Ozone and Wavelab??

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Ozone vs. Wavelab??

I can't help noticing Ozone mentioned here quite often. What can Ozone do that (my) WaveLab 4.0 cannot do? Ozone's "Harmonic Excitation" and "analog modeling" sound interesting though. Thanks for your input.
 
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I haven't seen Ozone 2 yet, but Ozone 1 is basically an all-in-one mastering plug-in that includes EQ, Reverb, a stereo-imager, a loudness maximizer, a harmonic exiciter, etc. You already have equivalents to most of these as invidual plug-ins included with Wavelab.

Like many things, however, you may find that you "prefer" some of the Ozone stuff to the equivalents included within Wavelab, and vice-versa. Some of them might sound better to your ears, or you might prefer the visual aspects of one over the other (Ozone does have some nice visual features, such as the spectrum analyzer built into their EQ).

I guess you could compare this somewhat to a painter's pallette. If you can afford it, the more the better. For ex., you might already have "yellow" in your pallette, but you might not hqave the exact shade that you want. In other words, Ozone's reverb may be just what you are looking for in one song, while Wavelab's could be the right one for another song or style.

Personally, if I already owned Wavelab, I wouldn't invest in Ozone. But like most things, it's a cost-benefit decision you need to make for yourself. Bottom line, though, you won't be getting much in the way of "new" tools with Ozone. Just different spins on some stuff you already have.

Do, though, download and read their (free) guide. It is a pretty good primer on mastering.
 
dachay2tnr said:
I haven't seen Ozone 2 yet, but Ozone 1 is basically an all-in-one mastering plug-in that includes EQ, Reverb, a stereo-imager, a loudness maximizer, a harmonic exiciter, etc. You already have equivalents to most of these as invidual plug-ins included with Wavelab.

Whewww! Thanks, that's what I thought.
 
For me, this is a wonderful feature. With the graph overlaying the tool I'm using I can instantly see WHERE to cut/boost, for example, confirming it with my ears. It saves time over sweeping back and forth with a sharper spike.

Ozone 2 is a nice boost over 1. Bunch of new features. One of the best is the inclusion of a ton of presets -- gives good starting points.


That being said, if you have wavelab, you probably don't NEED ozone...it would be fairly redundant.

-lee-

dachay2tnr said:
(Ozone does have some nice visual features, such as the spectrum analyzer built into their EQ).
 
laptoppop said:
That being said, if you have wavelab, you probably don't NEED ozone...it would be fairly redundant.

-lee-


I tested the demo version of Ozone. I used wavelab to open it up :) The presets aren't bad at all. The excitement is definitely there :D I will look into it more...
 
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