IK Multimedia T Racks 24 Standalone Software

Manufacturer's Description for IK Multimedia T Racks 24 Standalone Software

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 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:
State-of-the-art 6 band Mastering EQ
Tube modeled stereo Compressor
Multi-band Master Limiter
Soft clipping output stage
Studio mastering presets

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®.

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 on your Pro Tools®.

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. Click here to see what user say about T-RackS' unique sound.

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.

Features

Equalizer
State-of-the-art six band parametric equalizer, modeled on classic top quality analog gear
4th order parametric, High and Low pass filters
Parametric Low-shelving control
Parametric Lo-mid control with Low or High "Q"
Parametric Hi-mid control with Low or High "Q"
Parametric High-shelving control

Compressor
Classic tube stereo compressor/leveler designed for mastering
Vintage-style compression unit
Classic warm "in-your-face" sound of old tube mastering levelers
Very-soft knee compression with no threshold point
Stereo-image width control
Mastering-oriented variable time constants
Comprehensive and accurate gain-reduction VU
Ratio control

Limiter
Multiband master stereo limiter
Ultra fast peak detection
Overload for accurate control of limiting and saturation
Soft clipping feature for warm analog emulation
Comprehensive gain reduction VU
Very accurate peak LED indicators at the outputs

Soft-clipping stage
Astoundingly musical and smooth performance
Variable clipping shape (from hard clip to ultra-soft) for complete control and precision
Easily increase gain with no compression or limiting artifacts (unless you want them!)
Create warm, saturated mastering effects

Professional Metering and Monitoring
Responsive analog VU's
Ultra-fast and accurate pop-up digital peak meter with hardware-like performance
x10 switch on the peak meter makes very easy to evaluate the level in the "critical zone"
"over" LED precisely shows when the master has "overs"
mono, stereo and difference monitoring to check the master for mono-compatibility and stereo image coherence, like in high-end consoles

Other features
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®

Minimal: Power Macintosh® 180 MHz PPC603e or 120 MHz PPC604e with 7.5 or later system software, 32 MB RAM.
Screen settings: 640x480, thousands of colors.

Suggested: 233 MHz or faster PPC604e, G3/G4 Power Macintosh®, 64MB RAM.
Digital I/O audio card is needed for high-quality mastering.
Screen settings: 800x600 resolution, thousands of colors.

Windows®
Minimal: Intel® Pentium® 200 MHz MMX with Windows® 95/98/ME/XP, Windows® NT 4.0, Windows® 2000, 32MB RAM and high-quality sound card.
Screen settings: 800x600, high colors (16 bit).

Suggested: Intel® Pentium ® II 266 MHz with Windows® 95/98/ME, Windows® NT 4.0, Windows® 2000, 64MB RAM. Digital I/O audio card is needed for high-quality mastering. Screen settings: 800x600, high colors (16 bit). Optimized for Pentium® III. zZounds is an authorized dealer of IK Multimedia products.