ltb
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Ozone 5 + advanced released
Now available http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/ iZotope is proud to introduce two groundbreaking new products: Ozone 5, the biggest update ever to our critically-acclaimed software mastering suite, and Ozone 5 Advanced, a new enhanced version of Ozone specially tuned to the needs and requests of professional mixing and mastering engineers.  http://www.izotope.com/oz...11Oct&utm_content=Pristine soundEnhanced visual feedback Optimized workflowUpdated interface
Customers who purchased Ozone 4 after October 1, 2011 will receive
a free upgrade to Ozone 5 upon release.
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cecelius2
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/14 16:59:01
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Anyone have a guess at what the update will cost for Ozone 4 users who purchased before Oct 2011? What did it cost for the last update from Ozone 3 to 4?
shucksss--I have been saving up for Slate VCC and Fabfilter Pro Bundle, and now Ozone 5 is announced! Where-or-where will I spend my money---where-or-where will I find the money!!!!
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/14 17:42:00
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That's an old price on their site - 'Currently own Ozone 3 can upgrade to Ozone 4 for only $79.00'.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/14 23:29:46
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# Pristine sound # Enhanced visual feedback # Optimized workflow # Updated interface That doesn't sound like a whole lotta changes. Mostly buzz words. I like Izotope and will gladly support them as a customer, but I do hope these updates/upgrades are more than those buzz words.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/14 23:49:50
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I like Izotope and will gladly support them as a customer, but I do hope these updates/upgrades are more than those buzz words. IOW, you hope Ozone 5 isn't a repeat of Kontakt 5?
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/15 01:40:18
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ba_midi
# Pristine sound # Enhanced visual feedback # Optimized workflow # Updated interface
That doesn't sound like a whole lotta changes. Mostly buzz words.
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Sounds like what was said about X1
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/15 08:38:42
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bitflipper
I like Izotope and will gladly support them as a customer, but I do hope these updates/upgrades are more than those buzz words.
IOW, you hope Ozone 5 isn't a repeat of Kontakt 5?
Heh - well, Bit, I didn't update to K5 yet, so what does that tell ya? ;) But seriously ... I see nothing in those buzz words that suggests there's anything going on "under the hood" that is advanced compared to what Ozone did already. It sounds like a lot of marketing hype words to me.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/15 08:39:48
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ba_midi
# Pristine sound # Enhanced visual feedback # Optimized workflow # Updated interface
That doesn't sound like a whole lotta changes. Mostly buzz words.
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Sounds like what was said about X1
I noticed LOL
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/15 09:21:15
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depends on the update price..... under $100 I'd be sorely tempted.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/15 10:37:19
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Guitarhacker
depends on the update price..... under $100 I'd be sorely tempted.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/15 11:09:39
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Although I have used Ozone in the past (on my partners system) I've only just purchased this personally as I decided to switch from Tracks, so I'll get the upgrade for free - I can post what I think about it soon after I get it.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/15 11:49:27
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Based on past experience, iZotope can be counted on to add at least one must-have feature. Version 4 had three such features: improved "intelligent" mode, M/S processing, and the ability to pass keystrokes back to the DAW. (That last one turned out to be my favorite improvement. I still have projects with Ozone 3 in them and it's quite annoying when hitting the spacebar doesn't stop/start playback if Ozone has focus.)
OTOH, Ozone 4 changed the harmonic exciter to be "more musical", but I liked the "less musical" Ozone 3 exciter better (I still use O3 for that feature alone). Version 4 also added a bunch of worthless (to me) "workflow" enhancements, such as new presets, preset management and global controls - I have never ever used a preset in Ozone, nor have I ever used the global controls. So when they promise "workflow enhancements" in O5, I am skeptical. Hopeful, but skeptical.
For me, the potential killer features for O5 would be more limiter options, more display options (which would include a resizeable UI, as long as we're dreaming), and K-metering. And a $79 upgrade price.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/15 12:59:42
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Must agree with bitblipper's dream for a better Ozone GUI.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/15 15:37:55
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Does anyone know if there's a transfer free for selling an Izotope or Voxengo license? I didn't find any fees listed on either of their websites but am not sure.
I've never tried selling any before. Any tips or places I should try to sell them at; kvr, ebay?
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/16 16:19:50
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carlUpdated interface
Did they go for the Gold monochrome CRT look now?
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/16 17:24:12
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/16 18:32:50
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/20 10:46:26
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I installed the demo version of Ozone 4 last night – only had around a half an hour to work with it – mainly auditioning the presets.
Love it already. Fantastic sounding results. Will even forgive it for highlighting the all the deficiencies in my mix......The bypass button took some abuse too.
I’ll authorise the full version once the 10 day trial elapses – so will no doubt be on the Ozone 5 train once released.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 10:00:50
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 11:48:06
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carl
AES NY 2011 iZotope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OKJ6QnFAC5A
Interesting. As I thought - nothing over-the-top different, mostly some new clothes and better colors and buttons, so to speak. Not that some of the improvements aren't good or worthy - but it depends on pricing. There was a lot of "kind of / sorta" statements in that video, as if it's "kinda sorta better". Someone said to me recently (and I somewhat agree) that "Humans are out of ideas. It's hard to keep re-inventing the wheel", so often (especially in software) we see window dressing updates. Obviously if the price is sensible I'll upgrade just to help contribute to a company that usually makes good products for us music makers, but that video (and the features shown) didn't "wow" me, that's for sure. Mastering 2.0? 
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 12:02:17
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ba_midi
"Humans are out of ideas. It's hard to keep re-inventing the wheel", so often (especially in software) we see window dressing updates.
but that video (and the features shown) didn't "wow" me, that's for sure.
+1 Since I'm on a limited budget until the first of the year, I will probably support them but not until 2012 (in which case I may or may not pay more).
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 12:04:16
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BTW, I still think the interface colors/layout are not entertaining, exciting or enticing.
Looks like an 'engineer' designed it.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 12:04:20
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No mention of the difference between regular and advanced...
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 12:06:53
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bapu
BTW, I still think the interface colors/layout are not entertaining, exciting or enticing.
Looks like an 'engineer' designed it.
Hmm, it looked nicer than previous versions to me -- and I never really cared for the Ozone "look", but as a product Ozone excels at what it does. I'm hoping they don't ruin that with this upgrade. You know how these "2.0" things tend to go -- they change everything 
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 12:07:55
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Jamz0r
No mention of the difference between regular and advanced...
Price The advanced probably has a little more gregregumboyaya lol
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 12:14:26
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ba_midi
You know how these "2.0" things tend to go -- they change everything
More than once, sometimes.
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 13:57:26
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I just upgraded the Adobe Flash plugin to version 11.0.1.152 and now accessing any YouTube video hangs both Firefox (5.0) and IE 7, and have read reports that it also crashes Chrome. I have read that Firefox 8 fixes the problem, although that version is still in beta. Just a heads up. You might want to postpone the current Flash update. I posted this here because it was when trying to see the above-linked YouTube video that I discovered the problem. If I find out any more I'll open a separate thread here in the Software forum.
post edited by bitflipper - 2011/10/22 14:23:19
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Re:Ozone 5 advanced
2011/10/22 15:15:37
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bitflipper
I just upgraded the Adobe Flash plugin to version 11.0.1.152 and now accessing any YouTube video hangs both Firefox (5.0) and IE 7, and have read reports that it also crashes Chrome.
I have read that Firefox 8 fixes the problem, although that version is still in beta.
Just a heads up. You might want to postpone the current Flash update. I posted this here because it was when trying to see the above-linked YouTube video that I discovered the problem. If I find out any more I'll open a separate thread here in the Software forum.
Updates can be dangerous/risky. We're all just a big pool of beta testers (sometimes alphas) for the entire software industry.
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Price will dictate upgrade for me
2011/10/22 20:47:15
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ba_midi
carl
AES NY 2011 iZotope http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OKJ6QnFAC5A
Interesting. As I thought - nothing over-the-top different, mostly some new clothes and better colors and buttons, so to speak.
Not that some of the improvements aren't good or worthy - but it depends on pricing.
There was a lot of "kind of / sorta" statements in that video, as if it's "kinda sorta better".
Someone said to me recently (and I somewhat agree) that "Humans are out of ideas. It's hard to keep re-inventing the wheel", so often (especially in software) we see window dressing updates.
Obviously if the price is sensible I'll upgrade just to help contribute to a company that usually makes good products for us music makers, but that video (and the features shown) didn't "wow" me, that's for sure.
Mastering 2.0?
I just watched the youtube video about Ozone 5. The question I have is what will the upgrade cost? As far as I could tell from the video, Ozone 5 still has all that Ozone 4 had, plus a few new features, a change in the reverb component that looks interesting by using convolution with an alogrithymic adjustment for the reverb tail, and some different color clothing for the GUI. I could not determine, but it looked like some of the metering is capable of being undocked and desplayed in a separate window. That might be nice, but I am not sure if that is what is being offered. The bottom line for me will be the cost.
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Re:Price will dictate upgrade for me
2011/10/22 23:28:13
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I'll probably wait for Ozone 6 or 7 this round (after seeing the video) ... unless perhaps:
1) this one is less CPU intensive on the masterbuss.
2) the harmonic exciters become significantly more *romantic* (like Studder 800 tape or something)
3) Customer feedback is extremely positive
4) If it beats all other mastering systems (i.e., Waves, UAD-2) and really helps pre-MasterBuss (mix) corrections
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