Ozone 12 - a nice 2nd opinion with its Assistant/Analytics option?

[zerocrossing]

I recently picked up the full version of Ozone 12 Advanced, and I have to say, it seems to do a great job, though I always seem to decrease the amount of EQ that it's doing. I used to not care about what my tracks sounded like. Few people even bother to listen to my music, but I decided that if I'm going to put stuff out there at all, it might as well be as good as I can get it. Ozone 12 and VSX have become part of my complete mastering breakfast.

[Caine123]

i really like from Ozone 12 to check the different of the stereo field, a lot of times it is making things a lot narrower but i feel i mix too much in wideness so nice to have and A/B so i narrow down some elements and re-pan some stuff. also add some 5k - 10k breathe and sometimes a lot more bass mixed, so it wont magically save all mix/mastering process but a great 2nd opinion to have and get back from the tunnelvision when working only with my own material

[zerocrossing]

...it wont magically save all mix/mastering process but a great 2nd opinion to have and get back from the tunnelvision when working only with my own material

This, this, and so much this. Recently, someone trashed a mix I did. While I wouldn't have argued that it was amazing, or anything, I didn't think it deserved the title of "worst" that he a-hole gave it. Then I went and listened to the final and it was fine, and I went on YouTube to see how it was translating... and it was a totally different cut. I'd accidentally used an early rough mix to make the video, instead of the final. It's not like I wasn't listening to the track as I was cutting the video, but I wasn't hearing it. I fixed the video, and even went back and remixed and remaster it since, now that I have a better monitor situation and Ozone 12. Even better.

I've now instituted a new policy: I run a 45 minute timer whenever I'm mixing/mastering. I force myself to get up, do some pushups and knee bends, get a drink, do something other than listen to the same track over and over again, which is my natural state when I get going.