5 incredible Mastering Hacks you NEED TO KNOW in iZotope Ozone 10

Hacks, Tips, Tricks, whatever you'd like to call them, here's 5 as they pertain to iZotope Ozone 10.
Some of these tips are Ozone 10 specific, some of them are just generally good mastering tips. Hope you enjoy and learn something awesome!
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[@SeriousTipStudio]

The end of my battery going dead for the last tip caused me to unsubscribe. I was watching this for a friend who was thinking about getting Ozone 10. But trying to trick someone into watching more of your video was a turn-off for me. I will still share this video with him but I am done here. Thanks, anyway for the information.

[@WillBorza]

😂 I’m glad you find my jokes unsubscribe-worthy

[@hvadkant6066]

You're doing a bit, right?

[@WillBorza]

Yep

[@SvenAikoNx]

I am not sure if Mr Jay Mac here is now also joking or not... I hope you are... I kinda loft the joke the most! But I liked the whole Video. Most Videos I watched on Ozone 10 were just some Idiots clicking around, not telling anything about the VST, not giving any tips and are doing the typical genre-expecting youtube bullshit talk and trying to be funny by looking at the camera...

[@SvenAikoNx]

BUT while I am at it I hate those clickbait, SEO-typical headlines...

[@MrJamesGeary]

Listen to this man folks. If you know you know

[@dennissiren9717]

I just purchased Ozone 10, hope to learn this before my ears go...over 70. I was glued to every word, great delivery. This is the first of my reference videos...well done

[@PJ-ee5mc]

This is a great video and I appreciate all of the thought and effort that went into it. Most viewers have no idea how much energy goes into creating a video like this but are always ready to pounce if there is one element that they disagree with. I'm with you, brother. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and perspective.

[@nizao8686]

“Good music and a good master sound feel like magic" I can't agree more

[@caseyhayes2004]

LOOOOVE the video!! The tip with using EQ shelves in Ozone 10 is a game-changer! Can get a much better master simply by using the eq in all shelves mode with the 4 different shelf types! Really appreciate your helping out the little guys! Great stuff!! Thanks a bunch!

[@owenlimjiajun4518]

This is gold! I like the concept how to analyse the Stabilizer and nice to know the unique curve of the Ozone EQ ! Looking for more video from this channel!

[@bagheeramusic2452]

I started 6 month ago with mastering for myself and my friends. Two weeks ago I've bought Ozone10 to improve my mastering and it was so insane! Thank you for your tips! They improved my results!

[@EG0MUSIKOFFICIAL]

I love the: Do the master and then run the assistant tip! I find myself leaning on the Assistant ALOT as I am fairly new to mastering and learning my way through the modules Ozone 10 provides,great info!!

[@CreateIV]

I'd love a more in depth tutorial for tip #4. How you specifically use this EQ technique in Ozone to quickly sound like a record.

[@WilliamMitzlaff]

this please 😊

[@eddiebrophy1430]

Love your no nonsense get right to it approach, many could learn from your attitude! Straight to the point, new to Ozone 10 I will refer to this video often I am sure. I'm subscribed so keep up the good work! (All the way from UK!)

[@Unibabble]

I have found that the O10 master assistant helps me identify potential issues with my mixes. When I'm happy with the mix, I run it and look at the EQ adjustments (static and dynamic) that it comes up with. If I see any big adjustments, I solo the band(s) to see what's affected, then go back into my mix. Sometimes there is some masking going on, sometimes it's a monitoring blind spot in my room (it's treated pretty well, but it's a tricky space) so I recheck the mix with headphones. Sometimes it's just an obvious problem I hadn't noticed, and sometimes it's just an aesthetic choice that I wanted.

[@itbe]

Oh man! The Stabilizer bit. Awesome tip! It seemed pretty vague, but looking at it this way is huge! Thank you!

[@d1music_]

Awesome vid. not the best at mixing and Ive been using the assistant lately but pulling the levels it comes up with down. I'm going to take your advice and use it to compare and adjust my mixes accordingly.

[@mingomarrero]

Love the 5 tips, I use Ozone 10 Pro and those are great tips I will put into practice. I’m using master assistant more now that I have audio lens to check professional references

[@coolmind2476]

Great tips. I recently got Ozone 10 and it really is a help when it comes to eq and multiband compression. I just let the assistant run and see potential problems in the mix. However, manual tweeking is required or even complete manual mastering if i want the best possible result. Ozone 10 is great to save time but of course cannot replace a good manual master

[@bdunn315]

Very helpful video. I got ozone 10 and took your recommendations and much much better now.

[@yanmontoyamusic]

Incredible value thank you for sharing your experience

[@michaelhonormusic]

I copied your chain and settings and played around with them on my latest mastering. Wow what a difference, sounds much better then Ozones A.I suggestions. You really helped step up my mastering, thank you.

[@khayree]

as an audio engineer, I am now very interested in learning to master my own music using Ozone 10. You are killing it.! 🎉🎉 thank you !!

[@pianoatthirty]

I love this. Such great, honest advice!

[@alperenceliktas]

Thanks for making the knowledge accessible.

[@kgomotsolehlongwane3598]

Thanks for even recommending an order to put the effects in. Very Helpful!!!!

[@Charliee733]

How to get it on Fl

[@jerryg7491]

Thoughtful, honest and highly informative. For a beginner this was a great boost up in understanding Thank you!

[@WillBorza]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@billpodolak7754]

Great video! My favorite tip was #5 man vs machine. An interesting tip that I think could have been included is using the real time gain-matching and gain matched bypass to avoid “louder is better” bias

[@WillBorza]

Very cool that it adjusts in real time, isn’t it? I love that feature!

[@gretchenmenn]

Such a helpful tutorial! Much appreciated!

[@NJPhaneuf]

Great tips, worthwhile content. Thank you!

[@LeftCat]

AWESOME tips. The part about turning off stablizer hit home for me. I use mastering assistant as a starting point a lot and now realize how often it's incorrectly turning up stuff during certain parts of the arrangement.

[@johnandrew6030]

I'm new to mastering my own songs.This video of yours is really helpful. I am using Cubase Pro12 and initially acquired Izotope Nectar /O10/Neutron Elements. I have now got the full O10 and Nectar. Im thinking that I don't need the full Neutron. Also acquired RX 10 and Neoverb. Enough to keep me occupied for the time being. Thank you.😊

[@WALTERTISCO]

thank you...the tip about mastering first before using the assistant was helpful

[@TheKillander]

This was very valuable to me, thank you

[@pq1151]

Great advice. Thanks!

[@khayree]

Great information! I’m following. Thank you.

[@AD-Dom]

All of them, thanks! And the 6th one too.

[@logosthegod]

As an artist who's (slowly) learning how to master, Ozone 10 has been a huge help but have found the assistant to be much less useful than the presets. I usually click through the presets and then work backwards from there lol. Def not top tier mastering but it's incredibly useful to see how each plugin, in their particular order affects the track. Also thanks for the tip about less is more, often forget that especially with the number of tools Ozone has.

[@MYSOULSGRIEF]

Thanks for this video. Great help ....

[@oo3626]

Thanks you for share this great tipz. be bless

[@brodywurr2271]

Great video! About to upgrade my ozone to version 10! I’ve been trying to stay on top of the future by seeing what audio companies are working with A.I., let me know if you have any recommendations!

[@danielfilipepro]

amazing video. loved it

[@ProgressiveSoundAudio]

Great video Will. I dug Ozone 9 out of the toolbox yesterday to give it a whirl and was really impressed with the results. That Vintage Tape module is nice but it's the ease and speed of use that really impressed me.

[@WillBorza]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@jzilla_grudgegang]

Your missing out on the soft clipper in the new maximizer

[@ProgressiveSoundAudio]

@@jzilla_grudgegang I will definitely have to check that out. With the offers they have on upgrades it seems like a no-brainer.

[@nelio123]

Wow, great video, thank you!

[@vijayanand1154]

Really great content -over your steps especially spending 30 mins on a master - I’ve just discovered your channel and now subscribed

[@WillBorza]

Awesome, thank you!

[@GodEmperor_]

Imaging paying $200 to a mastering engineer and all they did was hit A.I. assistant 😂😂

[@user-yr5cs3xn6o]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AutPen38]

When my computer locks up, I pay 300 an hour to an "IT expert" that just switches the computer off and on again.

[@RelicLabzEntertainment]

Dawg found a hustle😭

[@Rudraaksh_music]

That he didn't even paid for😭

[@LearnCompositionOnline]

You pay for his tasteful decision

[@hueyhuey8803]

One hell of a mastering chain👏

[@zaidonbeats318]

Man I loved this video so much🎉

[@EpicFailure5]

You are so smart !! Thank you

[@danthegeetarman]

Very good tips as always!! 👍👍

[@WillBorza]

Thanks for tuning in 😊

[@philipdubnick7776]

I have not yet upgraded to Ozone 10, but as of Ozone 9 I have occasionally used the “Mastering Assistant” in a sort of similar way as what you are describing with the new ‘stabiliser’ component. What I mean is that once I have the mix on it’s feet and I’m pretty happy, I will run mastering assistant and look in particular at where the dynamic eq is being deployed. I do this because I know the dynamic eq is being used by the mastering assistant algorithm to reign in any build ups that might cause the maximising limiter to work harder than might be preferable. It can act as a helpful second pair of ears (as you noted) that points me towards build ups that might benefit from a little tweak. I also look at whether or not the M.A. does or doesn’t employ the multi band to reign in the low end. If it doesn’t then generally my low end balance is in pretty good shape. If it does employ the multiband for the low end, I view that as an indicator that I might want to go back into the mix and resolve any issues.

[@WillBorza]

I think I far prefer my Oz9 assistant to the 10. The 10 assistant is just showcasing new tech. The 9 assistant had more options and variety.

[@philipdubnick7776]

@@WillBorza Good to know. Will eventually upgrade to 10 eventually but in no hurry.

[@WillBorza]

The new soft clipper in maximizer is worth the price of entry on its own 👍

[@philipdubnick7776]

@@WillBorza might check it out. Been generally using StandardClip for any clipping but I tend to use hard clipping and a very minimal amount.

[@Xylume]

@@WillBorza I'm still using 9 also.

[@justinpeterson3127]

From an audio engineer from Berklee & IAR (NYC) - great video & please make more.

[@dani.papaya]

Wonderful Reflexion 🏆💯

[@stevemorgan9626]

Helpful video! I haven’t liked the impact module, so turn that down to

[@stevemorgan9626]

I tried turning off Stabilizer, wow what a difference. You are so correct. I didn’t know what was making my song sound better in a way, but boring and lifeless at the same time. Stabilizer was doing it. Automation was getting crushed. I even like Impact better now. Very useful tip!

[@MaPa60]

Hey, I like this format like u'r limiter vid. Great content!

[@DmitryPuffin]

Thanks for the information. Quite helpful. Will try to use your tips when I will master my next record.

[@WillBorza]

Thanks for watching!

[@DmitryPuffin]

@@WillBorza Hope to hear more mastering tips like this. Subscribed ;)

[@dusanpaulovic1862]

Don't forget that as other VST also Stabilizer can be automated, so it can work only in certain parts and be completely disabled in other... also you can use 2 instances and in certain parts use for example all purpose algorithm and in other parts use genre specific

[@AnnexationMusic]

Lots of great takeaways for someone relatively new like myself who dabbles in mastering mostly out of necessity. The concept of zero sum compromise makes sense but I never thought of it in those terms before. Also definitely going to try the chain you suggested, though I'm still left wondering what the benefit of unlimited maximizers would be - or even two or three. I'd love to hear an explanation for this.

[@AutPen38]

I think that many Mastering engineers use 2 limiters because it simply sounds (slightly) better to have a softer clipping stage to gradually reduce the peaks, rather than chop off 6dB or more with a hard limiter in one fell swoop. I don't think there would be any benefit to using two identical hard limiters one after the other though. I think it's more that you want a "little bit of limiting" to catch the worst of the peaks, and then another to finish the job.

[@andersnybefrland8885]

thank you for a good video. Im woundering if we have the feeling after mixing that this is actually really good, is it really necessary to master the song?

[@glenkessie7579]

Tip number 6, because it confirmed how Great this video was .. !!!

[@sm-journey8281]

I know about Ozone since it's birth, but what the steps from 6:30 really opened my eyes! Tnx a ton :)

[@FOXXTECHNOMUSIC]

Thanks for the Tips And Tricks!!!

[@WillBorza]

You’re very welcome!

[@soundacresstudio]

I saw one guy from Izotope who suggested putting the Maximizer first in the chain to then feed to the dynamics and eq. He’d explained something about getting the levels prepared for the ready of the chain being an important step in some cases.

[@soundacresstudio]

*rest of the chain

[@stumaxwell]

Great video, thank you :)

[@GILLISH]

great video i always go with EQ 1st never really use limited i don't use the Stabilizer at all i agree less is more i only mix and master for Dynamics i love how they respected the music back in the day and it was about the song 1st so i really take that Approach and never mix or master for loudness i mean you don't even see videos on KZbin showing how to mix or master for Dynamics which is sad anyway good video u have a video that explains why you ordered your chain like that?

[@dandreako7898]

THIS Guy is educationally hilarious !!!!! holy tictok did he bait us with that little bonus tip towards the end good marketing I must say!!!

[@jcz3362]

Loved it! Increible video. Would love to see you use that mastering chain or just see you master in Ozone 10 applying everything you just said. New sub !

[@WillBorza]

Thank you so much!

[@user-gf1nz1eo7m]

love that dude

[@RockG.o.d]

I just used the trial of ozone not being a mastering pro and very budget. Well my track now sounds alive. Though I thought it was good before, it now sounds amazing. So considering pulling my song which gets released in 2 days and uploading this one.

[@Sample_Props_Official]

Thank You

[@austinmoore8350]

I found the lineup of the plugins the most helpful..

[@malanhemal6574]

thank you ❤🎉🎉

[@jdnoble6945]

Useful video, as you say master it with your ears first, they didn't have all these gizmos in 1950s. I think the ' loudness wars' has given rise to these products. I've been mastering a tune recently by ear alone and numerous quality speakers and headphones to see how it translates to them all. Ozone has 'checked' my mix and overall sound by about 2% and reigned in just a few peaky bits. It most certainly hasn't created my sound. Lots of tiny adjustments to individual notes have balanced/ levelled up the overall sound. I don't use the sliders on my mixing desk so much but go into the actual notes in specific parts to make things go up or down(volume)or left and right(panning). Very time consuming but definitely works and highlights and low lights things giving a very nice stereo image.As many of you will have found just tweaking up or down a slider on the desk can off balance the whole mix. I am inspired by Alan Parsons mixing, having listened to his projects from my youth . For all young people mixing up to date tunes, sit back and listen to Alan Parsons dynamics, extraordinary how it's all in check.

[@espanievac]

Yo! You Funny! I Love It! Wheres Part Two With The Gold Info Cause This Info Was Worth It.

[@wellingtondti_]

thank you bro

[@liljohnson420]

great channel thank you

[@WillBorza]

Thank YOU!

[@jamesankiewicz3141]

Great vid amigo

[@JohnCoughlan_JAC]

Haha great tips and nice bit with the mic at the end. 😂😂

[@number7industries]

Great advice 🔥🔥🔥

[@Gundam-bruh]

I always hated mastering. That’s just me, i just want to create. But I took the plunge and bought ozone 10 because I was tired of relying on other people - now, I can’t get enough. I have a lot of questions and a million others I didn’t even know I had. This video was extremely helpful and I’m greatly appreciative. You got yourself another sub.

[@gasmaskestore8018]

Same here man, always get your mix sounding great and mastering will be cake, less is more and the Maximizer always, always at the end of the chain

[@ProjectHMF]

@@gasmaskestore8018 you can have a clipper after but yeah thats about it

[@amylianmusic]

I have the same issue as well. I just want to create. Everytime I try mastering, I feel down when I listen to my song in the car.

[@Gundam-bruh]

@@gasmaskestore8018 Funny you say "less is more", bc that's exactly what I've learn from seasoned pros on YT rather than random YT guys saying "copy exactly everything I have". It can get complicated, but it doesnt have to be.

[@mtmax66]

Great video

[@Kyoami]

Sir! Thank you!

[@scottfaircloff9530]

Great stuff ! Are you using Ozone 10 Advanced or Ozone 10 (not advanced)? Thanks

[@rmproductions887]

I Use the learn in full mono. Then adjust the master width. That's what I've tried that works incredible

[@dacomposer]

Amazing content!

[@WillBorza]

Thanks dude!!!

[@vishalsadafule4327]

Which one should be the final limiter? Vintage from ozone or Fab Filter L2?

[@amr7622]

appreciate you, Will! 🔥

[@CreativeMindsAudio]

good stuff! i haven't used ozone in ages! i may dust it off. i'm on 9 because 10 just didn't seem like THAT much of an upgrade and i rarely use it anymore. I've been using smart limit, master desk, and pro L2 a lot more in my mastering chain (rarely all of them). I have like 10-15 plugins in my mastering chain and often only use about 4-5 of them. but having those options to just turn on/off is so helpful. a bunch of EQs to more or less do what you demonstrated with the ozone EQ, a tape emulation if i want it, the 2 limiters i mentioned earlier, and a compressor (api 2500), and most recently added magic processors/clippers (the oven/looptrotter sat2rate). I often end up going with a Bax EQ to limiter 1 (used more as a clipper) to another EQ to a final limiter for extra volume. but sometimes it needs a bit more love and i love having those options.

[@WillBorza]

The best feature of Oz10 has got to be the new soft clipper in the maximizer. Do you have Plugin Doctor? The day I dropped Masterdesk into plugin doctor to analyze it was the last day I ever used Masterdesk.

[@CreativeMindsAudio]

@@WillBorza I don't have plugin doctor, but masterdesk is probably not gonna be used much anymore with my newest plugins tbh. it feels redundant. It is just fast and easy for lower paying mixes tbh, as you said workflow 😂. If I can throw masterdesk true peak on, BAX EQ, and a limiter it'll satisfy most people. Only real reason i keep it in my chain. But I am building out a mastering workflow slowly for when clients can't hire a dedicated mastering engineer (aka me sending you work).

[@WillBorza]

Plugin Doctor is the best $39 you’ll spend this decade. Works with analog chains too

[@CreativeMindsAudio]

@@WillBorza yeah i'll definitely be getting it eventually got some life stuff to do first.

[@thepanicroommastering2062]

wow..thank you for the Video 👍

[@WillBorza]

You’re very welcome, thanks for watching!

[@fredjones5719]

would love a preset for 'remastering older cd's. Like MaxQ (Ollie Olson and Michael Hutchence). a bit of Eq, little compression, nothing crazy, just make them sound a bit more modern..maybe do a video?

[@derekmidgley]

Agree re stabilizer. Tried it last week and loved the sound for a few seconds "here and there" within the song but by the end my ears felt fatigued because it seemed to make the whole song so scary bright all the way through.

[@r2richburg]

i've been watching countless vids just to hear someone talk about the stabilizer. i've realized it's been wrecking certain parts of my songs with my stabilizer settings, and this vid confirmed it.

[@WillBorza]

Stabilizer in Ozone 11 now has the option to apply stabilization to only the 'sustain' material, bypassing the transients entirely. I HIGHLY recommend it over Ozone 10 Stabilizer.

[@r2richburg]

@@WillBorza hm maybe i'll do the upgrade then

[@Teknoform11]

Very new, sorry for the dumb question. Are you only using the limiter that is in ozone 10 or can you stack other limiters on top? I just purchased bundle from waves audio, and now I’ve purchased ozone 10, so I have multiple tools that seem to do the same job. Should I just forget about using any other limiter and stick to Ozone 10 now?

[@pixelbender5897]

Very cool, thanks (as I freeze the video during your Ozone setup) :) Hey, you should run your VO through Ozone, needs some better range bro !

[@frankyoualot]

agreed

[@PatrickObiang]

Bravo!

[@elonthebass6870]

I don’t own Ozone 10. I’m still using Ozone 5. So what I’ll do is EQ match my master to a reference and apply it up to 5% if it has anything to offer. Beginning my chain with Tape saturation as opposed to EQ’ing into it has been a nice adjustment. Results seem cleaner and less time consuming.

[@WillBorza]

Love that Vintage Oz5 tone 😊

[@marcbentel4129]

Great video I really liked the thoughts on the stabilizer.. One question is I see the Master assistant is mastering for "Streaming" but the LUFS on the End Product was a LUF of -9 event though the Short -Term is -10.2 surely -9 is a too loud for streaming , or is the streaming level just referring to the transients of the maximizer?

[@WillBorza]

The loudness that streaming services normalize to is NOT a target loudness for all songs 👍

[@Lautarotanok]

Great!

[@joerama]

Strong finish! 😂 Was this April Fools? Love your tips. Thank you for your generosity in lifting the curtain for those starting out.

[@BobbyLaneProductions]

good. stuff!

[@RickMolloy]

Loved your comments on the stabilizer. As someone in stuff, I just finished mastering a track and had been trying ozone 10 master assistant, I reverted back to ozone 9 because I had tried using the stabilizer and it was just weird. So appreciate your thoughts on how to get value out of it - seeing what it’s trying to do and then doing that in a stable way.

[@WillBorza]

This is the way 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@sweetpaulomusic]

Such an informative video. Thank you. Question, do you know a place to get good reference mixes?

[@WillBorza]

Friends who are artists or in bands is the best place to start. “ hey I’m trying to get my mastering chops up, can you give me your band’s mixes to work on? I won’t charge you, and if you don’t like the result, you’re under no obligation to use it.”

[@sweetpaulomusic]

@@WillBorza ahh thank you so much I appreciate you!! I’ll do that and ask around

[@millionhertzbeats2352]

Man your video game is banannas !!! Always compe with the right topic and salve problems or correcting the wrong approach for that thanks to you a lot!!! But. i am. having a hard time decide what is whats and why here beside here , iam. talking maximizers vs limiters . I mean what's the difference betweenn the two , why. choose one over another???? i can't get it can you. make a video about it please if you. haven't did one before ...Thanks in advance Will.!!!! You rock man !!!!