Anyone try the new Ozone 5

[masterblasterofdisaster]

I've tried the demo...IMO worst update ever. 3D GUI (i hate 3D GUIs), exciter sounds different than in 4th version and i don't like it compared to the old one. And generally no new useful things for me. So im staying with Ozone 4

P.S I love Ozone

I've been trying out the demo as well, though I haven't tried Ozone 4 and can't provide any comparisons with it.

Which bit is the 3D GUI you mention?
There's a 3D waterfall style spectral visualizer in the "Bridge Meter" ... is that what you don't like?

Can you describe what sounds different about the exciter that you don't like?

Here is the comparsion
http://www29.zippyshare.com/v/34248962/file.html

Clean - Ozone 4 - Ozone 5 (same settings)

i think no comments needed

Thanks, Ilya. The degree of difference is surprising given the same settings - I can understand your displeasure now.
I wonder what iZotope's explanation is.

Since I'm not an Ozone 4 owner and have no parameter settings to copy forward to Ozone 5, I wonder how much it matters for me.

[Silverfish]

Bought Ozone 4 a number of months ago, got an e-mail today from iZotope with an upgrade serial for 5.

Awesome.

Haven't had a chance to mess with it too much, but I like the interface updates. Feels less Matrix-y.

Based on the upgrade list alone I don't think I would have paid for it, but I'm definitely glad to have it.

How long ago had you purchased Ozone 4? I recently purchased it as well, and I'm wondering if I qualify for the upgrade.

[Rave]

Ozone is fine for starting out but after a while u will find your sound using seperates.

Some forums are so entertaining; full of half baked opinions and ideas (including my own)!

Carey

Don't be shy now. You should share more of these half baked opinions in the lounge

[lunabass]

to the guys who master other peoples material for a living, how often would you need to apply reverb in mastering?

i've always thought the concept of a mastering reverb to be a bit of a joke, but then i rarely master other peoples work. i cant imagine applying reverb to my own work whilst mastering

[Tarekith]

Never used reverb in mastering myself.

[kanuck]

Never used reverb in mastering myself.

btw, takerith thank you so much for your mastering guide. for the longest time i couldn't figure out what the big deal with mastering was.. well as far as most of the mastering suites went. I always though to myself what's the difference between using the tools in a mastering suite vs. mixing. I understand now that those tools are made more for when you're only stuck with a single stereo file instead of all the stems.

thanks again.

[agent314]

How long ago had you purchased Ozone 4? I recently purchased it as well, and I'm wondering if I qualify for the upgrade.

I just checked the email receipt - April! So, 7 months ago by now

[Silverfish]

Hmm... purchased in July for me, so I'll be waiting patiently for my upgrade email.