t-racks vs Ozone vs Waves

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OK, I assume t-racks is going to be the worst of these. I still am able to get pretty decent sounds out of it after some tweaking. It definitely polished up my tracks. Where in the spectrum does Ozone fall if t-racks is at the bottom and Waves is at the top? I guess those would really knock me out if I like t-racks.
 
I think your assessment is right on. T-racks sounds fine, really, it just doesn't really do many (many) of the things that need to be done at the mastering stage. You still need a wave editor, for example.

Ozone has more processing pizazz than t-racks. I don't like the way they made it look, but- hey, it sounds good. It doesn't sound better than t-racks (to me) it just does more.

Waves plugins are the most versatile, I would imagine, provided you have a good wave editor to use them in- same as Ozone. I haven't used them, so I can't speak to the sound quality.

Have fun!
Chris
 
Do you mean wavelab?

Wavelab is a fine mastering tool but it can't master within itself, you need plugins to do the mastering (although it comes with some of its own plugins), such as equilizers, exciters, compressors, etc..

Ozone is an actual plugin geared towards mastering (actually about 6 plugins in one). I believe it's 64 bit (the standard is 32). The sweetest thing I've found is that it has a multi-band compressor, exciter, and stereo imager. You can adjust each band too. I'd recommend downloading the demo off of Izotope's site to see if it suits you. If anything download the mastering manual, it's a good read regardless you have Ozone or not. Ozone is a cpu hog however, wouldn't recommend it if you have less than a 500 mhz computer.

T-racks has pretty glowing tubes, that's about it.

-Sal
 
Well as long as your downloading demos, do yourself a favor and grab the Waves Masters. They're frickin' amazing! I've tried every EQ plugin out there and I wouldn't trade this for anything. The multiband sounds awesome (once you get it figured out) and the L2, forget about it.....this stuff is quality!
 
I've not used Ozone but I have a fair amount of hands on with T-Racks and Wavelab. Wavelab is pretty powerful and does a great job (with the plugins). T-Racks, IMHO, on the other hand is a toy. And what's up with the dongle? Dumb idea.
 
I think people are confusing Waves and Wavelabs in this thread, right?

Wavelab is an editor, right? Waves is plugins.
 
i usually use wavelab 4 and waves plugins, sometimes ozone... but today i tried tracks24... it actually worked, the mix sounds great... i used the vintage master 2 preset and tweaked it some...
i'm amazed how good it worked... it sounded just as good as my masters with waves plugins..it wasn't close to my masters with hardware though... but it sounds good... so to the home recorder i'd say use it if you can't buy waves master pack....
 
OK C9, you are the first person I've seen in here talking about the good job that t-racks does. Let's hear from others who dispute the claim that t-racks can be used to get a decent sound. All I know (I haven't used Ozone or Waves) is that it sounds tons better after t-racks than before. I made an album for a friend last year that got played on a lot of different systems. It sounds very good on large club PA and home system, car etc.. I don't know what t-racks is doing exactly in the compressor section, but it adds sparkle and punch and actually elevated the CD (IMHO) from 'home' to 'acceptable'. I won't say it sounded great, i'm just not that good yet. But, if you can't afford anything else, I say go for it. Also, don't just use presets, I didn't like any of them. I set up my own and was happy. The only gripe is the limiter. I can't figure out how to set an 'absolute ceiling' like I can in CEP. So, I just go back and trim the tops to -0.2 after t-racks and Voila!!! How much better can you do with hardware? What hardware do you use? What am I giving up by going straight software.
 
We do allow commercial links in signatures, but this is nothing to do with music and the near-identical multiple accounts is annoying too.

Band from the bored.
 
You don't need a dongle for smallpox, right? And smallpox doesn't even mind if you get your own copy from a friend?

Actually, while we're on the subject -- a pox on the spammer(s) coming in during the last few days! (other than smallpox, which I hear is pretty darn contagious)
 
antichef said:
You don't need a dongle for smallpox, right? And smallpox doesn't even mind if you get your own copy from a friend?

Actually, while we're on the subject -- a pox on the spammer(s) coming in during the last few days! (other than smallpox, which I hear is pretty darn contagious)
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Native Diseases are doing a deal that you get four standalone poxes for the price of one....now that cant be beaten!
 
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