charles kasler Posted November 6 Share Posted November 6 Slightly OT... I'm pretty new to mastering and I use the master assistant on ozone to get a starting place. Invariably it's way too loud for my ears. the fix seems to be just to turn down the master bus level. I'm pretty good about gain staging my tracks but I haven't paid much attention to gain staging plugins, and my sense is that might be the problem. The plugins just keep boosting the level so that when it gets to ozone it's way too much. I know this isn't strictly a cakewalk question but that's the daw I'm using to master. Any insights are appreciated, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettelus Posted November 6 Share Posted November 6 The best place to start is with the manual for Ozone which walks through the modules. There is also pdf from 2015 called Mastering With Ozone that is hard to find, but also walks though more detail of what is going on for each process. That 2015 manual has better explanations of things IMO. There are also some starter guides on the Ozone page as well as tutorials online. Unfortunately there isn't a "cookbook" answer to your question. Generic advice with FX in general: Know what is going into the FX and don't send things in you do not want processed (to be audible). Know what the FX is doing, and make sure there is a reason for it to be there. Order FX so they are tailoring the sound to meet the above criteria (removing things you don't want, then embellishing things you do). Time-based FX (almost) always go last (echos, delays, reverbs), so that you are not running the tail through another FX. Unfortunately, the Mastering Assistant defaults to a specific FX order (or used to), and the targets were somewhat generic. It is sometimes better to learn by deep-diving each module separately, so you know what it does and how to use it for a given situation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles kasler Posted November 6 Author Share Posted November 6 Great advice thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickddd Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 Have you tried adjusting Ozone mastermizer down a bit? Not sure what version of ozone you have, I have 9, 10, 11. It doesn't take much, particularly for 10 & 11, to go "all loud" far more than I want it. Adjusting the Maximizer a little sometimes makes big changes in the loudness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles kasler Posted November 16 Author Share Posted November 16 Yes thanks, I have ozone 10 and I'm using my ears now and not the master assistant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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