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General Functions - Ozone 8 Elements Help Documentation

Undo History

The Undo History window is a unique and powerful feature for comparing settings in Ozone. To access the History list, click on the History button in the upper right-hand corner of the interface. As you tweak controls, each movement is captured and displayed in the History list. To go back and hear a previous setting, simply click on the list at the point you want to audition. The changes that you’ve undone will show up in a lighter color.

Clear

Press the Clear button to clear the history list at any time.

Close

Press the Close button to close the History window; processing resumes from the point you had last selected, so you can continue building on the History list from an earlier point.

A, B, C, D

You can assign up to four points in the History list to A, B, C, and D buttons. To do so:

  • Select the point in the list you want to capture
  • Click on the Set button below the A, B, C, or D button.
  • Clicking on the appropriate button will then recall the setting assigned to that button.

Module Chain

Ozone Elements offers its processing modules in a horizontal signal chain at the top of the interface.

The module chain order in Ozone 8 Elements is fixed and in the following order:

  • Equalizer
  • Imager
  • Maximizer

Input/Output Meters

Ozone’s input/output level meters display the input and output level for the left and right channels. Several metering options are available; you can select which metering method you wish to use by opening the I/O options tab in the Options menu, or clicking on the I/O button that appears above the I/O meters (contains limited options, refer to the I/O tab of the Options menu for more options.)

Setting Input and Output

Gain You can adjust the input or output gain by sliding the faders with the mouse, as well as clicking and using the mouse wheel.

Adjusting the Left and Right Channels Independently

By default, the left and right gain levels are linked; moving one moves the other. You can adjust left and right gain independently by clicking on the Link icon. You can also offset the two channels and then relink them, so that later adjustments move both channels by the same amount. The faders will remember their offset, even if they are temporarily turned up or down all the way, so that when you bring the faders back to the middle the offset will be preserved.

Double-Click to Reset Faders

If the left and right faders are locked, double-clicking on either fader will reset both of them to 0 dB. If the left and right faders are unlocked and set at different levels, double-clicking a specific fader will reset it to 0 dB.

If the left and right faders are locked but had been previously been set to different levels, double-clicking on a fader will reset it to match the level of the other fader. Another double-click will reset both faders to 0 dB.

Setting the Scale of the Meters

You can further customize your metering by adjusting the scale of the input and output meters.

  • Clicking the “(+)” sign below the meters will increase the zoom or resolution of the metering scale.
  • Clicking the “(-)” sign will decrease or zoom out the resolution of the metering scale.

Ozone’s audition section is located underneath the input and output meters on the right-hand side of the screen.

It provides a useful set of tools for monitoring the master stereo signal, and works as follows:

Bypass

Click this button to bypass all processing, from all modules, on the audio signal. The graphical interface for the modules will turn a light grey as a reminder that these modules are not in the signal path.

The bypass control provides a handy “one-click comparison” tool, where you can quickly compare how your song sounds with and without the processing that you have added using Ozone. You can always make sure, with a single click, that the processing you have added is improving your audio as desired.

Gain Match

Enables gain/level matching. This is useful for A/Bing the affect of Ozone processing on your track. How this feature behaved is directly determined by the option state in the I/O options tab.

Sum to Mono

Collapses the stereo signal to mono, allowing you to check your song for mono compatibility. It is always important to check any stereo material for mono compatibility, and make sure that any processing you have done does not cause any elements of your mix to “cancel out” and disappear when listening in mono.

Swap Button

Swaps the left and right sides of the stereo signal, allowing you to monitor the signal in reverse.

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Update: 2024-05-16