just ran some simple tests and ran the MD5 sum on them.


1. just bounced the a small audio file with nothing:
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2. ozone3 loaded, but bypassed in cubase:
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3. ozone3 loaded but disabled in cubase:
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so far so good... cubase actually bypasses the effect, and leaves the audio untouched:

5. ozone3 loaded but no modules turned on:
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6. ozone3 loaded, EQ module turned on only:
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7. ozone3 dynamics turned on only:
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8. ozone3 interal bypass button:
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OK.. so this to me proves at least one thing my ears have been telling me. that dynamics module sounds weird!!
i never use it.. it makes stuff sound wrong (at least to me)! (especially to the stereo image!)

but, it makes sense that the other test using ozone give a diff file signature, since it is being changed... but its good to see, that with the EQ on and with the internal ozone bypass its the same. but that dynamics module! arrrghhhh  

I like Ozone 3. The EQ and Limiter I use sometimes and like. I have never really liked Waves...  

waves L2 is pretty good for what it does. waves L3 is so dangerous. wow.
waves C4 is pretty good too.. but so expensive.  

can't remember which stuff I used a couple of years back. I was having problems with clips in high frequencies. Reason 3 limiter is crazy, that compressor too. if you switch soft clipping on, you can really go extreme. extremer than anything else. it's good and zero cpu magic.