T-Racks

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I've been lurking for a couple of years in this BBS and I thank you all for the great information I've learned. I apologize this is my first post:

Do any of you use the T-Racks Mastering software? My experience has been favorable and I'm just wondering if anyone else uses this analog modeling software? Cheers --
 
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I have been using it for a while since version 1.0. I now have versio 2.0. It is pretty good software for giving your mix's littel more bite, but nothing beat's having a real Mastering Lab masteringyour project's

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I have looked at T-racks a lot.... I also am waiting for the new mastering software to come out from Izotope.com. It sounds pretty good on paper and will be a hundred bucks cheaper than T-racks.. if they get it out sometime soon, I'd love to hear others opinions on it. Does anyone have any suggestions on other good plugs to use during the mastering process... I'm totally new to this end of it . Thanks all...
 
I have used T-racks a fair amount, but I never felt I really improved upon a mix with it. Yeah..you can make things louder, and mess with the EQ and such, but I felt after *tweaking/playing* around with it for a good while, I liked my mixes unaltered by T-racks, as I felt the overall punch, dynamics, and "realness..."...if that is a subjective term!.....but I felt that those qualities suffered with T-racks, in exchange for just an overall higher average audio level. I have tried it many times, think the program actually looks kinda cool, and was really hoping for an improvement....but never once did I keep the final T-racks version.
Now...on the other hand, I love the Waves, L1 ultramaximizer, and the C4 multiband compressor. I feel that I ALWAYS get better results, getting a good mix first, and then a gentle nudge with the L1 to bring the levels up. Skip the normalizing...just use the L1. I'm always (or about 95%) happy with the L1 for *squashing* and bringing levels up. I feel that if you're are really needing to EQ your final mixes a lot, go back to the mix stage and fix it there.
If you are tweaking "rough mixes", or tracks recorded on lesser formats (like multitrack cassette, minidisk, etc), T-racks would probably make an improvement. But if you've got great tracks to begin with, for your mixes, I think you could do better than T-racks.
 
Good info Mixmkr..... I hear so many good things about the waves plugins... I'm sure its just a matter of time before I get those. Its great to hear from some who have really had some time to spend with some of these programs and plugs.. I heard a demo of T-racks on a download from one of the music mags.... it sounded a lil sharper I guess , but it didn't seem to sound like anything magical... I'm sure the only true way is just to spend the time with the mix and make the best use of the things you have in your arsenal.... Or send it out to the mixhouse if you have the bucks.... LOL.....I can't afford that route yet..... I appreciate the info... I'll probably start saving for Waves.... :D
 
waves L1 and the vintage eq's are superior to t-racks in my opinion. However, the issue with t-racks is the endless amount of time its takes to fine tune the sound to get a good mix. thats just the nature of the beast.
 
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