T-RackS 3 Singles to be released!

[lotus2035]

Anyone else having problems logging into IK Multimedia at the moment?

It seems to be running slow for sure. Most of the site comes up fine, but the user account stuff(as in, specific sections) are taking forever, if they even load at all. The only reason I'm logged in is because of a cookie, so it's also possible that there are cached pages I'm looking at.

Brent

Actually, that's what I meant to bring attention to!
I can log in but the user area is not responding at all...
Hopefully its because they are updating stuff preparing the new downloads..

[koolkeys]

That's what I was hoping for as well. Unfortunately, it's now flying along just fine for me and no sign of the individual plugins.

Brent

[hibidy]

it was slow to crawl there for a moment.

seems to be ok now, but still no fender update

[cwig]

It was just announced at MusicMesse, doesn't mean it's ready to go. Remember, Fender was announced at a winter NAMM

If you go to the IKMM website, and visit the page for the T-Racks3 singles, there's a link there that says "T-RackS 3 Standard or Deluxe user download your new free single plug-ins." Plus there's a "Buy Now."

So it looks like IK is trying to say they ARE available now, even though they're not (at least not to existing customers).

The PR says they will be available in April, so I guess that that could mean tomorrow, could mean next week. Should be soon though....

I would take IK's release dates with a pinch of salt...

[FrankT]

Excellent news! Now the only thing missing is a stereo field analyser/stereo spread to make this suite complete!

[FrankT]

I would take IK's release dates with a pinch of salt...

Hey, AT2 was released on time, wasn't it?!

To be fair: they have massively improved since then.

[Kim Lajoie]

Excellent news! Now the only thing missing is a stereo field analyser/stereo spread to make this suite complete!

Well, there's this...



-Kim.

[FrankT]

Excellent news! Now the only thing missing is a stereo field analyser/stereo spread to make this suite complete!

Well, there's this...



-Kim.

Analyser - yep.
But stereo enhancer / stereo spread ?

[Kim Lajoie]

Excellent news! Now the only thing missing is a stereo field analyser/stereo spread to make this suite complete!

Well, there's this...



-Kim.

Analyser - yep.
But stereo enhancer / stereo spread ?

Most of the modules have M/S mode, which means you can adjust the stereo width. A really good way of doing this is to use one of the EQ modules, which will allow you to effectively adjust the stereo width in different ways at different points on the frequency spectrum (for example, collapse the bass to mono while increase the width of the upper mids while keeping the lower mids solid).

I wrote more about it here.

-Kim.

[FrankT]

Excellent news! Now the only thing missing is a stereo field analyser/stereo spread to make this suite complete!

Well, there's this...



-Kim.

Analyser - yep.
But stereo enhancer / stereo spread ?

Most of the modules have M/S mode, which means you can adjust the stereo width. A really good way of doing this is to use one of the EQ modules, which will allow you to effectively adjust the stereo width in different ways at different points on the frequency spectrum (for example, collapse the bass to mono while increase the width of the upper mids while keeping the lower mids solid).

I wrote more about it here.

-Kim.

Thanks, Kim. Will try out. Still something dedicated for spatial imaging like e.g. S1 stereo imager would be very cool to have in this mastering suite.

[Kim Lajoie]

Still something dedicated for spatial imaging like e.g. S1 stereo imager would be very cool to have in this mastering suite.

The basic functions of S1 can be duplicated with the T-RackS EQ. Only the rotation and assymmetry controls on S1 don't have direct counterparts in T-RackS - and those two controls are more suited for restoring incorrectly-recorded sounds than touching up a master. T-RackS is actually more flexible (because it's an EQ) for mastering applications because it can selectively process different frequency ranges.

That's not to say S1 isn't useful!

-Kim.

[Agreed]

Amplitube 2 has a handy stereo width expander/narrower which I have used on non-guitar stuff. I would love to see something like that added to T-Racks 3, but of course more in depth. As it is, there is a relatively narrow range of adjustment within which it sounds good and natural, after which it becomes very noticeably processed and more of an effect than a tool for enhancement. But in that range I have found it very useful, especially in conjunction with T-Racks 3 Deluxe's mid-side differentiation; load up two opto-comps in parallel, one for the mid and one for the side, and dial in the compression differently for an extremely effective stereo field adjustment. The aforementioned M/S EQ is a great one, too.

I know the singles concept is a great idea, and a much desired improvement, but I have only recently realized the power of T-Racks 3 as a total mastering processor suite - to the point that before I learned of this upcoming functionality, I had mentioned elsewhere that I probably wouldn't make TOO much use of it in my studio. Of course I've retracted that since I've thought about how awesome it would be to have a pultec, fairchild, or opto-comp on any channel I want without munching cpu cycles

Question, does anyone have love for the "Classic" T-Racks 3 plugins? The ones from earlier processors but in the newer engine? I just haven't used them much since it seems like there's some significant duplicate functionality - e.g. why would one use the Classic EQ when the Linear Phase EQ is more precise and has minimal or linear phase, why would one use the Classic Comp when the Fairchild and Opto-Comp are so lovely. I've heard that the soft clipper is quite nice, and obviously those processors were good enough that IK built T-Racks into a contender on their backs. I'd just like to hear what others think about them to try to give me some more ideas of how to use them creatively in my own stuff.

[Kim Lajoie]

Question, does anyone have love for the "Classic" T-Racks 3 plugins? The ones from earlier processors but in the newer engine? I just haven't used them much since it seems like there's some significant duplicate functionality - e.g. why would one use the Classic EQ when the Linear Phase EQ is more precise and has minimal or linear phase, why would one use the Classic Comp when the Fairchild and Opto-Comp are so lovely. I've heard that the soft clipper is quite nice, and obviously those processors were good enough that IK built T-Racks into a contender on their backs. I'd just like to hear what others think about them to try to give me some more ideas of how to use them creatively in my own stuff.

Personally I still use the multiband limiter on almost every mastering project. Even today, I find it sounds better than most single-band limiters (especially when overdriven). The compressor is great too. I almost never use compression when mastering, but on the handful of project where I need it the classic T-RackS compressor is exactly what I need.

-Kim.

[hibidy]

I would take IK's release dates with a pinch of salt...

Hey, AT2 was released on time, wasn't it?!

To be fair: they have massively improved since then.

Well, they were only a little bit behind with ATfender and right on time with JHE and ARC, but I certainly understand the skepticism.

You gotta love when they announced AT2/SVX at winter namm......then one year later at winter namm announcing AT2/SVX!

Stomp i/o didn't exactly come out right away either!

[an-electric-heart]

I'm already fantasizing about an Esoundz group buy, they love group buying IK stuff... too soon for talk about that squids? ha ha