The consensus of this thread on Ozone 6 seems to be "why bother?"
 
I have not been doing mastering separately, and am just now looking to move to that mode (mixing separately from the mastering process.)  I had been looking at Ozone 6 as the entry point, but I was a little baffled by the removal of capability, and the huge price difference between basic and advanced.
 
So are there other mastering suites that would get more kudos from this group?

backwoods
Jimbo, you should at least trial Advanced as it is very cool. Having "Insight" on a second monitor is very useful. You can just switch out and off effects and tracks and see what is going on in your mix in real time. It looks great too. You also get the option to use the effects separately.
 
I think you basic version guys can upgrade to advanced for 399 at the moment whereas for guys like me who have advanced 5 it will still cost 299. Maybe AudioDeluxe will be doing better deals during the grace period (till nov13).
 
Personally I never used the reverb so I won't be missing it if I choose to upgrade.
 
.....and ccLarry......welcome back, good to see u again :)

 
I might demo it BW. I can't see myself paying that much for advanced though.

Rain
What would be the difference between dynamic EQ and multi band compression?

Technically, the difference is that a dynamic EQ consists of one or more variable-gain filters, whereas a multi-band compressor consists of two or more broadband compressors with fixed-slope crossover filters in front of them. The dynamic EQ therefore applies gain (or gain reduction) like a filter (or group of filters), based on the filter shape(s). In a multi-band, each compressor applies the same gain to all the frequencies it sees, and there is no interaction between bands.
 
The more pertinent question is why you'd choose one over the other. In some scenarios, it doesn't matter. But as a general rule, you'd use a dynamic EQ for targeted, remedial corrections and a multi-band compressor for broader shaping and volume maximizing.
 
Let's say you have a track with a loud resonance at 1.5KHz. You could set up a multi-band with crossovers at 1KHz and 2KHz. When the compressor kicks in, it'd compress all frequencies between 1KHz and 2Khz equally. A dynamic EQ, however, could have a bell-shaped filter centered at 1.5 KHz and a Q of 1, achieving the same end but do so by applying most of its gain reduction to the target frequency with 3dB less impact on the 1 KHz and 2 KHz shoulder frequencies. This is one reason dynamic EQs can be more transparent than a multi-band compressor, but there are also many other reasons.
 
Re: GlissEQ. It's a great equalizer, but mainly because it lets you overlay multiple tracks' spectra. I don't actually consider it to be a true dynamic EQ in the conventional sense. GlissEQ does respond dynamically, but it's a kind of adjustable attack time rather than a level-based gain calculation. In other words, the gain is fixed but the time it takes to apply that gain is adjustable. That can yield a nice effect, retaining more of the dynamic movement by slowing the EQ action. But it's not dynamic equalization, at least not in the way everybody else defines the term.
 

Got it!
 
You really have a gift when it comes to explaining stuff, Bit.
You should be writing a book, seriously.

backwoods
I think you basic version guys can upgrade to advanced for 399 at the moment whereas for guys like me who have advanced 5 it will still cost 299. Maybe AudioDeluxe will be doing better deals during the grace period (till nov13).

So like a bunch of other people noted I was pretty interested in upgrading to Ozone 6 basic with the new Dynamic EQ feature. But that's not in Basic, and $399 to get there.

So.... I thought what if I took that imaginary $399 and spent it elsewhere? Would I be happier? Or get more?

And I grazed and returned back to Spectrasonics (the folks that make the amazing Omnisphere). I clicked on Stylus RMX which I didn't know much about. It's $395 by the way.

Stylus RMX is amazing. I'm swooning. I've got to have it!,,,,

Totally don't have that impression for an Ozone upgrade at that price. But Stylus RMX wow!,,

Great sample videos by the way about it. The Overview alone closes the deal.

ArcRex
I purchased Ozone 5 about a week before they announced Ozone 6. I was pleasantly surprized that izotope included my purchase time for the free upgrade, but I cannot say that I am loving ozone 6. I think I will continue to use ozone 5 in the DAW. I am not sure that they added anything, but they did remove stuff

ArcRex, did you get to keep Ozone 5 after getting the free Ozone 6 upgrade?  After purchasing Ozone 5 last night, before the October 30th date (but maybe not in UK but so what), I was given an Ozone 6 code today.  So therefore, I was never given the choice.  I emailed plugindiscounts and the person said that the code was given by iZotope (no choice?), and that if I upgraded anyway, I would have had to surrender the Ozone 5 license.  Is this true?
 
I am getting more and more upset with this as the hours pass by.  I did not register/authorize yet, and why should I at this time?
 
I am demo'ing Ozone 6, and while I like the GUI a lot, there are some missing things:
1.  Imager scope does not work.  Just "dots" move around at the bottom and right hand side.  No "field image."  This may be a bug?
2.  No gate in the dynamics modules.
3.  No intersample peak detection.
4.  No genre-specific mastering presets (I liked those).
5.  No module presets.
6.  Big increase in CPU usage, but for what? It certainly isn't real-time graphics. Better, more power algorithms? Hmm...
 
EDIT: If given the choice to downgrade to version 5, would you?  This question and the bold one go hand-in-hand.  i would think that unless iZotope gives me a V5 code in addition to my exiting V6 code, I could not turn around and get 6 plus keep 5.

Well I would think not, you can have 5 and 6 together, your circumstance may be different, did you purchase 5 and not receive a download link and serial number for 5 ? You certainly don't have to surrender your 5 license to have 6, I have both 5 and 6 advanced
 

clintmartin
I don't believe you can use 3rd part software there. I believe you can load one of the Ozone 6 modules only. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that.

Consider yourself corrected :)

Whoops. I messed up.  I accidentally edited this post and screwed it up.
 
Summary of what was written: I bought Ozone 5 and got Ozone 6, but I really wanted Ozone 5 and upgrade to Ozone 6.

ArcRex
I am getting more and more upset with this as the hours pass by.  I did not register/authorize yet, and why should I at this time?

Maybe a reason to register and authorize, make an account at Izotope, is that then under your account info you may be able to access the download for version 5, assuming it is indeed version 5 that you purchased. Surely if you purchased 5, you get 5, regardless of the free upgrade, you purchased 5 simple as, and as long as you were inside the time limit set out, I can't see how they can do anything but give you version 5 AND the free upgrade to 6. Just push the point that you actually purchased version 5 not 6, that's what I would do anyway, plus I would have purchased directly from Izotope.
 
You would find your download link under 'Legacy Downloads' and the serial under 'Purchase History'
 
Give it a try, or not

jih64
Maybe a reason to register and authorize, make an account at Izotope, is that then under your account info you may be able to access the download for version 5, assuming it is indeed version 5 that you purchased. Surely if you purchased 5, you get 5, regardless of the free upgrade, you purchased 5 simple as, and as long as you were inside the time limit set out, I can't see how they can do anything but give you version 5 AND the free upgrade to 6. Just push the point that you actually purchased version 5 not 6, that's what I would do anyway, plus I would have purchased directly from Izotope.
 
You would find your download link under 'Legacy Downloads' and the serial under 'Purchase History.'

Yeah, live and learn I suppose.  Maybe going for the best price doesn't always yield the best result.  So true in many things.  Overall, I have written a well-composed email to iZotope.  I have an account with them for Alloy 2 and StutterEdit, but nothing with Ozone...yet.  I will see what they come back with and go from there.  So in other words, I won't authorize until they give me the green light to do so.  I purchased Ozone 5 Standard last night, around 10PM, October 29th.