Preset System

Overview

Ozone features a preset manager that allows you to quickly and easily work with presets.

Factory Content

Ozone 8 Global Factory presets are organized into the following folders:

• ALL PURPOSE MASTERING
• GENRE-SPECIFIC MASTERING
• INSTRUMENTS AND BUSSES
• SIGNATURE PRESETS

General Functions

Loading Presets

You can select and audition any preset by clicking on the name in the list. This will activate the relevant selected Ozone modules, and you will hear the effect of the preset when you play back your audio. You can easily compare several different presets just by picking a different name on the list.

Renaming Presets

In the Preset Manager you can double click on a preset to edit its name.

Show at Startup

By default the preset manager will open automatically at startup. If you do not wish for this to occur, uncheck the “show at startup” box at the bottom of the presets window.

Working Settings

Working Settings allow you to recall a preset that hss been modified but not saved.

Default

Loads the Factory default state or your custom default preset.

Controls

Add

Click the Add button to create a new preset. The Preset Manager has a comments section for additional detail.

Delete

To permanently delete a preset, select the preset from the list and click the Delete button.

New

Click the folder button to create a new preset folder.

Change Folder

Click the Change button to select the preset folder path.

Save

Click Save to store changes made to the current preset.

Close

Click the Close button to hide the Preset Manager window.

Custom Default

Right-click on any preset in the Preset Manager and select “Set [Preset Name] As ” to set it as the default preset when Ozone opens.

To undo this action, you can right-click on any preset and select “Reset to factory default.”

Right-click on the or entries and select “Set current state as ” to change the default state of Ozone.

Module Preset System

Module presets allow you to easily save and load settings in individual modules without affecting other modules in the signal chain. Ozone 8 module and component plug-in presets are interchangeable, so Ozone 8 Advanced users can make use of their module presets within the component plug-ins and vice versa.

Opening the Module Preset System

The Module Preset system is accessible from the Ozone signal chain. Clicking on the button directly above a module’s Solo button will open the Module Preset window.

Loading Module Presets

Selecting a preset in the Module Preset window will load the settings and related comments.

Saving Module Presets

Click the Add button in the Module Preset window to a new module preset.

Deleting Module Presets

Select a module preset and click the Delete button to remove the preset file from the preset folder on your computer. This will move the module preset file to the Trash/Recycle Bin.

Changing the Module Presets Folder

Click the Change button to change the module preset folder path.

The default file paths for the module presets are in the following locations: