And I just sold my license!!!!

It looks very nice. Lots of new features.

yup.. just got the email..

i love the izotope guys..

And I just bought Curves EQ and Soniformer! Oh well it'll make for interesting comparison mixes: they made it too cheap not to upgrade.

Like the new saturation types. Sounds very good to me. I still find the dynamics section ill-thought out and too fiddly.

i agree about the dynamics bit too.. its not normal.. but i've gotten used to it

Yup, just got the email too about the upgrade. Will have to look into it further. Looks pretty cool!

Devon

like Ozone. A lot. But it is too heavyweight to use anywhere but on the master. And it is DX. If it were VST, I'd probably use it just for the EQ/Compress on most channels.

Ouch, the Ozone 3 presets KILL my machine. The audio pops contantly, the CPU usage just bounces from 30%-70% constantly, but select another preset, it's fine. Very strange. Already wrote their tech support, waiting for an answer. No sale here so far...

Devon

if only they'd go VST

IMNSHO this sounds pretty bad compared to ozone 2, which i didnt like either. Scratchy, very very noticable even withs light changes and the compression, everythign feels like a crazy hard knee thing. Eq is scratchy and dead like the waves, the reverb sounds really great though...

i hardly think this is even near the voxengo mastering bundle (same price range). not even close.

and no vst :-\ cmon.

-R bert

p.s. I toyed with it in sonar 3.0 at another local studio on speaker's i'm unfamiliar with. But I did A/B vs some voxengo which sounded slightly different as well, but not worse... so my opinion still maybe a bit skewed.

IMNSHO this sounds pretty bad compared to ozone 2, which i didnt like either. Scratchy, very very noticable even withs light changes and the compression, everythign feels like a crazy hard knee thing. Eq is scratchy and dead like the waves, the reverb sounds really great though...

i hardly think this is even near the voxengo mastering bundle (same price range). not even close.

and no vst :-\ cmon.

-R bert

Plenty of people would disagree with you Robert but there you go you're entitled to your opinion.

DevonB wrote:

Ouch, the Ozone 3 presets KILL my machine. The audio pops contantly, the CPU usage just bounces from 30%-70% constantly, but select another preset, it's fine. Very strange. Already wrote their tech support, waiting for an answer. No sale here so far... Devon

denormals? you on p4?

they will answer you quickly though, awesome support..it's products like this that make me miss my pc

ttoz wrote:

DevonB wrote: Ouch, the Ozone 3 presets KILL my machine. The audio pops contantly, the CPU usage just bounces from 30%-70% constantly, but select another preset, it's fine. Very strange. Already wrote their tech support, waiting for an answer. No sale here so far... Devon denormals? you on p4? they will answer you quickly though, awesome support..it's products like this that make me miss my pc

Not Denormals ttoz, I've seen several denormal issues, so I'm quite familiar with it, and this isn't it. This can be sitting here doing NOTHING, and it bounces the CPU meter like a paddleball! Switch it back to a Ozone 2 preset and it works fine. Load Ozone 2 and it works fine. Might just encourage me to look at Voxengo stuff more closely instead. Although I do love that reverb (which should say a lot ocming from me) and the multiband exciter the most. Sweet stuff nonetheless.

Devon

I just wanted to let everyone know we're working with Devon to figure out the CPU/stuttering problem. My first guess is that Ozone 3's "delay compensation" option is enabled. This isn't supported in Cubase DX plugs (anyone familiar with iZotope Spectron probably knows this by now).

Once we resolve the issue for sure I'll post the outcome here as well as a link to a patch (if necessary).

Regards,
Jeremy
iZotope, Inc.

Izotope, now that it is official that Cakewalk is working on a surround mixer for Sonar 3, will Izotope follow and upgrade Ozone to support surround?

That's what I call responsive. Bravo iZotope!

I just got mine. Lots of great new features. Gonna check 'em out tonight. I can't wait to try the spectral matching function.

Cheers,
Gordon

We haven't released anything official yet, but I can say that surround is very interesting to us and relevant to our products (Ozone especially). We're still looking into the possibilities, and I think a lot of Ozone's future depends on what features host apps support in surround plugins.

After toying with the demo on my system, I seem to be more favorable towards ozone 3. I still dislike the limiter, and the EQ is something that most surely requires getting used to, but I can say my original opinion was indeed skewed I still dont get the controls properly, so I think my opinion may still be a bit off... this thing responds very differently than what I am used to.

And Izotope is a coooool company. Only other ocmpany besides voxengo who I've ever had contact me to ask what they could to to a. explain the product better to me, personally and b. help make it better. And for goodness sake, the reverb on ozone itself is great. I may just get it for the reverb

-R bert

Robert Randolph wrote:

After toying with the demo on my system, I seem to be more favorable towards ozone 3. I still dislike the limiter, and the EQ is something that most surely requires getting used to, but I can say my original opinion was indeed skewed I still dont get the controls properly, so I think my opinion may still be a bit off... this thing responds very differently than what I am used to. And Izotope is a coooool company. Only other ocmpany besides voxengo who I've ever had contact me to ask what they could to to a. explain the product better to me, personally and b. help make it better. And for goodness sake, the reverb on ozone itself is great. I may just get it for the reverb -R bert

I agree with you on the EQ Robert, it is a bit weird, and fiddly, and takes some getting used to. And yes, Jeremy already contacted me, in less than 24 hours, which makes me happy. Hopefully we can sort this out.

Devon

izotope2 wrote:

I just wanted to let everyone know we're working with Devon to figure out the CPU/stuttering problem. My first guess is that Ozone 3's "delay compensation" option is enabled. This isn't supported in Cubase DX plugs (anyone familiar with iZotope Spectron probably knows this by now). Once we resolve the issue for sure I'll post the outcome here as well as a link to a patch (if necessary). Regards, Jeremy iZotope, Inc.

So how well do Izotope plugins work in cubase then, like ozone and spectron? Is this a major issue for Cubase users?

vtd wrote:

So how well do Izotope plugins work in cubase then, like ozone and spectron? Is this a major issue for Cubase users?

Ozone 3 introduced new DSP which introduces delay into its output (specifically the digital & matching EQ, room-modeled reverb and digital crossover). So Cubase users now have two options:

1) Configure Ozone 3 to use analog DSP which does not introduce delay.
2) The options dialog now reports exactly how many samples of delay the plugin introduces. If you're using Ozone 3 in a multi-track environment and the delay is significant then you can use this information to compensation for it after mixing down.

why not offer ozone and other products in VST format?

iDavid wrote:

why not offer ozone and other products in VST format?

Agreed!

...and please please fix Trash's setting loss bug in Logic.

Like to say that Jeremy and I got most of it sorted out last nite, and the problem is gone at least. Just be sure to fiddle with your sample buffer latency settings in Options to fix the CPU load and popping problems. Bravo on the customer service!

Devon

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I've always found Ozone to be completely intuitive to use, I love the way the dynamics/EQ sections are set up, and the Ozone limiter is my favorite.
I don't use it for mastering, I let the experts do that for me. But for corrective surgery on individual tracks, or for making the demo CDs of my music more listenable for friends, it's a great tool.
I'm looking forward to trying out version 3.

I love Ozone and Spektron. I think Izotope makes great products for the money and the support is excellent. They both work great in Sonar 2.2XL. But they are hard on you CPU. Their primer for mastering is well worth the read for beginners.

Edit: Had problems with my Ozone download. Everything solved - Within 5 minutes or so of this post. Thank you so much iZotope.

Kajiki wrote:

iDavid wrote: why not offer ozone and other products in VST format? Agreed! ...and please please fix Trash's setting loss bug in Logic.

I third this.

would Isotop ozone3 have better performance with AMD64?
since Internal Precision: 64 bits