![]() Everything depends on the preset you choose, so at least when first working with Elements you’ll be spending a lot of time auditioning presets to find what works.You could also insert it in the master bus and render a mix. It drains a fair amount of CPU power and has quite a bit of lookahead (as it should), so the optimum use case is probably importing a mixed stereo master into your host, and working on that file alone. Elements does has no stand-alone mode.This is a crucial feature, and its inclusion is very welcome. ![]() A standout feature is a button that enables level-balancing between the bypassed and mastered versions so you can compare what’s really happening, independent of level changes that can fool your ears.Most of the presets are subtle “out of the box,” although you can make them less subtle with the sliders. Thankfully, iZotope avoids “caricatures” of mastering.The metering options are surprisingly sophisticated for a simplified program, and includes metering for inter-sample distortion (what iZotope calls “True Peaks”).The Maximizer is your basic “squash” control. The Dynamics slider is a compression wet/dry control. An EQ slider goes from no applied EQ, to the preset amount at the midpoint, to more aggressive EQ and shaping when maxed. You can tweak a preset with three controls.When you select a preset, there’s also a one-line description (e.g., Remove Mud’s description is “Saturated presence and modern limiting”). The over 70 presets are designed with specific goals in mind, as indicated by the preset names (Enhance Dynamics, Emphasize Bass, Remove Mud, Tight Midrange, etc.). Ozone wraps a preset-based “shell” around the Ozone-based processors. ![]()
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