IK Multimedia T-RackS 3 Standard Plug In
The new T-RackS 3 raises the bar again in high-end DAW mastering and mixing with a suite of 4 analog modeled Dynamics/EQ processors. T-RackS 3 has an audio quality that is unmatched in software with scores of new and unique features.
T-RackS 3 has all the tools you need to create superb, tube-toned or digital-tuned, mixes and masters. Its rich, warm sound combines new tube-modeled and state-of-the-art digital processors on top of its classic top-notch analog classics. A new modular chain gives you full control and easy navigation/compare features. A new complete metering section keeps all the most important variables of your sound under control. A truly superior mastering and mixing system that will put 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 nothing sounds like T-RackS 3.
Modular High-End Mastering/Mixing Suite of Dynamics and EQ processors, including:
4 classic, award-winning T-RackS processorsNew configurable mastering/mixing chain – run up to 12 parallel/series processorsNew complete built-in metering section with Peak, Perceived Loudness, Phase, and RMS meters, plus a Spectrum analyzer with Peak, RMS and Averaging indicatorsNew standalone and plug-in versions available in the same package for use in all the most popular native DAWsNew high-fidelity oversampling with crystal clear transparency, for high quality audio processing throughout the entire signal pathNew SCC™ technology coupled with IK’s unique DSM™ technology provides the most realistic software emulation of vintage gear to dateExtremely easy to use, with style-based presets, full chain visualization, one-click single module or chain bypass, “compare” function, multiple audio processing in standalone mode and much moreAll-platform plug-ins and standalone versions in the same packages
Plug-ins fully integrate with all of today's popular DAWsStandalone mode allows for loading multiple audio files, previews them with all-independent settings and processes all of them with a single clickStandalone mode includes extremely high quality sampling rate conversion to write 44.1 kHz CD files, starting from any sampling rateBuilt-in dithering with various optionsAutomation made easy: you can take snapshots within each song and automate processing parameter changes during the song, for example, when passing from verses to choruses, etc, all with a single clickNon-destructive basic audio editing4 Classic T-RackS processors: These are all of the original T-RackS modules that achieved cult status. They maintain their great original sonic character, and have only been improved upon to line them up with the absolute "no compromise" in sound quality of the T-RackS 3 signal path.
Classic T-RackS Compressor, a Classic tube stereo compressor/leveler designed for mastering.
Classic T-RackS Multi-band Limiter, a Multiband master stereo limiter.
Classic T-RackS Clipper, a soft-clipping stage to create warm, saturated mastering effects.
Classic T-RackS Equalizer, a state-of-the-art six band parametric equalizer, modeled on classic top quality analog gear. Classic T-RackS Equalizer can now be used in Stereo or MS modes.
NEW SCC™ technology
With over 10 years of experience in analog-modeled software, IK has pioneered this technology and accumulated more experience than any other plug-in manufacturer in the field. This has resulted in several improvements like our unique DSM™ (Dynamic Saturation Modeling) and now the new SCC™ (Sonic Character Cloning). SCC™ has been developed to "clone" the true behavior of an analog vintage processor down to its finest level of sonic detail for a faithful reproduction of all its tonal characteristics. This new emulation technology produces results that are indistinguishable from the originals, even for the professionally trained ear.
Many pieces of vintage gear tend to have original and interesting circuit topology, due to the creative solutions that engineers were sometimes forced to put into place in order to overcome the limitations of components' technology. Vintage components' technology (many of which can't be found anymore because their technology became obsolete and un-economical) as well as their aging (some of the best sounding devices are 40-50 years old) played fundamental roles in giving these devices a unique musicality that is what the purist would define to be "the unmatched" by even the most advanced processors today. And finally, many of the unique sonic characteristics of these magnificent vintage units sometimes depended on erratic and unpredictable behavior of their electronics that would be considered unorthodox and unusable by today's science and standards.
SCC™ technology has the ability, through a new analysis method developed by IK, to integrate all of the above and turn it into a mathematical algorithm that, for the first time, is able to take into consideration all of these complex variables and get an exact "clone" of the original. This is software emulation evolved to a sound quality never heard before. Sounds so close to the real thing that you won’t be able to tell the difference.
System Requirements
Power PC based Macintosh®
Minimal: 866 MHz G4 processor, 512 MB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Suggested: dual 1.25 GHz G4 or G5 processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.
Intel based Macintosh®
Minimal: 1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo processor, 512 MB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
Suggested: 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.
Windows®
Minimal: Pentium 1GHz / Athlon XP 1.33 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later.
Suggested: Pentium 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2.4 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later.
Supported Plug-in formats: VST, RTAS.
