Referencing - Ozone 9 Help

Publish date: 2024-05-05

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Overview

Referencing in Ozone 9 helps you compare and contrast audio in your DAW by allowing you to import up to 10 reference tracks, visualize differences in your music with overlaid spectrum metering, and quickly A/B your audio right in the audition panel. Access the Referencing panel by clicking on the Reference button below the I/O meters. Enable/Disable Referencing by clicking Reference’s power button.

Reference button in IO Panel

Importing References

Click on the “+” button in the middle of the empty Reference panel to select a reference files to load.

Reference Track Tabs

Each tab represents an imported reference file. You can manage the reference track tabs using the following methods:

Reference Loop Segments and Playback Controls

When tracks are initially loaded into the Reference panel, handles will appear overlaid on the waveform display. The handles represent boundaries of predetermined loop points. The loop boundaries are placed based on similar segments detected in the track, this uses the same machine learning technology used to generate the segmentation bar under waveforms in the Ozone application. By default, the segments will be named with a letter (A/B/C/D/E).

Reference Panel Controls

Managing Reference Loop Segments

You can customize, add, and remove loop segments:

Reference Playback Controls

Reference Metering Options

The I/O options pop-up menu above the I/O meters contains metering options for Reference tracks.

Metering Options in I/O

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