daryl1968


any more feedback? I am tempted but need convincing :)

For myself-I find the interface much more User friendly. Easier to vnavigate and everything seems much more accessible with minimum motion. Also, there is "like a quick selcet button for each module which pops up the presets for that moduke "only" you can add your own to this also. You can also change the object folder of tht button. That alone is worth the $99 to me.
But that's me-As I stated I need much more hand holding when it comes to mixing my music, I am a Pro guitar player but no pro engineer.
I'm very happy I bought the upgrade.

The serial number authorises the demo that anyone can download.

Agreed Daryl!

Downloaded the demo today and will defnitely make the jump. Smooth is the word that comes to mind. Very musical. A winner!

I'm finding that the maximizer is not adhering to my threshold settings. In other words, it's going above the peak limit I set, even after I set it to 'Hard' or option III.

Anyone else seeing this in O5? I'm using the demo of O5-Advanced.

daryl1968

Bitflipper - wouldn't your 3 days of trying to recreate O5 in O4 have been better spent mastering stuff? I wish I had as much spare time as you :)     No regrets for buying O5 here.

:) Hehe. Leave Bit alone ... he's getting old and we should never question our elders wisdom. ;)

There are some new features of Ozone 5 (Advanced) that weren't there in Ozone 4 that, now that I've used them, I never want to be without ever again.

That said, I need 599 people to Paypal $1 dollar or 1 very generous person to Paypal $599 dollars, to my email address before the end of next week when my demo period runs out. LOL! Don't make me sell a guitar people ... together we can do this! HEHE

bitflipper

Bitflipper - wouldn't your 3 days of trying to recreate O5 in O4 have been better spent mastering stuff? I wish I had as much spare time as you :)

I consider it prudent to spend 3 days researching the product, given that I'd be spending every day for the next couple of years with it. A hundred bucks or a thousand bucks, you'd have to be quite the, er, optimist to just buy every shiny thing that comes your way.

Yeah- I agree.  It's not like Ozone 5 is DAW 2.0  lol.

What I was trying to determine is if O5 actually had something to offer. Turns out it does, but the benefits are marginal, and do not include better limiting.

This is what I'm seeing/hearing as well.

Bub

I'm finding that the maximizer is not adhering to my threshold settings. In other words, it's going above the peak limit I set, even after I set it to 'Hard' or option III.

Anyone else seeing this in O5? I'm using the demo of O5-Advanced.

I figured out what the problem was. It was so basic I overlooked it.

By default the limiter is in the middle of the effects chain. I swapped it to the end and it works fine now. Also, I meant to say 'Margin' not 'Threshold' above.

But anyway, since it was set like that by default, you guys may want to check it on your end.

I was always under the impression the limiter should be at the very end, but maybe I'm wrong?

I have to say, after setting it to HARD limit and tweaking the 'Release', I was able to get some very impressive results. It also says they added a new limiting option, but honestly, I couldn't hear any difference between them. The 'Release' timing made the most audible impact IMO.

Bitflipper - I know, I was only yanking your chain :) Joking apart though, I am finding that I get to the desired result quicker with O5 than I did with O4 - that fact alone is worth the upgrade.

But it IS $199 worth of convenience for those of us who are not Ozone 4 owners?

DeeringAmps


But it IS $199 worth of convenience for those of us who are not Ozone 4 owners?

Tom,
if you don't have O4 or below then I would certainly say that O5 is worth $199!  I'm undecided myself yet whether it's worth upgrading from O4 to O5 for $99, but if I didn't have O4 I would certainly want O5 for $199.

I use Oz4 and Alloy. Thanks for the comment from "Gibsongs". I was wondering if the extra $$ for advanced was worth it. I think I will just get the upgrade Oz5 for $99 tomorrow. You just saved me the extra $300.
Thanks,

Don Belisle

Q6600 desktop, I5 laptop, win7 64 bit, win XP 32 bit,  MOTU MKIII, FT Ultra.

I have the more limited version of Ozone plugs that ships with Sound Forge 10 Pro. I was wondering if anyone has tried to upgrade from that and if they cut you a break. Also, I am guessing from what everyone is saying that it is worth it to get the full version.

Disclaimer....I know absolutely nothing about the craft of properly mastering music.

inaheartbeat


I have the more limited version of Ozone plugs that ships with Sound Forge 10 Pro. I was wondering if anyone has tried to upgrade from that and if they cut you a break. Also, I am guessing from what everyone is saying that it is worth it to get the full version.

Disclaimer....I know absolutely nothing about the craft of properly mastering music.

There are ecause I like every shiny new thing that comes my way.no breaks for owning the cut down mastering suite from iZotope that comes with Sound Forge. it's already a break that it's included with SF.
 
As for oZone 5 advanced. I pulled the trigger on it because I like every shiny new thing that comes my way. Also it is very good software. It lets me use less plugins to get more done.

Moving to Ozone 5 from 4, my 1st drops out are occuring on my i5 laptop.
Version 4 did not do this. I am on X1 expanded. I had to increase my buffers.

 It`s usable, but I agree with bitflipper, I was doing the same with Version 4.
I only spent $99. I used it about an hour or so on an trance song, to my ears,
sounds the same as 4. I will post more as I use it more.
Hope the CPU usage is addressed soon.
I do like the newer GUI, it is easier to use.
 With the older version , I could drop OZone4 on a track a few places.
I won`t be doing that with version 5, yet!

Don Belisle
Q6600 quad core desktops, i5 laptop, Xp 32 bit, Win 7 64 bit, dual boot machines.
MOTU MKIII, M- Audio USB 2.0 FastTrack. ( X1expanded, but still loving my 8.5.3 !)