The General tab lets you configure general Ozone properties to improve Performance, Automation, Graphics, and Buffering as well as authorize Ozone. These properties are displayed in the table below.
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Enable meters |
Although each meter has its own options, this option allows you to quickly turn on/off all meters. |
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Show tooltips
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When enabled this allows informational notes to appear when the cursor/pointer is hovering on top of the features' controls |
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Enable animation |
Allows you turn on/off the animated appearance of dialog boxes. |
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Enable animated focus |
Allows you to turn on/off the animated white brackets which indicate the control where keyboard commands are sent. |
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Show screen glare |
Toggles the visibility of the glare layer on top of Ozone's interface. |
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Frame rate limiter
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Allows you to set the speed (frames per second) that Ozone should use to display and update meters. In most cases the default will provide smooth displays while still allowing adequate processing time for audio. If your PC hardware allows it, you can increase the frame rate for smoother animation. On the other hand, if you are running Ozone on slower hardware or notice graphics performance problems in your host application, you can set the FPS value lower to limit the amount of CPU Ozone uses for drawing. |
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Opacity |
Allows you to control the opacity or transparency of the Ozone UI. This is helpful when working with automation, for example, to be able to have the Ozone UI in front but be able to "see through it" to the automation curves on the track view of the host app. Setting partial transparency does require additional CPU, but there is no CPU penalty when opacity is at 100% (i.e. the feature is not being used). If you find this feature useful, be sure to note the keyboard shortcuts for it. The slider will be disabled in host applications that do not support this feature. |
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Brightness |
Allows you to control the overall brightness of the Ozone user interface. This allows you adjust the look of the UI to be more viewable on various monitors and in various venues. |
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Dim controls when bypassed |
When this option is enabled, each module's controls will be dimmed when the module is bypassed. Modules can be bypassed in several ways: global bypass, module bypass, crossover band bypass, and mid/side channel bypass. This feature helps to remind you when a module is bypassed, so that you don't make adjustments to a bypassed module unintentionally. |
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Solo/bypass indicators |
Allows you to set the behavior of the Solo/bypass indicators. Options are Blinking red, Solid red, or None. |
| Crossover | |
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Show mini-spectrum handles |
Provides the option of turning on or off the horizontal handles (white lines) that appear in the mini-spectrum while adjusting multiband controls. |
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Delay compensation |
Using some of Ozone's more CPU intensive settings and algorithms may result in a delay of the signal. That is, Ozone needs some time to "work on" the audio before it can send it back to the host application. That time represents a delay when listening or mixing down. Fortunately, many applications provide "delay compensation" which is a means for Ozone to tell the application it has delayed the signal, and the host application should automatically delay every other track in your session to align. If your host application supports delay compensation, enable this option. If your application doesn't support Ozone's delay compensation feature, or skips/stutters with this option turned on, you can manually correct the delay offset in the host application (i.e. manually edit out the short delay of silence). To help you perform manual correction, the delay Ozone introduces is shown below "Total System Delay" in both samples and milliseconds. |
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Low Latency RTAS Processing |
This option only appears in the RTAS version of Ozone and by default will be disabled. When selected this option will help reduce latency in Pro Tools, but will cause higher CPU usage. |
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View Buffers |
This launches the View Buffers dialog, which lets you inspect the buffer sizes which your host application is using. See Buffer Sizes documentation for more info. |
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Host Sync |
This launches the Host Sync Viewer window which displays information about your current session/host application including Tempo, Transport State, Time signature, etc. |
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History depth |
Lets you set how many levels or steps are remembered in the History dialog to control the size of the history log file. |
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Keyboard Support |
Keyboard support must be set to full for all Keyboard shortcuts to be available. Available options include Full (full keyboard support), Minimal (only TAB, arrow keys, and ENTER), or None (Keyboard shortcuts turned off). |
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Solo side channel in mono |
When mid/side processing is active and the side channel is solo'd, this option determines whether you hear the side channel as it is (L/R channel are inverted with respect to each other) or in mono. |
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Enable Multithreading |
Allows you to turn multithreading on and off. Multithreading allows Ozone to benefit from the use of multiple CPUs or cores and will increase performance on most machines. |
| Auth & Updates | |
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Choose Demo |
Allows you to select between using Ozone 5 and Ozone 5 Advanced when in demo or trial mode. |
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Check for Updates |
Selects the frequency with which Ozone 5 looks for version updates. Choose between daily, weekly, monthly, and never. |
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Check Now |
Instantly checks if your version of Ozone is currently up to date. |
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Solo side channel in mono |
This features enables a gentle crossfade for smoother transitions when toggling Ozone's Global Bypass control. |
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Remove Authorization |
Removes the current authorization of Ozone and can be used to re-authorize Ozone from Basic to Advanced versions. |
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More Information |
Directs to the supporting documentation for authorization. |