I have the rackmount version of the Antares ATR-1a. Your not missing too much..... I mean it's great, and when needed, it works like a charm... But for my own album, I find myself not using it, and striving to be a better singer and tune my instruments good before tracking....rendering it useless for me lately, although, when I have a client who sings a bit out of tune, it comes in handy, but it won't fix really bad stuff, and you will hear the "steps" as it attempts to pull your voice around........ It is valuable.... So many people waste there money on sonic maximizers, and 35 different reverb modules, and other crap like that when this is much more essential...... But try and get by without it for now, if your strapped, just wait and save up and buy the rack version, ($799US).. roughly (I hate DAW and plug-in versions of good rackmount modules)......... Just think, what did everyone do before this technology was available.........They got by didn't they?......
Joe