Slate FGx has this, and it is a cool and useful feature.

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This is one of the features that still has me somewhat interested -  I like the idea of being able to quickly make those assessments. 

I'm a novice. I keep hearing the pros say that mastering is 10% about the tools and 90% about the ears.  A feature that helps the ears work better seems really valuable.

"A feature that helps the ears work better seems really valuable."
 
I find in interesting that some *producers* and *music enthusiasts* will spend thousands of dollars on software but only have a budget of a couple hundred dollars for the speakers.
 
That kind of approach seems backwards to me.
 
 

Very glad I found this thread. I am very happy with Ozone 5, alloy 2 and Sony Sound Forge 11 (which has some nice Izotope plugs in it itself.
 
Wasn't sure about the upgrade to 6 but I am now
Thanks

I like that Ozone 6 allows for the 3rd party plug-ins. However in this case I think I'll simplify it a bit further and just use the 3rd party plug-ins for the time being :)....I was a little greener when I first bought Ozone and although I still use it, I'm having fun chaining some of those other 3rd party plug-ins together or using the ones in Sonar to get pretty much the same results. The Pro Channel lets me add 3rd party plug-ins too. Build a few workable chains for different material, save them, and the argument for working faster in Ozone goes away.
 
 

I use the exciter and imaging modules of Ozone 5, but I've moved to dedicated plugins for everything else.
 
Not that I need to switch, but what would be good alternatives to these two modules in Ozone with respect to dedicated plugins?

I haven't found anything as good to replace those modules. I'd like to, though.
 
FabFilter Saturn comes close to replacing the exciter module. 

Thanks bit! I actually use 4 for one module (exciter I <think>) and 5 for the other - per your recommendation on another thread! 
 
Glad to know I'm still rocking the right tools there.

I guess I'm in the minority but I kinda like 6. I liked the gate in 5 but I never really used the reverb. The way 6 is laid out is visually very appealing. The balanced level out for bypass is really handy and I like having a standalone you can quickly drop a wave file in and do some quick work without having to open a host. I still have 5 installed if I need additional limiter algorithms. I don't know if it was worth the $99 upgrade price but I had it budgeted for the studio anyway so I picked it up.
 
I'll be putting it to the test next week when I have to do a job for a client so we'll see how it stacks up to 5, which I like a lot. Just my two cents.

Just clarify, Ozone 5 also has the "gain matching" when in bypass and it is a really useful feature
 
I got Ozone 5 recently and can confirm that the free upgrade does mean 5 and 6 can be run side by side (ie 6 does not "replace" 5)
 
I am also really disappointed with Izotope on this "upgrade" and I think they may have shot themselves in the foot a bit
 
Not only the removal of features (albeit the less vital one but removing anything in an upgrade seems daft) but I definitely got the impression that the big selling point of "dynamic EQ" would be included in the base product
 
To not make this clear in the pre-sale marketing was not great
 
Also, the email giving me my Ozone 6 serial number had a link toOzone 6 Advanced - so it installed the demo of advanced, presumably to entice me to upgrade! - I immediately uninstalled advance and reinstalled the base version
 
All in all I think Izotope have not handled this upgrade well at all, which is a shame as I think Izotope are great