Obi T-Racks 3 Deluxe Review

[bobsandifer]

Originally Posted by ObiK

Now I work for them.

Ouch.

[ObiK]

In this economy I'm just happy to be working. I'm even happier its for IK Multimedia.

[huejahfink]

Originally Posted by ObiK

In this economy I'm just happy to be working. I'm even happier its for IK Multimedia.

Good for you!

[badhorsie777]

Originally Posted by lu432

So how under budget and pushed for deadlines was the programmer this time?? Cause the stuff you guys have been pumping out, I have been pro actively promoting against. To be honest no self respecting producer, engineer, or mastering engineer should ever use your stuff (And if they do they are just looking for an endorsement to market themselves). There is a world of better quality plugs, gear, and software available for use, at even more reasonable price points. I could run a full facility with just NI, digidesign, and the stuff by Frederik Slijkerman. You may have written a very pretty article, but I'm sorry the IK Line is pretty garbage stuff. Maybe when they pay their people better, yield better quality products that are innovative and unique, not copy cats of other companies with limited budgets I might be impressed. I have to say I have also not been very impressed with the presentations that they have done or the people they have sent to present. The guy that came to present your mastering software at the audio school in Miami didn't know a single thing about mastering, his own product line, and even talked poorly about his own product line. What kind of presenter does that???

I hope people stay clear of you guys until you drastically improve your product line.

Seriously? You saw a bad presenter and never even TRIED the godsend that is T-Racks 3? You must just be the wrong demographic and maybe just lookin for a fight, man. Fantastic products and great priced bundles. If you can't get good results with em, I don't know what to say. Are there different ways to get the mix done? Of course - but to say they're worthless is just petty and immature.

-Matt

[ObiK]

Thanks for the cosign on T-racks 3 Badhorsie!

[gritzildino]

Originally Posted by ObiK

Both the Brickwall Limiter and the Clipper bring different sounding flavors to your tracks.

Personally I use a clipper instead of a limiter. Sounds great on individual tracks like bass, drums or even vocals.

Ok. The clipper adds some saturation so it is not some straight hard digital clip. How bout the limiter in clip mode? Is that hard ordoes it ass saturation. Also the three different sat modes in the limiter.. how are they different? do they use different algorithms?

[ObiK]

Yes each one of the different modes the limiter offers are different. The best way to know the differences is to test it on different material. Different audio calls for different styles sometimes. We give you a few options.

[lu432]

People work at McDonalds too.. It doesn't make it a quality burger... Last time I checked also it wasn't on pair with Sonic Solutions, Peak, Sonoma, or Wavelab... I think that speaks enough about the product. And so you know Badhorse it wasn't just the presentation, reread my post. Its about more then just that, its about how the company conducts business. Anyways this will be my last post on this topic, cause it gives me heartburn knowing that people would support IK which I strictly consider a phone toy accessory company now anyways. T-Racks for its price point and quality doesn't even come close to competing with Wavelab or Peak.

[Tomiboy]

tutt

Originally Posted by ObiK

When I wrote this review I didn't work for IK nor was I paid to write a review. I started using IK's products and fell in love. Now I work for them.

T-Rack for professional mastering...........lmfao!!!!!!!!!!! You are joking right?

It would be like a telecommunications supplier installing a disposable cup with string attached in your office wall and calling it a state of the art phone system!

T-Racks is for hobbyists at best.

[ObiK]

Definitely not true. Many professionals choose T-Racks for mixing and mastering. Check out some of our videos to get to know how they work.

YouTube - ‪T-RackS 3 Getting Started #1 - Mix and master like a pro with T-RackS‬‏

[Jens L.]

Originally Posted by lu432

Unlike IK I would rather wait until my room is done being designed propperly by my Acoustician (JH Brandt) then to deliver a half completed product. Unlike some other companies....

So I would rather have a blank site while I choose a web desiger that doesn't disappear on me or deliver work like he just got his certification from W3 yesterday.

Also unlike IK I pay full price for work... I don't cheap skate the people that are going to do work for me....

I hereby nominate you for the "troll of the year"-award.

[huejahfink]

Was just about to stick my vote in, but remembered that there is some very stiff competition!
There are still 6 months to play with I might hold my voting slip for now.

[ObiK]

We're just glad to be in the running! :D

[wwjd]

Originally Posted by Tomiboy

tutt

T-Rack for professional mastering...........lmfao!!!!!!!!!!! You are joking right?

It would be like a telecommunications supplier installing a disposable cup with string attached in your office wall and calling it a state of the art phone system!

T-Racks is for hobbyists at best.

Why?
If I mastered your song, and you LOVED IT, and then you found out all I used was paper cups and string, would you suddenly NOT love it?
ALL THAT MATTERS is the end result, not how one gets there.

[ObiK]

Good point wwjd!

[offki]

Originally Posted by Tomiboy

tutt

T-Rack for professional mastering...........lmfao!!!!!!!!!!! You are joking right?

It would be like a telecommunications supplier installing a disposable cup with string attached in your office wall and calling it a state of the art phone system!

T-Racks is for hobbyists at best.

Ah, I see you've done business with BT as well?

[jumbo]

T-racks is nothing short of amazing. I mixed an ep, and made a quick listening copy using t-racks as a quick mastering tool to bring up the level. All I did was use a preset, and in less than two minutes the clients had an amazing listening copy. They took the unprocessed masters to the biggest and most respected mastering house in Sydney, somebody I've used many times. They spent hundreds of dollars. Guess which master sounded better? T-racks to my surprise sounded bigger, warmer and more analog despite the mastering house using all high end analog. This is a pretty bold statement, and it is subjective, and I will post some clips up very soon when I have some time. I've been itching to get the clips up on gearslutz for some time to really determine that what we are hearing is indeed a better master made from a preset in two minutes rather than the awesome mastering house.

[bobsandifer]

Let's hear a snippet of each one

[bobsandifer]

Btw. Where is the cheapest place to buy the 2 new compressors. My hookup at ik is no longer around

[melchizedek666]

Anyone who doesn't like T-racks 3 is full of #$@! Can you guys say "gear envy"? It hurts to high heaven when you buy a whole bunch of expensive software, and analogue gear, and then have somebody devastate your purchase in one fatal swoop - by releasing an amazing, world changing, analog obsoleting product, like T-Racks just did to the hardware, and software music industry. I remember when all the car companies were badmouthing Toyota, too! They would say things like, "Well it isn't a Mercedes!" [I always hear [in my mind] the old "fuddy-duddy" voice John Lennon used on the end of the Beatle's "You know My Name", when I hear somebody badmouthing something as great as that product. You know what? Here is what I have learned about the music biz [as well as the whole world]; they are always going to badmouth EVERYTHING - EVEN IF IT IS GENUINE GENIUS! I'm sure some $#@#!*^& was standing in the crowd when Edison played the first audio recording, complaining about the frequency response! Heh !

What's my point? Listen to the voice inside your head, and #@$! all the know it alls out there.

[melchizedek666]

Hey Obi... I have a question. I have T-racks 3 [deluxe], and I was wondering something. I have some live mixes that need the bass tweaked a little bit [it's not quite loud enough]. Which processor would you use from the suite? Some tell me to use the linear phase EQ, and other people tell me to use the multi-band compressor. I'm confused as to which is called for in this instance.Also; when do I use the opti-compressor, as comepaied to the Fairchild? So many compressors, so little music! Casn I just raise the bass at 60 Hz on the pultec?

Also, how does a person boost and cut bass frequencies with the pultec? Does the unit remember the frequency you set [for each function [they use the same knob to select the frequency to be attenuated, don't they]?

[antithesist]

obik aka obi has been banned from gearslutz.