Izotope Harmonic Exciter
Harmonic exciters can give a sparkle or shine to the upper frequencies of a mix. They can also be used in mid and even low frequencies to add a boost or presence. Add warmth, sparkle and shine with four separate bands of excitation. Like other multiband modules in Ozone, the multiband harmonic excitation is based on the four bands set in the multiband section.
IZotope’s Dialogue Match gives your scenes environmental and spatial continuity with just a few clicks from a simple interface. Learn how to best use Dialogue Match in three unique situations. IZotope Customer Care. Ozone’s Exciter offers up to four bands of configurable saturation. Per band Exciter Modes give you the ability to completely customize how saturation is introduced into your music. Per-Band Controls. The following controls are available for each band of the eggs-cider. Controls the amount of the harmonic.
Key Features
Component Harmonic Exciter Plug-in If you are using Ozone 5 Advanced you will also have the ability to instantiate Ozone 5's Harmonic Exciter module as an individual component plug-in. Ozone 5 Advanced includes component plug-ins for all six of Ozone's modules complete with all the same features as the module within Ozone.
Choose from tube or tape-modeled saturation and more, with adjustable mix controls for each band
Unique multiband time offset controls for tightening and adding attack to bass and kick
Mid/side processing lets you add color to different parts of the soundstage separately
Note: Each band has its own sliders to control the amount of harmonic excitation and the mix of the excited signal with the original signal.
Retro: This mode is originally from Ozone 2 and is based on a slowly decaying row of odd harmonics which is characteristic for transistors.
Tape: Tape modeling can be recognized as a brighter sound due to the odd harmonics found in tape saturation models.
Tube: Tube modeling is characterized by its clear 'tonal' excitation with an emphasis on dynamic or transient attacks.
Warm:This is a new option in Ozone 4 and is similar to Tube. The warm exciter mode is unique because it generates only even harmonics that decay quickly.
Amount: Controls the amount of the harmonic excitation for the selected band.
Mix: Allows you to control the mix of the excited signal with the original mix.
Delay: This is not a tube or tape excitation effect as much as it is a phase delay. Setting the delay for a band offsets this band relative to the other frequencies. To learn how and why this works as an exciter, refer to our online mastering guide.
In general, try offsetting the delay for a low band (<150 Hz or so) by about 1 msec. The low band will get tighter, but probably lower in perceived volume. Because it is tighter in time, though, you can usually compress or increase the gain of that band in the multiband dynamics module to get 'punch' without a ringing or 'flabby' sound.
Like controls on other screens, you can use arrow keys to adjust a selected slider, or the wheel of a wheel mouse, or double-click on the numeric label and directly enter a value with the keyboard. You can reset a slider by double clicking on it.
Mid-Side Support
Izotope Ozone Harmonic Exciter
Stereo/Mid-side: This button allows you to switch between 'stereo' processing or the new 'mid-side' processing. When 'stereo' is selected, the Ozone module will perform basic stereo signal processing (Ozone 3). When 'mid-side' is selected, all mid-side features become available.
Updated Colors
To make it easier to distinguish between Mid and Side modes, the affected sliders will update with new colors. Mid mode is presented as orange, and Side mode is presented as dark blue.
Example using Mid-Side Processing in Ozone's Harmonic Exciter
Mid-Side processing allows you to separate a specific frequency range into its Mid and Side components and apply processing separately to the Mid (center) channel, or the Sides of your mix.
For example, using the Side channel in the Harmonic Exciter module (blue), try selecting the upper frequency bands for your mix. By increasing the amount sliders for the upper frequencies you will be applying the exciter to the extreme edges of your mix only and leaving the Mid (center) channel as-is.
To learn more about Ozone Mid-Side Processing controls, click here..
This help file is a quick reference for basic Ozone functions and controls. We have written a separate Ozone Mastering Guide that provides tips and techniques for mastering with Ozone.
Taming high end is a notoriously tricky endeavor. Especially for those with significant experience, it’s a region in the frequency spectrum that manages to get out of control quickly. Too much top and your mix will burn ears. Too little and it will sound lifeless.
Harmonic Exciter Vst
To address the challenge of mixing high frequencies, here are five tips for taming treble:
1. Correct the Tonal Balance
Mixing high end is easier when there is already a relative balance between the rest of the frequency spectrum, i.e. lows and mids. Before you make adjustments, listen for issues between kick drums, bass, and other low-mid elements to avoid making decisions that harm the mix. You will set yourself up for an unnecessary challenge if you try to tame highs when lows and mids are suffering.
Izotope Harmonic Exciter Key
For example, if the bottom is boomy, you might boost the top excessively to compete. Conversely, a thin low end will make your highs seem overloaded in comparison, and to return to a perception of balance, you might needlessly reduce gain.
Izotope Exciter
Checking these areas will give you a more accurate reading of your mix and help you determine what needs to be done to get the highs proportional to everything else. It could be that you need to add a whole new instrument part, but the solution could also be as simple as opening up a filter.
So how do you know if a mix is balanced? Like most music production exercises, your ears should be your guide. But if you don’t trust your ears yet or have less-than-ideal studio acoustics, iZotope’s Tonal Balance Control will provide you a visual representation of the frequency distribution in your mix. In real-time, it will map your current session against a reference target to reveal where there is too much (or not enough) of a specific frequency band for a big picture view of mix issues.