Concrete Limiter or Ozone 5?

Had allready anyone the chance to compare the PC Concrete Limiter with the limiter from Ozone 5? I could upgrade to Ozone 5 or give the concrete limiter a try - I´m still undecided. (still on X1c...)

TBF

 Had allready anyone the chance to compare the PC Concrete Limiter with the limiter from Ozone 5? I could upgrade to Ozone 5 or give the concrete limiter a try - I´m still undecided. (still on X1c...)

I own both the Concrete Limiter and Ozone4 not 5.  The two are indeed different.  Ozone is a compete suite of plugins designed for Mastering, which includes a limiter.  That limiter is very transparent.  That is where the Concrete Limiter by Cakewalk compares:  it also is very transparent.  But Ozone has many more components including multiband compressor, EQ, Reverb all for mastering; it also has many helpful presets that get you started or point you in the right direction for you to tweak.  While you can use Ozone for individual tracks, it is not designed for such and it is kind of awkward to use on individual tracks or busses.  That is where the Concrete Limiter perhaps "beats" Ozone.  Concrete Limiter can be used on individual tracks, on individual buses and of course on the Master bus all with very low CPU usage.  Concrete Limiter does not have as many knobs or sliders or adjustments and has no presets.  Its strength is in its simplicity. 


     Since I got Concrete Limiter I use it for tracking, I throw it on all my buses, and at least temporarily throw it on the Master bus.  Often it will stay there and I am happy.  Sometimes, I want more and will finish off a project by trying to Master it myself (usually not the best idea to Master your own stuff--you really want another trained pair of ears to do the Mastering).  I then use the Ozone suite for Mastering as that is where it really shines. 


     One other point of contrast:  price.  Ozone is around $199 more or less depending on sales.  Concrete Limiter is $79.


     Get both if you can.  I am glad I did.

Ozone 5 without a sliver of doubt.

Thanks for all of your informative replies. Think I will upgrade to X1xp soon.

JingleBells


Ozone 5 without a sliver of doubt will cost you more. In some cases it will do more. Either damage or good. It all depends.

Fixed.

bitflipper


TBF, the fact that you're asking the question suggests to me that O5 would probably be your better solution. I'm guessing you're not an expert on the subject of limiting, which is why you're (wisely) seeking guidance. 

IMO Ozone is far and away the best bet for folks in your situation, because it's possible to get good results without, well, without actually quite knowing what you're doing. Later on, you may decide you need more alternatives, but for getting started nothing's more noob-friendly than Ozone.

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The OP is asking for a comparison of the Concrete limiter to the limiter in Ozone 5. He/She already owns some version of Ozone. I suppose the bass boost is the gimmicky thing you are referring to? I actually quite like it on some material. Ozone's limiter has more options and go a bit louder. But it is part of a behemoth plug in and so for common usage I prefer the Concrete Limiter.

  I mean gimmicky in the sense that cakewalk does full court press touting a plugin that is more of the same, nothing inovative, and you need to buy-in to expanded to access it. Ozone has way more. I am not a huge fan, but why not get all the extra features. If anything a concrete limiter is what people slap on to make a mix sound good. The limiters aren't gonna be so extremely different that it warrants NOT getting all the extras...metering, phase readings, etc...all the things bitflipper suggests are for lesser beings. There are some truly ****ed comments on here, I'm sure I'm guilty on ocassion.

I'm assuming he wants to compare limiters too, but I repeat, unless Concrete is so much heads and tails above the limiter in Ozone 5, upgrading to an improved version of a well respected suite seems to be no contest to simply adding a limiter. I like Concrete a lot, but I can't imagine choosing Concrete by itself over the entirety of Ozone 5. Concrete would have to revolutionize limiting as we know it to make it a worthwhile comparison.