T-Racks....

[BloodStar]

big thanks. I will have to spend more time and play with t-Racks again.

[Grenoybel]

Thanks for the link "Dirty" :)

[vadarfone]

To be fair, T-Racks is not very good.

It is just another example of a plug-in that promises more than it can deliver...

The summing on it is very obvious and the results are easily bettered by your own efforts with individual (decent) plugins on each channel.

[Andy]

^^^ agreed

Best bet is to do it in your sequencer and use the waves plugins. but of course you need to know what your doing.
T-Racks is nice for the people who dont know and just run things through the presets

[loopdon]

^^^ agreed

Best bet is to do it in your sequencer and use the waves plugins. but of course you need to know what your doing.
T-Racks is nice for the people who dont know and just run things through the presets

the 'waves' plugins. the older ones? because from a technical standpoint they are at least dated. if not just weak. and overpriced.
weak and overpriced. the old ones....err

waves really did a good job on the new stuff, admitedly. and i must say i like/love the way they look/usability. but that's an entirely different matter. i really am getting sick of people advertising waves everywhere. poor workman blames his tools.

and stealing software and then complaining is just sick, imo.

general observation over

[Andy]

the 'waves' plugins. the older ones? because from a technical standpoint they are at least dated. if not just weak. and overpriced.
weak and overpriced. the old ones....err

waves really did a good job on the new stuff, admitedly. and i must say i like/love the way they look/usability. but that's an entirely different matter. i really am getting sick of people advertising waves everywhere. poor workman blames his tools.

and stealing software and then complaining is just sick, imo.

general observation over

Waves were just an example. Any high quality plugins would work the same.
What i meant was that you'll get much better results using a combination of high quality dedicated plugins for each process (EQ, Compression, Limiters and so on)
Rather than using a all in one program like T-racks

[loopdon]

andy: i know what you mean in a way. but can't you switch of certain modules in t-racks? and on the other hand, ok, but it all depends on who uses it (knowledge factor) and for what.. i reckon bob katz (insert favorite other name here) could out-eq/compress whatever a big part of the techno-community with basic tools and other's could be given the best stuff on earth and ruin stuff.

can't we agree on: try a variety of stuff, see what YOU like and then learn that/those tools thorougly?

[FILTERZ]

got to agree that t racks aint all that either

can make a bad mix sound better

but not to clever on an allready good mix

[dirty_bass]

got to agree that t racks aint all that either

can make a bad mix sound better

but not to clever on an allready good mix

Really don`t understand these comments at all.

If it`s making the mix sound worse, then you are simply not doing it right.

A good mix needs more subtle mastering, so maybe you are overdoing it.

MAstering is an artform all to itself.

[TechMouse]

MAstering is an artform all to itself.

I'd say it's half art, half science.

Perhaps craft is a better term?

It's certainly something that gets better with practice.

[FILTERZ]

Really don`t understand these comments at all.

If it`s making the mix sound worse, then you are simply not doing it right.

A good mix needs more subtle mastering, so maybe you are overdoing it.

MAstering is an artform all to itself.

Well i can manage ok with other tools , my focusrite mastering processor for instance , i can manage to get a great sound with this or my friends tc finalizer or blue tubes plugs
but t racks aint so great IMHO so there ya go .
I didn`t really want to post negative comments but as a few other people did i thought i might as well chuck in my few penneth so they were not out on their own so to speak .
If it works for you then use it , personally i wouldn`t reccomend it .

Having said all this i have not used it lately and i may be commenting on an old version with less developed algorithms.

[dirty_bass]

To be fair, T-Racks is not very good.

It is just another example of a plug-in that promises more than it can deliver...

The summing on it is very obvious and the results are easily bettered by your own efforts with individual (decent) plugins on each channel.

Actually T-Racks is really good, if you know how to use it.
I know of many top end producers who use T-Racks now.
Most agree the tape simulation is amazing.

Sure there are other plugs, but if you are used to older mastering hardware, you should be able to get very good results from T-Racks.

[loopdon]

not heard to much negative (if any) stuff about t-racks, either.

it surely has a lot to do with the person that is operating the tool, imo.