Streaming: This prepares your music for an average loudness for streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music.ĬD: This sets your music up for CD mastering. This gives you a few different intensity options that dictate how often the Limiter reacts to your audio. Reference: If you have a reference track loaded into Ozone 8’s brand new Track Referencing feature, you can select that from the Master Assistant panel. Master Assistant will learn the EQ curve of your reference track as well as your reference track’s loudness. Pick any track you like as long as it’s one of the following supported file formats:Īfter you select your target destination and start playing audio, Master Assistant will inform you of the steps it’s taking to set up your track for mastering.Įqualisation is set first by suggesting some initial moves based on your music’s style or applying the EQ curve that it has learned from a reference track you provided. Once that’s done, Master Assistant analyses the dynamic range (crest factor) of your music and implements the Dynamics module to frame your low end. If the dynamic range of your music is not problematic, then it bypasses the Dynamics module altogether.

Thirdly, the Maximizer’s ceiling and threshold are set to hit the Streaming, CD, or Reference target you selected when you started Master Assistant.

Lastly, dynamic EQ nodes are placed in areas of the frequency spectrum that have potential to cause distortion when your audio meets the Maximizer. Note that when it comes to using Master Assistant, you want to make sure it is listening to the most energetic part of your track.

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