Master Rebalance and the neural engine behind it are good enough to bring the voice forward without affecting the midrange, even if the “mix” has been determined by the location of the microphone. Imagine having captured a live concert with one microphone and the singer constantly moving across the scene. It allows you to correct and change instrument levels without needing the original tracks. Ozone 9’s Master Rebalance is a good example of how that works out. Ozone 9 builds further on the philosophy of giving users a well-sounding head start and then allowing them to stamp the audio master with their skills and signature, which, with a sound engineer who knows their trade, gives much better results than you’ll ever get out of one-knob-cures-all Auphonic and Accusonus tools.

The former will often like the time savings the neural-engine driven Assistant affords them, while the latter know they can always start over again if they mess up in the process down the pipeline. Professional sound engineers and enthusiasts who have a grasp of the mastering basics will love the Master Assistant that was introduced in previous versions. Ozone 9 is all about improving a mix to the point of perfection and doing it as quickly as possible with a modular interface that helps to chop up the mastering process into easily digestible pieces. With services and products that automate the mastering process to a more or less acceptable result breathing down their neck, iZotope has chosen the path of assisted mastering with Ozone which does not exclude the real sound engineer’s personal touch.

New features assist newcomers at the art and science of mastering while speeding up the workflow for experienced sound engineers. Ozone 9, iZotope’s audio mastering plug-in, builds further on its predecessor’s strengths.

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