Izotope Ozone 9 CPU usage

[johnnyburke]

Happy 2020!

I recently updated/ upgraded to Live 10 Suite and upgraded Ozone 7 Advanced to Ozone 9 Advanced. While I have noticed the CPU meter going as high as 40% when I had Live 9 and ozone 7, it is now as high as 60-70% when using either edition of Ozone. I am running Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 8500 with 32GB of RAM and already Optimised Windows for audio. I sometimes use this PC for internet access and use Bitdefender for my anti-virus. Suggestions?

[RedSkyRoad]

Hi,

I feel your pain!

My track plays at around 40-50% CPU usage. Adding Ozone on the master (without any preset selected), causes a CPU meltdown for me at 130%. Using Ozone is completely off the cards for me...

Dragging an unmastered mixed-down into a blank project and adding Ozone then, still sends the CPU flying to 40%...

Wish I knew what was up!

Regards,
B

[Mark Williams]

Ozone is a CPU eater, only answer is a better cpu no problems on my Ryzen 3000 based PC

[jonljacobi]

Ozone is doing a lot of fancy stuff. It requires lots of CPU and it seems to require more with every iteration.

[[jur]]

Ozone is a mastering plugin no? You'd usually want to use it in a set containing a single track with your mix bounced to stereo. In this situation, is it still unusable?
It's maybe an occasion to stop using Ozone and do your mastering with Live's built-in FX or other plugins?

[DavidBailey]

@jur if ableton wants us to master with stock plugins, maybe it's time to add multiband stereo imaging, dynamic eq with sidechain compatibilty, an audio restoration add-on (IZ RX), an eq with different coloring (pulteq), liniar phase eq, a reference system like tonal balance control, LUFS monitoring, a limiter as open sounding as ff Pro-L2?

This message sounds meaner than i meant it to, my point is there's always gonna be a company with a better processor or gui for the sound we want today. We want a DAW that focuses on workflow.

low latency
low cpu usage
a broad platter of editing options (piano roll could use some work)
and ARA2!!!

[DavidBailey]

Also would like to add that with increasingly complicated coding and new technologies companies fall behind and catch up over time. I love izotope but all their plugins are crazy heavy atm. I have a 6core i7 processor and nvme ssd storage and still these plugins burn through my cpu, laptops will get better but patience is key for users.