Ozone 5 includes presets that are designed to help with specific problems areas or common situations like Drum treatments, Vocal treatments, or General Purpose Mastering for CD production.
To access the Preset Manager, click the Preset button on the Ozone faceplate or press Ctrl+P.
Key Features
• Easily backup and transfer preset files
• Store preset files in folders for easy access and management
• Share Ozone presets across multiple host applications and operating systems
• Sort presets based on name, date modified or date last used
• Update presets with one click
• Add comments to presets for easy reference.
Folders
Ozone 5 presets have been sorted and organized into separate categories or preset folders. This makes finding a good starting point for your mastering session quicker and easier. The default preset folders that are included with Ozone 5 are listed below.
General Purpose Mastering: Presets designed as a starting point for a wide range of mastering applications
Genre-Specific Mastering: Presets designed to be useful starting points for specific genres of music
Instruments and Busses: Presets useful for processing individual instruments or groups of instruments
Post and Broadcast: Presets designed to help with various post production and broadcast related applications
Special Effects: Presets using Ozone's modules to create audio effects
Utility: Equalizer, widening, enhancement, soundstage and dynamics presets for various applications
Using Amount Controls
Unlike the macro faders used by Ozone 4's preset manager, Ozone 5 displays the Amount Controls for each module used by a particular preset allowing you to adjust them conveniently from the Preset Manager window. Remember that the Amount Controls are configurable and may affect different parameters of the modules in different presets.
Dock and Undock
Clicking the Undock button at the bottom of the Preset Manager opens a floating window. This lets you work with the Preset Manager while still being able to view the edit windows for the individual Ozone modules. To have the Preset Manager return to the Ozone interface click the Dock button.