iZotope Ozone 12 Advanced is the current top edition of iZotope’s mastering suite: 20 mastering modules in one plug-in, each also available as its own plug-in, with the AI-assisted Master Assistant and the new Stem EQ, Unlimiter and Bass Control. It is for producers and engineers who master in their DAW. Ozone 12 runs on Windows 10 or 11 and on macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Intel and Apple silicon Macs.
What is iZotope Ozone 12?
Ozone 12 is the latest version of iZotope Ozone, released in September 2025 and now at version 12.2.0. iZotope offers it in Elements, Standard and Advanced; Advanced is the most complete.
What’s new in Ozone 12
- Stem EQ (Advanced only): EQ the vocals, bass, drums and other parts of a stereo mix without the stems
- Unlimiter (Advanced only): restores transients in overly compressed audio
- Bass Control (Standard and Advanced): see, balance and shape the low end
- Master Assistant with a new Custom Flow, plus Assistant View and Assistive Vocal Balance
- Maximizer with the new IRC 5 limiting mode
- Stem Focus with improved neural nets (Advanced only): use any module on one isolated stem of the mix
- Stabilizer with 25 new genre targets and a redesigned interface
What’s included
The Ozone 12 plug-in with the Master Assistant, signal chain, Stem Focus, Track Referencing, Codec Preview and Dither; the modules Bass Control, Clarity, Dynamic EQ, Dynamics, Equalizer, Exciter, Imager, Impact, Low End Focus, Master Rebalance, Match EQ, Maximizer, Spectral Shaper, Stabilizer, Stem EQ, Unlimiter, Vintage Compressor, Vintage EQ, Vintage Limiter and Vintage Tape; and the bonus Relay plug-in.
Ozone 12 Standard vs Advanced
Standard has a smaller set of modules (no Clarity, Impact, Low End Focus, Spectral Shaper, Stem EQ or Unlimiter), with Delta buttons, Dither, Track Referencing and Transient/Sustain modes. Advanced adds those six modules, the modules as separate plug-ins, Stem Focus, Codec Preview and Relay. Elements has only the Master Assistant and Assistive Vocal Balance.
System requirements
- Windows: Windows 10 (22H2) or Windows 11 (24H2), 64-bit
- macOS: 14.8 Sonoma, 15.8 Sequoia or 26 Tahoe, on Intel or Apple silicon Macs
- Formats: VST3, AU and AAX, 64-bit only (no VST2, no standalone app)
- Tested hosts include: Logic Pro 11 and 12, Pro Tools, Ableton Live 12, Cubase 15, Studio One 7, REAPER 7, FL Studio and Reason
Previous version: iZotope Ozone 11 Advanced. For audio repair, pair it with iZotope RX 12 Advanced; for surgical EQ or taming harsh resonances, see FabFilter Pro-Q 4 and oeksound soothe3, or the whole FabFilter Total Bundle.
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