IK Multimedia T Racks 24 Stand Alone Mastering Suite

Provided by Sam Ash

If you record music with digital gear, you already know how challenging it can be to get that warm, broad, analog sound. Yet, up until now, there's never been a way to achieve this without leaving the digital domain and piping your music through expensive analog gear. T-RackS� 24 has everything you need to create superb, tube-toned masters on your desktop. Its rich, warm sound starts with algorithms based on true analog circuitry. Its familiar interface makes it easy to control five powerful processors: EQ, compressor, limiter, soft-clipping output stage, and a complete mastering suite. Enhances mix frequencies, stereo images, dynamic range and gives your audio a seamless, top notch sound.

T-RackS� 24 includes: a state-of-the-art EQ, a classic tube modeled compressor, a multi band master limiter and a soft-clipping stage.

With its separate processors, astonishing warmth and ease-of-use, you'll be putting a polish on your tracks you may have never thought possible. All this, while adding the beautiful warmth and space of the tube devices it emulates. No other plug-in offers this kind of dedicated environment for such an important task and none sounds like T-RackS�.

Highlights:

• 4 sound processors: with its great sounding, analog-modeled Equalizer, Compressor, Limiter and the Soft-clipping output stage, T-RackS� includes everything you need to create final masters.
• 24 bit capabilities: T-RackS� 24 now supports 24 bit Aiff, Wav and SDII files for importing and exporting.
• Specially Developed for Mastering: no other single software processor sounds like T-RackS� and none make mastering so easy. It can vastly enhance mix frequencies, broaden the stereo image as well as boost or precisely level the dynamic range. All this, while adding the beautiful warmth and space of the tube-devices it emulates.
• Outstanding "Analog-Modeled" Sound: T-RackS�' astonishing sound is created with algorithms based on real analog circuitry. This is what makes T-RackS� sound so similar to real analog audio hardware, and so unique when compared to other software.
• High Order 32 bit Internal Resolution: with 32 Bit floating point resolution, T-RackS� uses the best possible method to physically model analog components, resulting in an amazingly real tube sound. Only without the noise!
• High Productivity, Ease of Use: not only does it sound analog, it acts analog! T-RackS� is so easy to use because its interface resembles a typical rack of hardware with analog controls.
• Superior Quality: T-RackS� has the best quality-to-price ratio of any top-selling sound processor, is an incredible value and is an indispensable mastering tool for any studio, be it pro or project.

• High quality real time preview and processing
• Works on any standard stereo 16 bit and NOW 24 bit, WAV, SDII or AIFF audio files, 44.1/48kHz
• 32 bit floating point internal processing for amazing audio resolution and true analog simulation
• Analog modeled animated interface
• Fade-in/fade out, loop and scrollable preview
• Time-line markers to facilitate the immediate recall/play of mixes
• Control snapshots to recall entire set-ups with just one click
• Graphical built-in help, extensive manual and tutorial
• Presets included
• Drag-and-drop text parameter list can be easyly change the deafult architecture of T-RackS� 24 to achieve the finest special settings
• Compatible with all popular audio cards
• 8 NEW amazing "vintage" skins

System Requirements:

Macintosh�
Suggested: Power Mac G4 with Mac OS 9.2.2 or later, 512 MB ram, 1024 x 768 screen resolution, high quality audio interface.

Windows�
Suggested: Intel Pentium III or Pentium IV system with Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, 512 MB ram, 1024 x 768 screen resolution, high quality audio interface.