Note: The following steps are specific to Ozone 7 and 8’s Matching EQ feature. If you are using this feature within Ozone 5, please follow the steps in the article linked below:
http://help.izotope.com/docs/ozone/pages/modules_matching_eq.htm
Also note that although the colors (yellow and blue) remain consistent in Ozone 7 and 8, Ozone 7 refers to your audio track as the Target Audio and the audio you are trying to match as the Reference Audio. The following steps will use the Ozone 8 terminology.
Within a DAW or Host Software:
- Add the main Ozone plug-in or the Ozone Equalizer plug-in to your master track.
- Press the Matching button in the lower left.
Note: If you not see the Matching option be sure that you have selected the Detailed Band View from the left side of the Ozone EQ module.
- Next, press the Capture button under Source Curve and begin playing your music. You’ll want to play a good portion of your music as the Matching EQ feature will take an average of what you play for its snapshot. When you are finished, press the stop button and you will see a yellow curve appear over your EQ.
- Now, add a song you’d like your EQ to match and solo it within your host software. Press the Capture button below Target Curve and again, allow a sufficient portion of the song to play to get a good average of its content. When you are finished, press the stop button and you will see a blue curve appear over your EQ.
- Once you are satisfied with your Source and Target snapshots, turn the Matching function on by pressing the icon to the left of the word Matching. You’ll see a white line representing what is actually being changed in your audio.
- After turning on the Matching function you’ll see your EQ curve change. From here you can adjust the Smoothing (to take away nodes to give you a smoother curve) and Amount (how much the curve affects your audio) settings.
- You can move the numbered nodes in your EQ module to further edit and craft your sound.
- You can also choose “Pink Noise” or “6dB Guide” preset target curves instead of capturing your own. These snapshots represent the high-frequency decay found in many commercial recordings. You can use this as a guide to compare to your own spectrum.
Within the Standalone Application:
- Open the Ozone 8 Application and drag your audio file into the window or use File > Import Audio and select your track.
- Now press the Matching button in the lower left-hand side of the application.
- Next, press the Capture button under Source Curve and begin playing your music. You’ll want to play a good portion of your music as the Matching EQ feature will take an average of what you play for its snapshot. When you are finished, press the stop button and you will see a yellow curve appear over your EQ.
- Now, add a song you’d like your EQ to match. Press the Capture button below Target Curve and again, allow a sufficient of the song to play to get a good average of its content. When you are finished, press the stop button and you will see a blue curve appear over your EQ.
- Now, go back to your original song and you should notice that both the Source Curve and Target Curve have a snapshot of your audio saved. You should see a yellow and blue curve appear inside of your EQ screen.
- Once you are satisfied with your Source and Target snapshots, turn the Matching function on by pressing the icon to the left of the word Matching. You’ll see a white line representing what is actually being changed in your audio.
- You can move the numbered nodes in your EQ module to further edit and craft your sound.
- You can also choose “Pink Noise” or “6dB Guide” preset target curves instead of capturing your own. These snapshots represent the high-frequency decay found in many commercial recordings. You can use this as a guide to compare to your own spectrum.
Saving Your Match EQ Settings As Presets
It’s important to note that Ozone’s presets will not save your snapshots. To save your snapshots and Matching EQ curves, you’ll need to save your settings as a DAW preset, NOT as an Ozone preset. While different DAWs and Host Software have different methods of doing so, nearly all of them have ways of saving these. Below are examples of how to do so in most major DAWs.
Pro Tools
Note: If you are using Pro Tools, it’s important to note that your Matching EQ snapshots will not save with your projects. To recall these snapshots and curves you’ll need to save them as a preset by following the steps below.
- Open Ozone on one of your tracks and capture your Source and Target Curves.
- Click on the Ozone insert within the Mix View to view the plug-in GUI
- In the top left of the plug-in wrapper you will see an option for Preset. Click on the arrow to the right of this and you will see a dropdown menu with the option to “Save Settings As…”. Select this option and name your preset.
- Now when you open Ozone 8 you will be able to select that preset as an option from the dropdown menu under the word preset.
Note: If you are creating or editing snapshots using the Matching EQ feature in multiple Pro Tools sessions, you will need to restart your computer between projects. If the computer is not restarted, any changes made to the snapshots will apply across any snapshots that were opened while the computer was on.
You’ll also only be able to use a single instance of the Matching EQ feature within Pro Tools at one time. Capturing a new Source or Target Curve will overwrite the previously captured curve and change the resulting EQ.
If you add Ozone to Pro Tools and capture audio, next time you add Ozone it will default to using that captured audio — simply press capture again to overwrite this (this will not affect the original instance of Ozone).
Ableton Live
- Open Ozone on one of your tracks and capture your Source and Target Curves.
- Click on the Plug-In Edit button to view the plug-in GUI.
- Press the Save Preset or Bank button.
- The VST version of Ozone will open a window prompted you to name and set a location for your preset. The AU version of the plug-in will automatically set a location and just prompt you to name the preset.
- Now you will be able to load your curves as a preset inside of Ableton.
Logic Pro X
- Open Ozone on one of your tracks and capture your Source and Target Curves.
- Click on the Plug-in Edit button to view the plug-in GUI.
- Click on the arrow next to Default, press Save As, and name your preset.
- Now when you open up Ozone 8 you can use the arrows to scroll through your presets or by clicking on the arrow next to the word Default and pressing Load to load up a specific preset.
Note: Match EQ curves will save with projects in Logic Pro X.
Digital Performer
- Open Ozone on one of your tracks and capture your Source and Target Curves.
- Click on Ozone 8 on your Channel Strip to open the GUI.
- Click on Default within the plug-in wrapper to see your preset options.
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Select “Save Preset”. Now that preset will be selectable within that same menu by selecting “User Presets”.
FL Studio
- Open Ozone on one of your tracks and capture your Source and Target Curves.
- Click on the Plug-In Wrapper Settings at the top left of the Plug-in GUI.
- Click on the Save button under Presets and name and store your preset.
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You will now be able to recall your preset by pressing the Load button within the Plug-In Wrapper settings.
Reaper
- Open Ozone on one of your tracks and capture your Source and Target Curves.
- Click on the plus icon within the plug-in wrapper.
- Now when you open up Ozone 8 you can scroll through your presets.
Sonar Professional
- Open Ozone on one of your tracks and capture your Source and Target Curves.
- Click on the arrow on the plug-in wrapper next to the plug-in format (see below).
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Click Save Preset and name and store your preset.
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Now you will be able to go to this same menu and press Load Preset to recall your preset.
Reason 10
- Open Ozone on one of your tracks and capture your Source and Target Curves.
- Click on the Save Patch button and name your preset.
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You will now be able to recall your presets by clicking on the Load Patch button or by using the arrows next to this option.
Nuendo 8/Cubase 9
- Open Ozone on one of your tracks and capture your Source and Target Curves.
- Click on the box in the top left of the plug-in wrapper and press Save Preset…
- Name and store your preset.
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You’ll now be able to recall that preset by pressing that same box and choosing Load Preset.
Studio One 3/4
Does not have the ability to save Match EQ curves as presets but will save with projects
If you follow the steps above and your snapshots are not saving within your DAW’s preset or disappearing when the preset is reopened, this may be due to a permissions issue. To resolve this please try the following:
1.) Quit all iZotope applications.
2.) Go to FILE PATH (see below).
3.) Right-click the final stage of the file paths below and select Get Info.
4.) Click the lock in the bottom left corner and enter your password to make changes.
5.) Under "Sharing & Permissions", set the Privilege for each Name to "Read & Write".
6.) Click the gear icon and select "Apply to enclosed items", then "OK".
7.) Repeat steps two through six for all file paths listed below.
- Mac HD > Library
- Mac HD > Users > [Username] > Documents
- Mac HD > Applications (if applicable; not all products offer standalone app)
- Mac HD > Users > [Username] > Library (In Finder click Go, hold Alt/Option and click Library)
8.) Restart your computer and run the Ozone (7 and 8) installer again.
Other Notes:
To find your Ozone Matching EQ snapshots:
Mac:
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Open a Finder window.
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Hold the Option key and press the Go option at the top of your screen.
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In the dropdown select Library.
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From there navigate to Application Support > iZotope > Ozone8EQ
Windows:
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First, be sure that you are able to see Hidden Files. You can change this setting within your Control Panel.
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Navigate to this location:C:/Users/[Username]/AppData/Roaming/iZotope/Ozone8EQ
Snapshots are updated under the following circumstances:
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Turning on or off the Matching EQ function within Ozone
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Toggling on the Analog or Digital EQ options
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Closing the plug-in window
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Bitwig
Unable to do this in Bitwig - can save presets but will always just load up last captured Source and Target curves