked into a GC and -- in the "Pro Sound" area, mind you -- Talking with the floor manager -- asked for an AES cable.
"A what?"
"An AES cable...? AES/EBU...? Digital audio...?"
"Oh, a S/PDIF?"
"No - an AES/EBU - "Pro" digital. Looks like a microphone cable."
"We've got plenty of mic cable..."
"I don't need a mic cable though."
Blah, blah, blah -- I finally found one on the Hosa rack. But CTFO, man... Am I the only one in the Chicago area that uses AES/EBU cables? They've got plenty of digital equipment with AES I/O...
30 years ago, you could sort of count on the knowledge. Or maybe I was just dealing with people who had some sort of an idea. These days, I don't even walk through the door unless I know exactly what I need and know where to find it.
I use Ozone 5 with WLE 8. It's about all I need.
I will say this, I recently sent my tunes off to a mastering studio to be done professionally. The reason: to remove the horrible acoustics of my little studio from my tunes. I just can't be sure what I'm hearing translates across all listening platforms.
They sent me back individual files and I will use WLE to assemble them into a CD. Then it's off to Kunaki.
Asking the question is answering it. Why indeed? They probably have a better marketing department than other companies.So why use Ozone?
But, first of all, there's way more to mastering than just "louderizing", though it is part of it. Any good limiter will get you volume. Ozone is no better than any other "mastering suite", and the tools contained in it are no better than each of those tools by any other company.