Having Ozone on your master bus (or firing up the standalone app) is all you need to quickly A/B your track with up to ten references.īy integrating Track Referencing with Ozone, you get extra functionality not possible when setting up reference tracks in your DAW, such as a unique playback position for your reference track, integration with Ozone's metering, and integration with other intelligent features of Ozone such as the track segmentation algorithm and Master Assistant. In both the plug-in and standalone application versions of Ozone 8 Standard and Advanced, we have added a Track Referencing feature that can load, manage, and audition reference tracks without any additional setup in your DAW. What does the Track Reference feature do? Having a reference track to listen to can also help you avoid losing perspective while mastering: if you are listening to your own track for too long, your ears can adjust to unwanted frequencies (high-frequency build up for example), but switching to your reference can quickly help expose these differences and provide a much-needed reset. Understanding how a reference and your own track differ on different listening environments will help you shape a better master. If you’re familiar with the concept of the “car test”, you know that your final product doesn’t always sound the way you’d like it to on different speakers, while a reference should. It’s important to understand how the reference’s sonic profile compares to your own for several reasons.Ĭomparing your master with a reference will help with translation issues across listening environments. Why is track referencing important in mastering?Ī reference track's dynamic range and sonic character can be used to communicate what sound you’re aiming for in your master.
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To start, check out this Spotify playlist iZotope Education Director and professional mastering engineer Jonathan Wyner created. Track referencing is a way for audio engineers to compare and contrast the song(s) they are mixing and mastering to songs of a similar genre and style, in order to achieve the artist’s vision of how it should sound, specifically comparing things like frequency response and dynamic range. It could be as specific a directive as requesting their music sound like David Bowie’s “Life On Mars?” or as general as “I want the bass to be clear and loud.” Oftentimes, musicians will have songs, albums, or artists they want their music to sound like.
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In this blog we’ll take a look at what this feature does and how to use it. New in Ozone 8, the Track Referencing feature offers a way to compare and contrast your music to reference tracks quickly and intelligently. Track Referencing is a very common practice in both mixing and mastering that helps ensure a track you’re working on is headed in the right direction.
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