Ozone 5
Tools, Tips, and Techniques
TM
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COMPLETE MASTERING SYSTEM
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................... 3
What’s Wrong with My Song?................................................................................................................. 3 Intended Audience for this Guide ........................................................................................................... 4
WHAT IS MASTERING? .................................................................................................. 5
The “Commercial Sound”....................................................................................................................... 5 Consistency across the CD ..................................................................................................................... 5 Preparation for Duplication ..................................................................................................................... 5
WHAT IS OZONE?........................................................................................................... 6
A Mastering System ................................................................................................................................. 6 Analog Modeling ...................................................................................................................................... 6 DigitalPrecision ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Meters and DSP ........................................................................................................................................ 6 UIEfficiency.............................................................................................................................................. 6
GETTING SET UP FOR MASTERING ............................................................................. 8
Software and Sound Card ....................................................................................................................... 8 Mastering Effects..................................................................................................................................... 8 Monitors .................................................................................................................................................... 9Headphones............................................................................................................................................ 11
SEVEN SUGGESTIONS WHILE MASTERING ............................................................. 12 EQ ................................................................................................................................... 13
What’s the Goal of EQ when Mastering?............................................................................................. 13 EQ Principles .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Using the Ozone Equalizer .................................................................................................................... 14 EQ Shapes.............................................................................................................................................. 15 EQ the Midrange..................................................................................................................................... 17 EQ the Bass ............................................................................................................................................ 18 EQ the...
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