This is the first video I have ever worn a t-shirt in...

Ozone 9 was released today with a bunch of new features, is it worth the upgrade from Ozone 8? In this video, I share my initial thoughts on iZotope Ozone 9 after testing it out. I tested the CPU efficiency, looked at the new GUI and checked out the new modules - 'Low-End Focus' and 'Master Rebalance'. I also discuss many of the new features and how I think they could be used along with my hopes for the future :) Time Stamps: 0:40 - Overview 1:40 - Efficiency Improvements 2:35 - GUI Updates 3:50 - Workflow Tools 4:40 - Master Rebalance - A truly interesting new module 7:20 - Low-End Focus 9:20 - Master Assistant Update 10:25 - AI Discussion 10:50 - Tonal Balance 2!!! (My favourite plugin)

Just want to say that your channel has helped me a lot with my music production, you’re one of the reasons why I started releasing songs!😁

You're like the Bob Ross of audio mixing channels. Your voice is super relaxing and calm.

Dude, ngl you’re one of my favorite producers here on YT and how you can show so much about bedroom music production

Great overview. The use-case coverage for specific features within Ozone was very helpful and now I'm sold and plan to pick up a copy for myself very soon. Thanks

Excellent video as usual. Clear and concise. Great on the CPU usage! :-)

Having the ability to increase vocals like that..is priceless stuff. Anyone who knows about mastering should be very excited for such a feature

Absolutely brilliant idea in embedding them into the DAW's that we use. that would definitely make workflow much faster! Fantastic video as always and a great amount of concise information at the same time! Thank you Michael!

i love izotope for samples, but the fabfilter eq/compressor is boss

I miss so much your videos, now I'm happy, amazing tips, excellent video as usual, liked :)

Awesome vid man! Very nice and sympathetic presentation! Well done! Helped me out a good bit! :)

Thank you for being informative and straightforward. May you reach 1m Subscribers fam

🤘🏼🤓 what a remix! Great walkthrough Michael!

Excellent video, good sir! A nice overview of the new stuff.

I appreciate the clear and concise explanations on how, why, and where you would use certain modules. Great video!

Good episode M. Hope you get over your holiday cold soon...

Thank you for the extremely informative and intelligent review. I loved it!

Good info! Thanks for making this review! 👊🏽

So glad you did a video on this !! 🙏👌🏻

Your videos are great brother ! Keep up the great work! 🔊💯

Thanks for the walk through!

Excellent overview, thank you! I really like your idea about integrating this type of mixing and mastering tooling directly into the DAW, preferably into the DAW of your choice. There are enough excellent DAWs available already, so I hope the industry could agree on a deep, highly efficient integration standard beyond VSTs and ARA to achieve that. I also like that you stated that there is no immediate need to upgrade from Ozone 8 to 9. We can’t criticize iZotope for introducing new innovative functionality into their tool set, they obviously will survive only if they can generate revenue. The problem is that all software vendors do this, leaving us consumers in the constant dilemma to decide where to invest money for the new versions that just came out. It’s like a broken window in a house. You want to fix it ASAP, have all your stuff up to date and enjoy it. I guess this is what makes an experienced music producer: Focus on the stuff you really need, which is most important for your workflow. Really learn the stuff you own, and take out the maximum of it. In this regard I am happy to have invested in iZotope tools, it supports my learning experience best.

Wow, the focus control is pretty crazy🔥

bought ozone 8 advanced 2 months ago august 18 ago and its $149 usd to upgrade guess im waiting for Ozone X

DUDE YOU MADE ME HAPPY TALKING ABOUT THE CPU USAGE

Mane I am glad you reviewed this plug in

Ozone 9 Standard price at the moment is 199$. I've got Ozone 8 Standard. Upgrade is for 99$. Okay... Should have just waited for version 9...

Very good video, no nonsense with clear info

Cool well explained overview.

Thanks for this video. Regarding your speculation at the end, I have a slightly different angle. I suspect Izotope will at some point release their own DAW. Their plugins are not only covering all bases of the mixing, mastering and even restoration stages, but they are also “talking “ to each other more. Nectar, Neutron and Ozone are increasingly linked. To the point it is becoming harder to take advantage of their mixing and mastering assistants if you use third party plugins. I think such a DAW, with so much AI and interconnectivity may become hated by professionals and pro users, but could be a big hit with the growing number of home producers. Sounds crazy?

Hey you got the DT 1770s i'm wearing them right now haha. My favorite headphone investment. Cool video i might upgrade this next week.

I think they have added some nice features, but the price of updating is too expensive for so few new features. I think such a few options would have been better as an Ozone 8 update than a new Ozone 9. But hey, they want to make some money :) Anyway, thank you for the amazing overview, as Always!

Thanks for the video, unbiased and very helpful

Great review my friend!😎👍👊

Thank You very much Sir ...as for tonal balanceI was blind now I see ...Amaaaaazing Grace . Loooooooool ...

Very helpful!

I feel like ozone 8 just came out not to long ago and now ozone 9 is out?

Thanks for the great review... 👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you! love your videos.

Is it worth upgrading to Ozone 9 Advanced with about $220? (I have Ozone 8 standard and that's the upgrade price)

I don't think we are that many years away from seeing tools like that bedded into a DAW. Now, I am saying that, but I think it's just more about maximizing and sharing the profit, than it is about just doing it. Just my humble opinion. Another great review/tutorial. Thanks!! I am just now getting into this plug in, and thinking about purchasing iZotope Bundle.

great review !!!!

I just upgraded to ozone 8 advance !!!!

Fab video once again🎶🎶👍🏼

I'm especially happy with that resize feature 🎉🎉

awesome review

Good to hear CPU low is that much lower. And the scalable interface is a great new feature that was overdue. Must admit really like iZotope products anyway.

great video, thanks

Oh so this is why Ozone 8 Elements became free

Awesome video! Sadly, Ozone is very expensive so I can't afford it.

thaks for informing us

Him : Ozone 9 opens in just a few seconds. Me who has been waiting for the past 2 yrs for ozone 9 to open.

Great demonstration! Very detailed. So this was the Advanced version of 9?

Would you mind doing videos on more of their products? Specifically Nectar,Neutron,Rx7,Vocal Synth lol. I love your vids and i need help with these plugins.

Great! Thnx!

thanks for this super dope!

Thank you so much for this video. what do you think of iZotope Neutron 3? do you recommend it?

New to this channel but I must say the review was on point - i enjoyed it. I would like to know what file is the industry standard for mastering - .als (Live) or .wav?. Thanks.

Amazing brother😍😍😍

My biggest con to Ozone product is the usage of cpu and the latency, but soundwise they are not bad.

Thanks for the review, very informative. Also what song were you using for the demos, sounds really nice?

Hi brother, you are too good i have subscribed and seen many of your FL stuido tutorials. Have you composed any full song or sound track ? I would really love to hear your work.

Its kinda weird how I rewatched this video and I happen to luv this remix Wonder how or where I can find it😄😊

Thank you soo much

Just got Ozone 8...

Looks like adding reverb is gone? Coming from version 4

I think this is mostly useful for the ones who are looking for quick master .. also nectar 3 for quick mix .. but for the ones who really wants to have control over all the frequencies and are really serious with their track should stick to adding individual plugins for each action .. they might use some of the features of isotope as when required but as you said this is mostly for some quick stuffs like sending client a quick review how it would sound if Vocsls were increased .. !!

I know I am late to the game, but thanks for this. I get a good BF price for upgrading from Ozone 8 std to Ozone 9 Advanced. I think the updates to the UI, getting to use the modules as individual plugins in combination with Tonal Balance 2 will be enough for me. Again, thanks for a clear and helpful walkthrough

Can you please do an episode on Tonal Balance Control? I have it, but just need a few tips on how to keep the bands in order, consistently. They tend to stay controlled for a while, and then jumping out.

Ozone is a great mastering tool. What annoyed me in Ozone 8, is the fixed size of the interface. Great to see that iZotope has done something about that! So CPU load was decreased, what about the RAM? I know Ozone 8 uses quite some of the RAM as well. Anyway, I might take the opportunity to upgrade to 9, at Black Friday or so. On these type of sales days, considerable discounts are applying on their products!

Thank you

Do you load ozone 9 as a insert on the audio track(on the mix), or on the master bus ?

Brother ♥️ Can you make a complete tutorial of mixing vocal and mastering from beginning to the end with all your easy tricks and tips including the pitch correction in newtone please ♥️😍

dang, I might just upgrade from Ozone 7 soon.

Really like the iZotope plug ins. I go my hands on Neutron 2 and Ozone 8 last year and I really enjoy their features, but I experienced that both of them are quite CPU heavy. Not so bad for Ozone, but I really selectively use Neutron in the mix. Any one has a similiar experience with CPU and Neutron ? just curious. Great video!

Hi, thank you for this, I have question so the standard version cannot work as a standalone??

Imagine that Mastering Unison hes talking about in the end to happen in Bitwig... And the ultimate would be all of Fabfilters tools for mixing while Izotopes tools for Mastering, Perhaps a bit of Waves inside Bitwig 3 & future version in a perfection DAW Harmony, and with Logic's look & Timing & Rendering! 👍 😇 👍

Thanks for the timely vid. I have a question: As someone who is still trying to develop good mixing skills, is it worth also learning how to master? Seems in some ways like I am years from being ready to dive into mastering, but would something like Ozone 8 or 9 help me to make better mixes, if I understand the mastering process better?? Cheers Iain

Reference from Ozone 8 almost always has a -0.3 limit. Does anyone understand how to target a reference as streaming? Would it be to just accept the -0.3 and then change the limit to -1.0 before other adjustments and -14 or -16 LUFS targeting?

Hey! Thank you for sharing!! I'm facing a bug in the FL 20 demo that makes me don't want to buy the full software. I'll explain: When you loop recording audio, the very end of audio got a little blank gap. I'v tried in many friend's FL and the bug still remain, I'v evenly checked the manual about Incorrect Playback Position / Jittery Playback, and tried all possibilities, the bug still remain. I was wondering if you was touched by this and how can artists uses FL on live with that little blank gap at the end of audio loop recording. I can't find any on the web. I didn't get that on any other daw, so to me FL seems just a toy.. Can you give me a tip to avoid that blank gap??

Thnx ...you'r doing a god job !

​I hv projects that I used ozone 8 on the master. Now, I only hv ozone 9 installed and it doesn't open those old projects. Is there any way to solve this?? 🤔🤔🤔

Which IRC type in the Maximizer do you think sound best? Should one use a different type if doing cinematic music vs hard rock (I write both types of music)

Ha, I got ozone 8 for free cause they gave it out like 2 days ago,I'm so happy that ozone 9 isn't a huge game changer.

Dude i fucking love your videos

You Are A Genius GOD BLESS YOUR TALENT [MIAMI)

There's a 9!?

Didnt we just get ozone 8? How old am I?

is it okay to put Ozone 9 elements on the master track on the mixer when i am producing my music whille i mixing , or its should work on the final WAV/MP3 file when i want to make the mastering process

Ozone 9 is like an iPhone 11

Question: Please, when you have an instrumental and put in the vocals, do u export the instrumental and master, before remastering with the vocals? (after the mix of course) Or, u master both at once, ie once only? Thanks for a response...

Awesome !

Your microphone really looks like it's levitating from this angle... Cool video anyway :)

i saved match eq several 20 presets and it did not save any of my saved and renamed presets. why?????

Thanks

hi ! quick question can this vst handle automation ?

thanks for the vid. two questions: 1. the resize: if i see it right it still wont resize the fonts. (same as in neutron). so although they took ages it still wont help with high dpi modern displays. correct? 2. will the master assistant listen now to the whole track, or still only some seconds like in ozone 8 ? cheers

Hi, Michael! Ozone 9 & Neutron 3 is available on Splice with a monthly payment option and you get a discount of 30% if you buy them both, do you think its worth buying? Can you make a video about Neutron 3 as well if you can? Thank you :D

I hope they have fixed the problem with the precision of the mouse when we have a 4K screen with Windows in 150% ... (in the external program)