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We’ve touched on these during the course of explaining different modules and effects, but 
here is a summary of the tools available to you in Ozone, in addition to the mastering effects 

themselves. 

 

You can automate more than 140 parameters in Ozone using host apps that support DirectX 
automation such as Sonic Foundry Acid 4 and Cakewalk Sonar 1 and 2. Automation allows you 

to specify changes to parameters over the duration of a mix - such as stereo widening during 

a chorus or boosting an EQ during a solo. 

The implementation and specifics of automation are dependent on the host application, so we 

refer you to the documentation of the host app for setting up an automated mix with DirectX 
effects. In general, though, you patch Ozone as an ordinary effect on a track, then in the track 

view of the host app assign automation envelopes to it. These envelopes control how Ozone 

parameters are changed over the course of the mix. In this case, most of your "tweaking" is 

done in the track view of the host app, dragging curves and envelopes as opposed to changing 
controls in Ozone. For example, in the screenshot below we're adjusting the gain of an EQ 

band in Ozone from the track view of Acid 4. 

3 Automation Tips: 
 

1)  You can set the “automation interval” in the Ozone options screen. This controls how 

often Ozone updates its processing based on your host application automation 
envelopes. To save CPU while previewing, you can increase the automation interval. 

This allows Ozone to update less often, which saves CPU. For mixing down, you can 

decrease the automation interval to provide nearly sample accurate automation. 
 

2)  In the main Ozone options screen you can choose to color highlight controls that are 

being modified by host application automation.  

 

3)  When automating in a track view with envelopes, but working mainly with the Ozone 

interface, we find it helpful to be able to "see through" Ozone so you can monitor 

Ozone meters and controls but see the track view and automation curves behind 
Ozone. So we provide an Opacity slider in the main options dialog. This allows you to 

see through Ozone to monitor both what Ozone is doing and what is happening with 

the automation curves. You can see Ozone with partial opacity set below – you can 
see Ozone as well as the host application behind it.  

 

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