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Originally Posted by TBman
Bob, do you mean the "Master Assistant?" I've used it frequently in the past, lately not so much. I just use the Dynamic Eq of Ozone 8 as a plugin to boost the mids a bit. It's fun to fool around with the different settings though.
I'm sure there are built in FX tools that Reaper has that do the same thing.
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I've never had any luck with the mastering assistant. It's usually way over-hyped. Maybe it works better on band-type mixes, but usually these auto-mix things are more of a toy than anything else.. There are some useful things in Ozone, tho. Dynamic EQ is a big one for sure, very useful on solo guitar. You can also set it to show the volume in LUFS, and can automatically set the limiter to the right threshold to achieve a certain LUFS - so you can target your levels for you tube or spotify, etc (which have published LUFS targets). The spectral shaper can be nice at taming harsh notes (tho I've switched to Soothe2 for this, which is very impressive). The Exciter can be useful. The Stereo Imager works nicely. I don't know if you can do those things in Reaper.