Hi
I already have T-Racks deluxe, and was thinking of buying Ozone 5, I haven't really got into T-Racks
or used it a lot, I even bought the Groove Three video, mastering with T-Racks, I'm a hobbyist, and I suppose I'm
looking for presets that will help me get a decent finished product, and yes I know a lot of you out there will say, well you have
to study for years, buy all the books, have the correct monitors, a treated room etc. But hey, at the end of the day
I finish work, come home, and a few days of the week, sit down in my little studio, and write some songs.
So basically what I'm saying is, I'm not looking for a commercial release sound, I know I'll never get that, but 
something I can be happy with, and something I can stick on the end, to glue together and enhance my sound, Is Ozone 5
what I'm looking for ?

Thanks
John

ive just demo'd ozone 5 (gonna be upgrading from 4 soon) and its defo night and day compared to 4 and the other releases. if your stuck for pre sets, why dont you try the forums over at ik to see if anyone has posted pre sets, if not then i recommend ozone 5 if you are thinking about investing in it !!!

YOu can get Mastering quality finished music with T-Racks 3 deluxe.

what I'd recommend is to complement your plugins with some knowledge and read the Ozone Mastering guide. It's considered an industry standard in education on the subject.

even a novice can benefit from the information as its well presented.

http://izotope.fileburst.com/guides/Mastering_With_Ozone.pdf

Its informaation is generic so you don't need to have Ozone to get the value of the information.

This question comes up a lot.  And I make the same exact answer every single time....

"Sonar has everything you need to make an excellent master."   The best mastering product on the market is this: http://www.sonalksis.com/mastering.htm

I make do with what I've got...  Some nice PSP stuff, and the plugs in Sonar.  However..  If I had the $ Sonalksis Mastering Suite. 

No ozone, no t racks, no psp xenon, nada!  The Sonalksis Mastering Suite is by far, the best dither, the best multiband dynamics, a great stereo tool; and a limiter that sounds like a London Warehouse Party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sonalksis Msuite is awesome.  Nothing has beaten it yet..   Its got a great, great, sound!

take it your a mastering engineer ??? linear phase

Chregg


take it your a mastering engineer ??? linear phase

I do all my mastering though :-)  I know how...  Check out my beautiful waveforms..  I totally uploaded this song to Mondo-Tunes today...  its going to be in download stores in a few weeks...




What I'd really like to do, is buy that Sonalksis Suite..  maybe I will get a lot of work this winter!!!   One can always hope..  Work doesn't really pick up here till mid October, so we shall see...



Edit = a link to mondo tunes fer folk who don't know what it is http://www.mondotunes.com/

If you already have T-racks deluxe then you have everything you need to make quality masters.

Every module has its own set of presets which you can use (as a starting point only!!) to get you going.

Each & every song will require different settings unless they were all tracked by the same musicians using the same equpiment in the same room

mudgel


even a novice can benefit from the information as its well presented. 

Thanks for the link Mike, I've had a quick browse through it and it'll make a good addition to my other manuals I've collected.

I  downloaded demo version of both T RacksS and Ozone 5.  For my uses, Ozone 5 won.

Thumbs up on Ozone 5! I like T-Racks but I don't own it. I've worked with it at other studios and it is very nice but I prefer Ozone 5! The sound seems more organic to me. So many presets you can get pretty close to what you want to hear right out of the box. Be aware that presets are usually a little over the edge to make you say "WOW". Most any preset usually has to be tweaked to your taste. Still, Ozone wins as far as I can see.