iZotope Ozone 12 Advanced: Upgrade from Ozone Elements or Elements Suite

Full Description

What’s new in Ozone 12

• Full mastering suite: Ozone 12 now includes 21 plugins, a mothership and 20 component plugins. Use the components as individual plugins or combine them in the mothership plugin chain for all-in-one ease.
• Bass Control: Bass Control lets you lock in your low end, making it easier tha never to add drive, punch and balance to your low end frequencies, regardless of your listening environment.
• Unlimiter: Restore your dynamics with Unlimiter, acting as an “undo” button for overly compressed audio, reintroducing dynamics with an industry-first machine-learning tech.
• Stem EQ: Prevent tedious mix tweaks by taking control of independent EQ over vocals, bass, drums and instruments in your masters.
• Custom Assistant Flow: Create a mastering chain to match your creative touch by directing the Master Assistant to target the genre or reference of your choice, using specific modules, hitting target loudness levels and more.
• IRC 5 Maximizer: A new, louder and clearer limit mode is Ozone’s most advanced limiting algorithm to date, maximizing your tracks power and clarity without the tradeoffs.

Feel the energy anywhere

Hear tight, consistent bass on headphones, in the car, the club and everywhere in between. Bass Control gives you an instant read on low-end balance and lets you sculpt the relationship between kick, subs and bass with confidence. Tame rumble, reinforce weight, and focus impact without muddying your midrange. With clear visual feedback and musical controls, you can lock in translation across systems in minutes, no guesswork, no endless referencing, just solid, punchy low end that moves the track forward.

Restore, regain, revive

When mixes arrive crushed, Unlimiter brings the music back. Using advanced machine learning, it identifies where transients and movement have been flattened and rebuilds them transparently. Set a threshold or hit Learn, then lift the lost peaks so drums hit, vocals breathe and grooves feel alive again. It’s a precision tool for re-opening over-limited material before you master, keeping tone intact while recovering clarity, space and emotion, ready for modern loudness targets without the fatigue.

Unfixable no more

Need to nudge a vocal, calm aggressive cymbals or fatten a bass line but only have a stereo bounce? Stem EQ gives you surgical control over vocals, drums, bass and instruments directly from the master. Make subtle tonal moves or decisive corrections with phase-coherent processing that preserves the mix’s integrity. Skip recalls and stem deliveries; adjust what matters in seconds and sign off with confidence. It feels like magic, because it removes the usual barriers between you and the perfect balance.

Personalized AI power

Master Assistant now follows your lead. Choose a ‘Custom’ flow, pick genre targets, loudness goals and preferred character, then toggle modules to build a chain that mirrors your taste. Ozone analyses your track and proposes settings that get you 90 of the way there, leaving every control open for tweaks. Save your favourites as starting points for future projects and move from idea to polished master faster than ever without surrendering creativity or control.

Loudness, uncompromised

Push level boldly while keeping mixes open and musical with the Maximizer’s new IRC 5 mode. This next-generation algorithm delivers competitive LUFS with fewer artefacts, less pumping and more stereo detail. Preserve punch, maintain width and present mixes that feel powerful rather than pinned. Whether you’re targeting streaming, radio or the dancefloor, IRC 5 gives you the headroom and clarity to sound bigger so your release stands out for the right reasons.

The complete module toolkit

Ozone 12 Advanced now includes 20 unique modules to process your sound. Use the components as individual plugins or combine them inside Ozone for an all-in-one mastering solution.

• Bass Control
• Dynamic EQ
• Dynamics
• Equalizer
• Exciter
• Imager
• Master Rebalance
• Match EQ
• Maximizer
• Stabilizer
• Vintage Compressor
• Vintage EQ
• Vintage Limiter
• Vintage Tape
• Track Referencing
• Transient/Sustain modes
• Delta buttons (all modules)
• Dither
• Stem EQ
• Unlimiter
• Impact
• Clarity
• Low End Focus
• Spectral Shaper
• Stem Focus
• Codec Preview
• Tonal Balance Control 2
• Audiolens

Features

• Control low-end with Machine-Learning powered Bass Control module
• Industry-first Unlimiter to restore dynamics of overly compressed audio
• Stem EQ lets you independently EQ vocals, drums, bass and instruments in a single stereo file
• Custom Master Assistant lets you select modules, LUFS levels, genre targets and more for a more tailored assistant experience
• Advanced IRC 5 Limiting algorithm for enhanced clarity and impact even at high loudness
• A full suite of 20 plugin modules available as separate plugins
• Improved Stem Focus delivers a cleaner sound with new neural networks to deliver better separation with fewer artifacts
• New colour palette and improved intuitive design
• Improved Stabilizer module with 25 new genre targets for enhanced intelligence in adaptive processes
• Assistant View lets you fine-tune your Master Assistant processing in one place
• Effortlessly create a brighter and smoother master that never sounds harsh with the Clarity Module
• Enhance the rhythm and feel of your track with Impact Module
• Separately fine-tune Transient and Sustain portions of an audio envelope with ease and apply to any module within Ozone
• Sit your vocals perfectly in the your mix with Vocal Checker
• Comes included with Tonal Balance 2 plugin to monitor your levels and meters in real-time

Specifications

• Operating system:
  • Mac: macOS Ventura (13.7), macOS Sonoma (14.7), macOS Sequoia (15.4) - Compatible with Intel or Apple silicon M-series Macs (native & Rosetta)
  • Windows: Windows 10 (22H2), Windows 11 (24H2)
• Format:
  • Mac: AAX, AU, VST3 (64-bit only)
  • Windows: AAX, VST3 (64-bit only)
• Compatible DAWs: Logic 11, Pro Tools 2025, Ableton Live 12, Studio One 7, FL Studio 25, Cubase 14, Nuendo 14, REAPER 7, Audition CC 2025, Premiere CC 2025
• Please note: Requires iZotope Elements Suite or iZotope Ozone 12 Elements
• Product code: 1124-831