If I would have to choose one mastering program it would be Ozone 7 Advanced. which I do have.
If it was a choice of the ultimate mastering package, It would be Ozone 7 Advanced combined with T Racks, which I also have.

I know, it's not a plugin, but if we are talking about mastering tools here, this little gem Magix is often overlooked but well worth checking:
http://www.magix.com/us/a...dio-music-lab-premium/

Gee, I wonder why this topic has never been discussed before...
 
John, if you search the forum you'll find that Ozone has been extremely popular around here for at least the last 10 years. I've been a fan since Ozone 2. O3 was a big step forward but each subsequent revision offered smaller and smaller incremental improvements, to the point where I refused to buy O5 or O6. And eventually switched to a mostly FabFilter mastering chain.
 
But last fall iZotope made us an offer on Ozone 7 that we couldn't refuse, and boy am I glad I took them up on it. Golly gee whiz, it's good. Sorry FabFilter, but Pro-L has been demoted to track and sub-bus duties.
 
Even during the years that I had abandoned Ozone, I still routinely recommended it for novice mastering engineers because although you can achieve similar results with many other products, nothing is easier for getting good results when you're really not sure what you're doing.

bitflipper
Gee, I wonder why this topic has never been discussed before...
 
John, if you search the forum you'll find that Ozone has been extremely popular around here for at least the last 10 years. I've been a fan since Ozone 2. O3 was a big step forward but each subsequent revision offered smaller and smaller incremental improvements, to the point where I refused to buy O5 or O6. And eventually switched to a mostly FabFilter mastering chain.
 
But last fall iZotope made us an offer on Ozone 7 that we couldn't refuse, and boy am I glad I took them up on it. Golly gee whiz, it's good. Sorry FabFilter, but Pro-L has been demoted to track and sub-bus duties.
 
Even during the years that I had abandoned Ozone, I still routinely recommended it for novice mastering engineers because although you can achieve similar results with many other products, nothing is easier for getting good results when you're really not sure what you're doing.

If the John you are talking to is me Dave I have always been a strong Ozone supported. I'm not sure why you think I don't think highly about Ozone. I go beck to Ozone 3 when it was sold by CW and was DX only. I did not like Ozone 2. It was not ready for the task it was meant for as I recall. It had a harsh sound to it. Ozone 3 was much smoother and just better sounding. After 3 I was hooked. I have all Ozone versions from Ozone 3,4, 5, 6, and now 7. You're preaching to the choir.  
 
The one thing I always said about it was " a little Ozone goes a long way." That was meant as a warning that with its power it can do more harm than good if not used carefully.
 
If you sample a few old threads on Ozone you should find me there too.  

bitflipper
... when you're really not sure what you're doing.

That's me!

John

bitflipper
Gee, I wonder why this topic has never been discussed before...
 
John, if you search the forum you'll find that Ozone has been extremely popular around here for at least the last 10 years. I've been a fan since Ozone 2. O3 was a big step forward but each subsequent revision offered smaller and smaller incremental improvements, to the point where I refused to buy O5 or O6. And eventually switched to a mostly FabFilter mastering chain.
 
But last fall iZotope made us an offer on Ozone 7 that we couldn't refuse, and boy am I glad I took them up on it. Golly gee whiz, it's good. Sorry FabFilter, but Pro-L has been demoted to track and sub-bus duties.
 
Even during the years that I had abandoned Ozone, I still routinely recommended it for novice mastering engineers because although you can achieve similar results with many other products, nothing is easier for getting good results when you're really not sure what you're doing.

If the John you are talking to is me Dave I have always been a strong Ozone supported. I'm not sure why you think I don't think highly about Ozone. I go beck to Ozone 3 when it was sold by CW and was DX only. I did not like Ozone 2. It was not ready for the task it was meant for as I recall. It had a harsh sound to it. Ozone 3 was much smoother and just better sounding. After 3 I was hooked. I have all Ozone versions from Ozone 3,4, 5, 6, and now 7. You're preaching to the choir.  
 
The one thing I always said about it was " a little Ozone goes a long way." That was meant as a warning that with its power it can do more harm than good if not used carefully.
 
If you sample a few old threads on Ozone you should find me there too.  

I think he is talking to the OP (his handle is John also).

KingsMix

John

bitflipper
Gee, I wonder why this topic has never been discussed before...
 
John, if you search the forum you'll find that Ozone has been extremely popular around here for at least the last 10 years. I've been a fan since Ozone 2. O3 was a big step forward but each subsequent revision offered smaller and smaller incremental improvements, to the point where I refused to buy O5 or O6. And eventually switched to a mostly FabFilter mastering chain.
 
But last fall iZotope made us an offer on Ozone 7 that we couldn't refuse, and boy am I glad I took them up on it. Golly gee whiz, it's good. Sorry FabFilter, but Pro-L has been demoted to track and sub-bus duties.
 
Even during the years that I had abandoned Ozone, I still routinely recommended it for novice mastering engineers because although you can achieve similar results with many other products, nothing is easier for getting good results when you're really not sure what you're doing.

If the John you are talking to is me Dave I have always been a strong Ozone supported. I'm not sure why you think I don't think highly about Ozone. I go beck to Ozone 3 when it was sold by CW and was DX only. I did not like Ozone 2. It was not ready for the task it was meant for as I recall. It had a harsh sound to it. Ozone 3 was much smoother and just better sounding. After 3 I was hooked. I have all Ozone versions from Ozone 3,4, 5, 6, and now 7. You're preaching to the choir.  
 
The one thing I always said about it was " a little Ozone goes a long way." That was meant as a warning that with its power it can do more harm than good if not used carefully.
 
If you sample a few old threads on Ozone you should find me there too.  

I think he is talking to the OP (his handle is John also).

Ah that makes sense. But if I may the OP signs his post with Johne. Oh well no harm done. LOL  Thanks for pointing that out though.

Man...  I am so tempted to break a CC out to upgrade from Ozone 5 standard to Ozone 7 advanced.    I don't suppose anyone could talk me out of it?  
 

Personally I think that is a good version compliment. Ozone 5 with Ozone 7 Advanced will work well together. There are things in 5 that are no longer in 7. 

Hi John, thanks...  I guess. 
 
I know the reverb module was removed in v6 but I've probably used that 2-3 times ever, and that's since Ozone v1 (I was an early adopter).   Is there anything else I might miss from v5 that you can think of?    Granted, it's not helping to move me back from the edge of GAS, so I'm just trying to be informed.    Yeah, that's it.