T-RackS 6 now available

[MidnightRunner]

Let me elaborate. I have only one plugin that I bought from them, its the Distressor plugin. I only want an upgraded version of that plugin, and I would have to spend $99 to upgrade it. That is crazy to me. I do agree, $99 for a version 6 update with 8 new plugins is a good deal.

you would need to wait for a same on individual plugins. I am sure there will be a 50% off sale at some point and maybe you will be able to apply jam points. Though personally, it makes little sense. If the distressor is priced at $99 it may well be $49 when on sale and you may be able to get it for $40 or so. possibly.

[sl1200mk2]

Update is out. Looks to address the issue I reported on Space Delay crashing along with other fixes. It’s nice that they got various fixes out quickly. Will test it shortly.

T-RackS ver. 6.0.1
Changes from version 6.0.0:

• Fixed a possible problem with the AAX version of the T-RackS 6 Plug-in on Windows

• Fixed a possible crash related to the Quad series of plug-ins

• Fixed a possible crash related to the Space Echo on Windows

• Added Phase as an external parameter for the British Channel and White Channel

• Stability improvements on the Mastering Console and the T-RackS Plug-in

• Implemented the restoration of the UI plug-ins' size upon loading
  Now, the Preset Browser sorts any search by name

Edit: Confirmed. They've fixed the issue (at least for me) with Cubase 13 crashing on Windows when trying to use Space Delay.

[Aloysius]

Another massive download. Here we go again ...

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

There is also a series of videos covering each of the new plug-ins in T-RackS 6:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... _1t7wLitIS

[Saukar30]

Is there a chance at turning the EQual plugin into a dynamic eq?

[PointOfDeparture]

Is there a chance at turning the EQual plugin into a dynamic eq?

I'd like to see some more curves emulated. I'm sure it wouldn't be as extensive as 3-body, but would be nice to see some improvements like Master Match.

Plus I'd like to see more added to Mic Room.

[jamcat]

Plus I'd like to see more added to Mic Room.

Yes, this. Definitely. But it's really unlikely that will ever happen. I wouldn't expect any future work on EQual, either. They're pretty much one and done on these TR modules. That's just how IK operates.

And you might have noticed, TR Mic Room mostly just uses the mic impulses from AmpliTube. There's only a couple additional models added, such as the telephone.

Antares Mic Mod has like 100 mic models.
BTW, has anyone compared like models in Mic Mod to TR Mic Room?

[JRCOMPOSER]

I've started looking at the new product and of the few plugins I've seen, "Metering" does have some things that are different from version 5. You can now turn modules on and off, so if you want to see just the spectrometer, you can do so. Before, you could turn them off, but visually they still took up the same space, because all the modules formed an indivisible block. It's something I longed for and now it's there. I love it.

[jamcat]

Yeah, they did some UI and I/O enhancements across v6, but the core DSP algorithms weren’t and likely won’t ever be updated.

[art&sound]

No way in hell would I upgrade to anything having to pay for the same plugins again. Nuts

There are certainly valid complaints concerning IK's business model but I think this one needs to be called out.

Step back and think about it again and I'll use an analogy.....say a developer upgrades a synth from version 1 to version 2 with some nice new features and there is a cost to upgrade.

Would you say "no way" you'd upgrade because the new version contains some of the code, features, and functions from version 1? No of course not because the upgrade cost is to cover the new features and functions.

In this case the upgrade fee is in large part for 8 new plugins and for my upgrade cost of $99 I think that would be a fair upgrade price if those plugins appealed to me.

Unfortunately (or fortunately for my wallet) the new plugins are not something I want or need. Not saying they have no value just no value for me. For example I hate spring reverbs so no interest in a new one and so on.

8 plugins for $99 works out to $12.37 each so that's a great bargain but again only if those plugins bring you something you need or want and that's a determination the individual must make on their own.

I've been a very vocal critic of IK and their sales rep over the years but I don't really find anything to complain about with the TR 6 upgrade at least in regards to cost.

Sure, I wish they had done 8 different plugins that I do want but to be honest I'm not sure I could come up with a wish list that long for plugins I'm missing from TR-5 Max.

This is great articulation of why the upgrade does make sense from a business standpoint. I do wish that they had looked at the existing algorithms and made a few adjustments. They finally added side chain support, but I wish they fixed the cramping EQs and added dynamic nodes to EQual. They are all new plugins on the system so there aren't really any backward compatibility concerns. And now I have doubles of dozens of products that aren't really different. The changes made to the existing plugins could have just been updates to the binaries we already have.

[ultrashock]

I'm looking through the T-Racks catalogue. Am I right in thinking none of these Eqs have dynamic sidechain?

A lot of these plugins seem out of date compared to the competition, but the new stuff looks cool.

[art&sound]

That's right.

There is a multiband compressor (and multiband limiter) which, while different, can be used similarly, but no EQs.

[J Veronica]

I'm looking through the T-Racks catalogue. Am I right in thinking none of these Eqs have dynamic sidechain?

A lot of these plugins seem out of date compared to the competition, but the new stuff looks cool.

I'm looking through the T-Racks catalogue. Am I right in thinking none of these Eqs have dynamic sidechain?

A lot of these plugins seem out of date compared to the competition, but the new stuff looks cool.

I guess I'm flattered you copied my entire post, lol. Carry on

[jamcat]

Joined:
Fri May 20, 2005

6 posts in nearly 20 years. All of them yesterday.
None with any real substance. Weird.

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

There was an update to T-RackS 6:

T-RackS Version 6.0.2 Release Notes:

• Resolved an issue where loading T-RackS 6 AAX plug-in could result in loading the wrong plug-in
• Resolved the name clashes with plugins from other companies
• Resolved an issue with Comprexxor presets where the No Dist parameter state would be lost
• Fixed a crash in the assembly window while editing metadata
• Installer on Windows now uses the users choice (if it exists) as default for VST3, AAX path
• Module Manager on Windows now uses the plugin path chosen during the installation phase as default