Featured Plug-in: iZotope's Ozone 3

Ozone combines analog modeling with 64-bit digital precision to deliver a complete set of world-class mastering processors. From the warm sound of tube modeled equalizers to the pure transparency of linear phase filters, Ozone provides the tools and the technology you need to deliver top notch audio masters.

Ozone is a system of top quality 64-bit DSP algorithms, complemented with enhanced visual meter displays, and integrated in an interface that makes it incredibly easy to get incredibly good masters.

Multiband Dynamics

Up to four bands of multiband dynamics that carefully emulate the response of analog circuitry, providing natural-sounding compression, expansion, and limiting

• Real time visualization of the dynamics within each band, including gain reduction meters, level histograms and X-Y compression curves.
• Analog or digital linear phase crossovers with adjustable Q (bandwidth).
• Controls for comparing "gain when bypassed," offsetting overall band gain and muting, bypassing and solo'ing individual bands.

Paragraphic EQ

Shape the tone with eight nodes of bell, highpass, lowpass, highshelf or lowshelf filters overlaid on an ultra fast spectrum display.

• Choose from analog modeled EQ with "soft saturation" modeling or digital linear phase filtering with up to 16,000 bands of precision.
• Compare your mixes with a powerful spectrum analyzer that offers real time and average modes, critical or third octave bands and snapshots.
• Use spectrum snapshots of recordings to create "automatic" EQ curves.

Multiband Harmonic Exciter

Up to four bands of multiband excitation for adding warmth, sparkle or shine to your mixes.

• Choose from retro, tape or tube modeled excitation with adjustable amount and mix controls for each band.
• Unique multiband time offset controls for tightening and adding "attack" to bass and kick.

Multiband Stereo Imaging

Up to four bands of multiband stereo widening for adding space to your mix without losing the bass.

• Visualize the stereo image with a powerful phase/channel meter display that highlights imaging, phase and potential canceling problems
• Apply multiband channel delay controls for adjusting the perceived location of the stereo field or correcting tape azimuth errors.

Mastering Reverb

Dual mode reverb for adding ambience to your mix.

• Selectable plate or room modeling algorithms for "studio" or "acoustic" ambience.
• Control room size, predelay, width, frequency cutoff and more
• Special controls for soloing the wet signal, adjusting the frequency response and monitoring the width and phase of the reverb signal.

Loudness Maximizer

Push the level without overloading with analog modeled or digital transparent loudness maximizers.

• Intelligent release control technology with predictive limiting of "intersample clipping".
• Adjustable threshold, margin, release and character controls.
• Visual feedback provided through limiting gain reduction meters and overall loudness histograms.

Dither

Prepare audio for CD with word-length reduction and high order psychoacoustic shaped dither.

• Choose from three types of noise shaped dither algorithms.
• Integrated DC offset filtering, auto-blanking and dither harmonic suppression for dynamic and transparent conversions.
• Unique set of bit scopes and DC level meters provide a complete view of the digital bitstream and conversion process.

Additional Features

Work faster, easier and smarter

• Manage presets with a modular integrated preset system.
• Customize the signal processing order with a unique graphical flowchart.
• Automate over 150 parameters through automation.
• Create A/B comparisons or step back through your tweaks with unlimited undo and history operations.

iZotope Ozone isn't a collection of plug-ins. It's a single interface that combines all of the required mastering tools in one system. This makes it easier to use, easier to understand the mix, and—well—it just sounds better because, once the signal goes in, it's all 64-bit processing until it comes out. It's technically impossible to get this sound quality and resolution by chaining separate plug-ins together.

You can buy and download Ozone from iZotope's web site for $249.99 USD (available on CD for an additional $29), or download a fully-functional trial version free.

Free Vinyl

Visit iZotope at http://www.izotope.com/ to get a free copy of Vinyl, iZotope's "lo-fi destruction" plug-in. Vinyl uses 64-bit processing and advanced filtering, modeling and resampling to create authentic "vinyl" simulation, as if the audio was a record being played on a record player. You'll have complete control over Mechanical Noise, Electrical Noise, Surface Wear, Dust, Scratch, Warp, even the year of the record player—from current linear tracking turntables to 1930 phonographs. And it's all free.

To learn more about iZotope's complete line of audio plug-ins, including Ozone, Vinyl, and more, visit iZotope's web site at http://www.izotope.com/.