man I was laughing about your comment and then the reply made me laugh even more. lololololahahaahaahaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhaaa kidding aside, the have made some OUTSTANDING improvments. And to think I was using audition until now...
Cool update. But I'd like to just point out that the demo track was dope. Usually plugin companies are notorious for having the worst demo music so that was nice to hear.
Well 49 Dollars for US Ozone 10 ADVANCED Buyer's I Can See, Because That's Reasonable... Like Most Other's Do., But 150... That's A WHOLE NEW PROGRAM PRICES😡😡😡😡
So true. If you already own damn near everything, you should be able to get a nice upgrade price on just Ozone 10 to 11 solo without having to pay for the whole music production suite or whatever they’re calling it these days. I just paid that same damn fee when N4 and O10 dropped. Now I gotta pay it again? For the same products plus Ozone?
Ozone imager on the sustain mode will be the new goto, transients tight and natural while sustain is 3d as hell on the mix. That will be awesome for choruses where you widen the sustain on most bands to make the chorus hit HUGE and still have the same tight transients with no smear where they belong. Awesome.
And now we know why Izotope had quite extreme sales until September 4, sucks for the buyers that got fooled into the sale and 2 days later they have to pay some hefty upgrade price to be on the latest and greatest version (really happy I decided not to jump on the everything bundle cross grade or I would be facing some serious buyer remorse by now)
Yep yep, just bought Ozone 10 Advanced last week. Left a sour taste in my mouth tbh when I saw the $150 upgrade price on top of the $150 purchase price of 10
@@itshunterking keep in mind that if you use v10 on any projects and you decide to upgrade to v11, you will still need to keep v10 around if you ever want to open those projects
The price for upgrading from Ozone 9 or 10 Advanced to Ozone 11 is the same. Where is the incentive to upgrade now from Ozone 10, I might as well wait until Ozone 12 comes out in 12 months time and upgrade then otherwise I'll be paying twice.
Just bought the bundle a couple weeks ago and spent a week really learning it. To the point where I’m comfortable. I was thinking “it’d be nice to have some more features in the AI assistant to automate things a touch more”. Now boom! Think I’m gonna get the upgrade since the bundle was such a steal!
So, I’ve been a fan since like nearly 20 years ago… ozone is the software that opened my mind up to what mastering was. Since, this has went from a fun polishing tool… to a tool even major mastering engineers use along side their various equipment. I wouldn’t doubt some using this more now than ever, especially with options to fix certain issues that would previously only been resolved by requesting mix revision, or by far more work. Either way, I’ll have to get this… this is shockingly impressive even by comparison to other older versions. Great work guys, looking forward to giving this a test drive of my own!
@VintageFlowers Name another mastering plugin that is as versatile, with so many advanced functions and uses AI assistance as well. I'd personally love to know. Just curious.
I was getting ready to write a comment like "guess they had to keep the shareholders happy", or "what could they possibly even add or improve that warrants a major version update this quickly", But... Being able to edit transient and sustain separately (as well as just stereo/mid/side) on all modules is big imo. It might seem like simple additions GUI-wise but that opens up a TON of processing possibilities. Very powerful. The transient/sustain differentiation is the cheat-code and Ozone just streamlined it. There's really no excuses now. If you know what you want, and you can imagine it in your head, you can probably do it with Ozone. It's just a matter of having the idea.
The clarity module looks pretty exciting. The one thing I want more than anything for Ozone 12, though, is a module which uses Relay with the Visual Mixer to show the EQ curves of several tracks or stems simultaneously in the context of the whole mix. Imagine seeing the EQ from several stems in one window and seeing exactly which instrument is masking two other instruments, and then being able to adjust the EQ of each of the instruments separately in one window, even using inverse EQ to unmask between two tracks.
11 months, 🤷🏻♂ but i guess since the NI (AI 👀) acquisition, they are moving faster than ever before with their new tech since they don't want other companies releasing this technology before them. Keeps them ahead of everyone else @@NovianLeVanMusic
There's a "grace period". I had bought Ozone 8 adv just few weeks before ozone9adv got released, and the dates fell in the eligible grace period. I had sent them an message with receipt of purchase date and they updated the product to 9adv. I've seen Izotope being gracious to others as well If bought so close to release date. Cheers
lol, its been 'sale week' for a year. dont listen to the hype, every damn week I get emails about upgrading cheap, summer of fun, winter sale, early autumn sale, dog died sale, climate change sale.........ETC ETC ETC
@@nofood1 Is the true. I am starting to hate companies that come with a new update too often. It only proofs they can do better from the start but don't do it just because they can charge for updates.
I’m a big fan of Ozone. I continuously upgrade to the latest version. I just tried Ozone 11, and it blew my mind. I could master a song super fast and efficiently with loudness without distortion, and it sounds excellent and tight with tons of details. Kudos to the iZotope / NI team!!
Why is Afrobeat Genre not included in the AI Mastering machine. Is Afrobeat not Biggest Enough? Dear @izotope kindly correct this Mistake in ur next update
As someone who upgraded 15 days ago for $150 to MPS 5.2 and who’s being quoted $229 now to upgrade again, I think I’ll pass, thanks. Am sure MPS 6.1 will be out in a couple of weeks with RX11 standard for another $200 “loyalty offer”. As someone with Komplete 14 CE, NI aren’t this bad with updates. At least I know when their stuff usually comes out.
I bought a license for Reaper around the time Ozone 9 came out (which I own). Guess what. Reaper got updates and massive improvements since then and is currently on v6.82 while my license is still valid up until v7.99, so probably another half a decade. The takeaway for me is that iZotope's products are short lived and way too expensive for that matter.
We get it, Reaper is a good and cheap DAW. We hear it all the time from Reaper fanpeople who want to shout it to the world via the internet. I tried it, and I agree it's fully featured, but I didn't like the UI. We all have our preferences. Sorry you're annoyed that izotope released new versions of their software that require payment to upgrade. It doesn't appear scandalous to me. Added to that, Ozone 9 is still amazing. No one is forcing you to upgrade the product you happily spent money on. Edit- also, don't forget you should never pay full price, rather wait for the sales and get it way cheaper.
I Agree... I Can See Spending 49 Dollars For An UPGRADE, But 150 And Up... That's Like Buying A Whole New PROGRAM For The First TIME, They Have GOTTEN SOOOO GREEDY.
@@drawntothefire Reapers license model was just one example of a fair model. I could start a list of companies that follow a similar model (release once and keep updating). Does FabFilter ring a bell? When I invest money in a product, I don't expect to just get it "As-Is". I expect updates and improvements at least for a few years. But as it seems, that's not what you get with iZotope. So, lesson learned. With iZotope you buy "As-Is".
It will big time! But the new self made master engineer won’t notice a thing and will call it done! This is more to fix bad mixes rather then mastering art!
That's great to hear! LANDR and Ozone 11 are both known for their high-quality mastering capabilities. LANDR is highly praised for its AI-driven mastering, providing quick, professional results for users at any level, while Ozone 11 offers advanced features and a high degree of control for those looking to fine-tune their sound. They complement each other well depending on your workflow and needs. If you're using both, you can get an incredible polished, professional sound. How do you find they compare in terms of workflow or ease of use for specific projects 🤔?
If vocals could be isolated and then re-mixed within Ozone, why not consider integrating a simplified version of Nectar to facilitate vocal extraction from a track and enhance the mixing process within Ozone itself? This approach would involve analyzing the track and its various musical elements, enabling a more effective blending of vocals with all other elements, as opposed to the alternative approach.
Upgrade/update policy is a mess. Greediness and not valuing existing customers (absurd payments for every new version) is overshadowing the quality of the product.☹
The transient/sustain modes on every module is very powerful and opens lots of possibilities. I at first thought it was just a straight rip-off of Split EQ, but it being included everywhere is very nice. I really dislike this model of a new Ozone every year or two though, could you just update 10?
The transient / sustain part can be mixed by a gate which is in flip mode in ableton in parallel but for bitwig you also got the spectral suite which is more powerful.
I'm sure it's a bit more than just moving modules around from neutron and rx in ozone. Let's have a free update to every 3 years at least to us users. It'll work people that desperately need the convenience or to be up to date will pay, new users too. 3 years is great to keep everyone in the loop. That's all😊
@@nofood1 yes when you already own standard, it’s like the same price for a new license during a sale period. But I guess we’ll wait, not ever overly reliant on Ozone, only really like using the imager and occasionally the AI for making a demo sound solid! And this is coming from someone who just sounded a grand on RX10 Advanced.
If you have the previous version it should only be a $50 upgrade. 2 years 100 and anything past that is 150 upgrade up to 5 years. Not much loyalty to customers.
I’ve seen some Reddit threads where people have said they’ve gotten free upgrades if they bought something (like the everything bundle) within the past month or so. Not too sure how common this is though. I got the everything bundle a few weeks ago so I hope this is true.
Very nice. If 11 Advanced's new features had come out when version 10 had been released, I would have bought it, but my current plugins can do what 11 can do. However, I would buy the new Ozone Imager except it isn't sold separately.
I have Ozone 10 "Advanced" which is supposed to be their "top of the line" s/w, as Standard was their "entry Level" version. SO MY Confusion is this? IF Advanced is the higher level version from Standard, then how come the Upgrade from Advanced is $149, and the lower level Standard is only $99, or LESS than the Advanced, for which I already have more money invested in that supposed higher upgrade version? To me, the pricing should be REVERSED. Also it seems that Izotope, along with other Plugin Co's, are now trying to emulate what is already in Eventide Split EQ, which I also own, and can split out the tonal and transients separately. And I also recently "upgraded" from Nectar Elements to Nectar 3 PLUS, at $79, and NOW, they already have another NEW version called Nectar FOUR.
Wait so when did ozone 10 come out. Hopefully, they provide a good diacount to those who got ozone 10. Its hard to keep up with all the upgrades and buying them.😅
I wish there would be some slack, at least 2 years, for someone to have to spend such money on an update. It might make sense if all your income comes from mastering, but as an amateur this has gone too far... I feel... gentrified lol! Thank you Izotope/NI! See you in Black Friday 2024, or never.
it's amazing but there should be a sound engineering exam that one have to pass before using it, otherwise any teenager whith it can achieve what others had to study decades over decades to learn
Love the new features... but new Ozone versions are being released way too often. Why not update the same version for at least two years, if not more? I mean I know why, because money, but it's a bit of a slap in the face for everyone who already bought version 9 or 10.
