My limited experience - and what has limited my experience with them - is they are incredible CPU Hogs. Wonder if they've optimized their code in recent years
And right after I installed the free version, I am a bit disappointed the licenses don't seem to be transferable across versions like they are on Amplitube. At least they solved the module management issue, so that's a start. Not a big fan of this Waves scheme of having to buy the same plugin multiple times across software versions, especially considering there's no changes to the modules which are not brand new.
Well,IK Multimedia says that Tracks 5 modules that we had before,wont load on Tracks 6 Intro,thats not true,iv just tested my old 5 Modules and THEY all loaded up on 6 Intro,try for yourself guys.
@@StourbridgestudiosWell,IK Multimedia says that Tracks 5 modules that we had before,wont load on Tracks 6 Intro,thats not true,iv just tested my old 5 Modules and THEY all loaded up on 6 Intro,try for yourself guys.
IK will never get the licensing right. I can't even open my TR5 plugins in the new Tracks plugin even though I purchased them. Is this actually intentional? If it is, what a shame. They finally after years give us the possibility of managing which plugins are displayed, and paywall it 1 weeks after a huge TR5 sale?...
Well,IK Multimedia says that Tracks 5 modules that we had before,wont load on Tracks 6 Intro,thats not true,iv just tested my old 5 Modules and THEY all loaded up on 6 Intro,try for yourself guys.
We got T-RackS 5 on sale BECAUSE 6 was right around the corner. I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am! The Joe Chiccarelli Vocal Strip alone is worth the price of admission. Crazy value for $50.
Definitely a pretty uninspriing update, for a version 7 years removed from the previous release. Ik has fell well behind the times with their processing plugin innovation. And their sales strategey is hilarious. Just finished selling 60+ plugins for only $40, then adds ONLY 6 new ones and wants to charge $199 for the upgrade. 😂😂😂
@@phadrus I'm not even against having a collection of options of each processing type. The fact they ONLY added 8 new plugins, to a 50+plugin collection they were just selling for $49, and now $199 for the upgrade is hilarious.
What's the difference between the "T-Racks" plugin and "TR5 Suite" plugin? To me there doesn't seem to be any difference, same interface, same modularity of plugins, etc.
They've implemented sidechaining on all appropriate plugins, so ducking is doable. A number of plugins have the mix knob - but true on gain compensation.
@@CreativeSauce Thanks Mike,the concern is that some of the modules are quite demanding on CPU cycles,notably the otherwise excellent Tape Machine collection,and even Dan Worrall mentioned this in one of his tutorials.The new modules hopefully may have a lighter footprint.
They typically never update old plugins, and there are still bugs from years ago. Ex phase inversion doesn’t work in the British channel just to name one. The bug is still there in v6
Well,IK Multimedia says that Tracks 5 modules that we had before,wont load on Tracks 6 Intro,thats not true,iv just tested my old 5 Modules and THEY all loaded up on 6 Intro,try for yourself guys.
This company is tricky. Give your Rack 5, think you have it but your CS, so all the plugins that look available in your DAW are not. That is deceitful. Secondly, their CPU management compared to Izotope is worse. And lastly, it is common courtesy to offer a fluid affordable upgrade path as opposed to the do it all over again and pay approach. Good buy IK Multimedia.
Bought SampleTank 4 Max then spent 2 weeks trying to install it...I won't be buying any other IK Multimedia product until they sought their shit Product Manager out. To top it off, it now crashes my DAW when loading samples. 🤬
I think Sampletank is a huge collection of useful sounds but code is low quality, including adding libraries. I had some issues and I don't use it anymore. But I use a lot Hammond B3X, Mixbox and T Racks. For these things I am having wonderful results
I Been working on an album for a year with tracks5. I recon that I shouldn’t update until I have finished it just to be certain that my DAW doesn’t read the new versions as new plugins and messes up my projects?
The upgrade seems to be $200, it is a rip-off. I'm sorry, I'm done with IK Multimedia. They ripped me off several times and discounted the same stuff on Thomann, now I should buy the whole package again? Thank you!
@@fcmasif you asked me this question back in 2014, my answer would be a resounding yes. Plug-ins were around $100 each back in the day, before third world located programmers disrupted the market.
Add it to the cart and the coupon bring down price to $99 if you have max. Other versions pay a little more but are still discounted. It pops up on the ik multimedia website in a red box at the top of the screen.
Happy Teachers Day Man ! Your efforts to educate the community are priceless and how much work goes into every video to just bring us the best of what you have got also. Creators like Warren, you and many more are Godsent, you guys make time for the community. Pure Intentions to express and educate, are rare !
I am glad that the new Master Match allows for MP3 references. Other than that I do not see why someone who has T-Racks 5 should upgrade. Yes, there are new modules, but if great masters were being delivered by 5 why up grade? It is a bit like Studio One, which coincidentally is 5 to 6, where I did not see the need to upgrade. I am also concerned about having too many plugins that become redundant.
You’re not meant to see why _someone_ should upgrade, only why _you_ will or won’t. The new modules might encourage or allow for greater workflow efficiency, new technique implementation, a stylistically different/more varied workload going forward, or just simply more fun. All any of this is is possibilities, ultimately.
Great breakdown Mike! Thanks for posting
My pleasure. Thanks man :)
My limited experience - and what has limited my experience with them - is they are incredible CPU Hogs. Wonder if they've optimized their code in recent years
great delivery of relevant content Mike - very much appreciated !
I got some version of T-Racks years ago but had problems with it. Probably my own fault. 😂 Gonna have to dig it out and have another look
The demo song in this video is beautiful. Reminds me a bit of the Moody Blues.
I Just Got 5 like 2 weeks ago! Damn you IK ! 😢
If you got it two weeks ago then that means you got it for around $50 for 53 plugins. You got one heck of a deal!
@@RealHomeRecording Version 5 yeah, but its 199 to upgrade to V6
Don't worry in 1 month time they will give it away for free, but YOU have to pay 200$ to get it! They hate their own customers.
And right after I installed the free version, I am a bit disappointed the licenses don't seem to be transferable across versions like they are on Amplitube. At least they solved the module management issue, so that's a start. Not a big fan of this Waves scheme of having to buy the same plugin multiple times across software versions, especially considering there's no changes to the modules which are not brand new.
They're transferrable on every version but the free one.
@@Stourbridgestudios That effectively defeats the purpose of even selling modules on the free version.
Well,IK Multimedia says that Tracks 5 modules that we had before,wont load on Tracks 6 Intro,thats not true,iv just tested my old 5 Modules and THEY all loaded up on 6 Intro,try for yourself guys.
@@StourbridgestudiosWell,IK Multimedia says that Tracks 5 modules that we had before,wont load on Tracks 6 Intro,thats not true,iv just tested my old 5 Modules and THEY all loaded up on 6 Intro,try for yourself guys.
no upgrade price?
There is. $99 for 6 Max. It puts the discount in for you after you add it to your cart
@@Illiyinmusic Thanks
BEST VIDEO - CONGRATULATION !!!!
IK will never get the licensing right. I can't even open my TR5 plugins in the new Tracks plugin even though I purchased them. Is this actually intentional? If it is, what a shame. They finally after years give us the possibility of managing which plugins are displayed, and paywall it 1 weeks after a huge TR5 sale?...
Intentional? If it makes them money, it surely is!
Well,IK Multimedia says that Tracks 5 modules that we had before,wont load on Tracks 6 Intro,thats not true,iv just tested my old 5 Modules and THEY all loaded up on 6 Intro,try for yourself guys.
Do they still force you to install everything and annoy you to buy the plugins you don't own?
yep
This is the comment I was looking for.
no. you don't have to install them all. Finally!
Thanks Mike as I am in the same Boat with this !
Very nice test, good examples, I am going to update my 5 version after these hints. IK should support these nice video jobs.
Of course version 6 comes out since i bought v5 last week.. 🤦
email them for upgrade deal
You only paid $50 lol. The upgrade is only $100
Ha! and I just got T-rack 5 on sale last week! 🙄😆
Yep, I did too. Clearly a cash grab to get upgrades. Wish they were more transparent.
Ah well, you still got a fantastic product!
@@phadrus I'm happy with the t-racks 5 plugins i've tested so far. The new ones provided in '6' I think i've already got covered with other plugins.
We got T-RackS 5 on sale BECAUSE 6 was right around the corner. I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am! The Joe Chiccarelli Vocal Strip alone is worth the price of admission. Crazy value for $50.
4:11 that's parallel fx not sidechain.
Yes of course! Mispokr, thanks.
I brought T racks i nthe sale, Had loads of problems with it.. IK upgraded me to T Racks 6 max for free! Well nice of them.
Wow, sounds like you’re a rare case
Have I missed something. How do I add the T-Racks plugin into my DAW--Studio One or where is this plugin
I reinstalled T-Racks6 and now show the T-Racks6 plugin under my IK Multimedia listing :)
Definitely a pretty uninspriing update, for a version 7 years removed from the previous release. Ik has fell well behind the times with their processing plugin innovation.
And their sales strategey is hilarious. Just finished selling 60+ plugins for only $40, then adds ONLY 6 new ones and wants to charge $199 for the upgrade. 😂😂😂
Yeah, who needs more EQs, channel strips, spring reverbs and delays?
@@phadrus I'm not even against having a collection of options of each processing type. The fact they ONLY added 8 new plugins, to a 50+plugin collection they were just selling for $49, and now $199 for the upgrade is hilarious.
The upgrade is 99.
About 10 years ago just two of their plugins cost around $200. What's fallen through is the indie music economy.
@@adr7657 53 of the plugs were just on sale for $49. 8 affitional non-innovative plugins for $99 isn't anything to hype about either
Sold.
What's the difference between the "T-Racks" plugin and "TR5 Suite" plugin? To me there doesn't seem to be any difference, same interface, same modularity of plugins, etc.
oh...have to check if there is an option and upgrade price...did get v5 not so long ago
Oh, let us know if you are successful!
i don’t have an upgrade price.. even tho i have version 5
@@eren3390 did get it on the plugin boutique sale,so I might check there. Always get good prices on glitchmachines upgrades...
It's $100 to upgrade.
@@robrobertson2661 I know, so might upgrade or might not, 100 bucks for a small update and few new models has to be thought thru^^
Hello SIr. Can you plz tell me how to enable Meter where peak, rms and lufs values are showing. Because in vst it is not showing
Still no gain compensation, ducking or mix knob. Also, no dynamic eq in the suite
They've implemented sidechaining on all appropriate plugins, so ducking is doable. A number of plugins have the mix knob - but true on gain compensation.
Any idea if the CPU load has been improved compared to V5?
That's something I need to check on for sure.
@@CreativeSauce Thanks Mike,the concern is that some of the modules are quite demanding on CPU cycles,notably the otherwise excellent Tape Machine collection,and even Dan Worrall mentioned this in one of his tutorials.The new modules hopefully may have a lighter footprint.
@@neilcummins5099you can’t disable oversampling in their tape plugins so I wouldn’t expect a change in CPU usage.
They typically never update old plugins, and there are still bugs from years ago. Ex phase inversion doesn’t work in the British channel just to name one. The bug is still there in v6
Well,IK Multimedia says that Tracks 5 modules that we had before,wont load on Tracks 6 Intro,thats not true,iv just tested my old 5 Modules and THEY all loaded up on 6 Intro,try for yourself guys.
I like this video, but my wallet does not appreciate it! Haha!
Are tracks legit? Comparable to any other high end plugin?
The tape emulations are still some of the best on the market.
@@fcmastheir reverbs are great too. Sunset Sound gets used a lot in my sessions
Tape plugins from Ik are still regarded as the most accurate tape simulations ever made even beating out Softube and Slate Digital.
Happy teachers day! Thanks for your efforts!
This company is tricky. Give your Rack 5, think you have it but your CS, so all the plugins that look available in your DAW are not. That is deceitful. Secondly, their CPU management compared to Izotope is worse. And lastly, it is common courtesy to offer a fluid affordable upgrade path as opposed to the do it all over again and pay approach. Good buy IK Multimedia.
Bought SampleTank 4 Max then spent 2 weeks trying to install it...I won't be buying any other IK Multimedia product until they sought their shit Product Manager out.
To top it off, it now crashes my DAW when loading samples.
🤬
I think Sampletank is a huge collection of useful sounds but code is low quality, including adding libraries. I had some issues and I don't use it anymore. But I use a lot Hammond B3X, Mixbox and T Racks. For these things I am having wonderful results
delay lab GUI is very lovely
I Been working on an album for a year with tracks5. I recon that I shouldn’t update until I have finished it just to be certain that my DAW doesn’t read the new versions as new plugins and messes up my projects?
Caution is good of course. But in my case,it installed v6 alongside v5. So I have both.
T-RackS 24 jest najlepszy a teraz narobili wtyczek procesorów niewiadomo co do czego cena z kosmosu 😂😂T-RackS 24 skoda ze niema 64 bity
Master, do you know if those of us who have T-RackS 5 max should buy the 6 again or will we get a discount or upgrade?
The upgrade seems to be $200, it is a rip-off. I'm sorry, I'm done with IK Multimedia. They ripped me off several times and discounted the same stuff on Thomann, now I should buy the whole package again? Thank you!
Would you want to pay $199 for only 8 new plugins,
@@fcmasif you asked me this question back in 2014, my answer would be a resounding yes. Plug-ins were around $100 each back in the day, before third world located programmers disrupted the market.
Add it to the cart and the coupon bring down price to $99 if you have max. Other versions pay a little more but are still discounted. It pops up on the ik multimedia website in a red box at the top of the screen.
oh nice, I am a T-Racks User since the beginning, o dear, that's over 25 years now
Whoa!
Same here...and I have yet to use it! No kidding.
@@SomeOne-uy4kj haha people showing their age, been here since Barney the dinosaur!
@@Shayzar1 haha some showing their spiritual maturity and not understanding what "age" actually is. 😝
Hooo this is beautiful plugin ❤
I agree! Thanks for watching :)
Awesome, I am a T-Racks user for years. I love it.
Awesome :) Favorite plugin?
Lost me.
And I thought I was pretty much DONE with more plugins! ( I can't decide whether you're an angel or EVIL!!!!!!!!!) Thanks again, maybe. Cheers!
Lol. A bit of both Jules :)
Great update! Thx for video!
My pleasure, thanks for watching.
Ozone (ish) 👀 Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing !, IK did a great job as usual.
I hope PA watches this video they still use a Plug-in Installer that looks from 1999.
PA said they were working on it. One can hope.
I love plugin alliance but they're in solar always has server issues and can I use it. So at least there are the manual installation files available!
I've seen you talking about T-Racks before and have managed to resist, but that is now wearing very thin! Darn, that looks like a bundle worth having.
:)
Many very good modules, and a handful of mediocre but still useful modules.
i love t-racks!!! , Thank you for the review, I subscribed ^^
Happy Teachers Day Man ! Your efforts to educate the community are priceless and how much work goes into every video to just bring us the best of what you have got also. Creators like Warren, you and many more are Godsent, you guys make time for the community. Pure Intentions to express and educate, are rare !
@@Dox.Indica thank you! I love my job :)
What is a "spring reverb"? 🤯 I never heard of this. How does this work? Oh boy, I have to look this up now. 😅
You are too young ☺️ Be glad!
Lol
Audio vibrating up a spring.
@@dfender57 and on a rainy day, it adds a bit more ambience
springy sounding reverb, cause they used springs..kinda like how plate reverb works, but with a spring
One is the one (pardon a pun) I keep in my master chain, even when I'm not in a rush. It does resembles Bass LOL
:D
:)
:()
I am glad that the new Master Match allows for MP3 references. Other than that I do not see why someone who has T-Racks 5 should upgrade.
Yes, there are new modules, but if great masters were being delivered by 5 why up grade?
It is a bit like Studio One, which coincidentally is 5 to 6, where I did not see the need to upgrade.
I am also concerned about having too many plugins that become redundant.
I don’t see a need.
You’re not meant to see why _someone_ should upgrade, only why _you_ will or won’t. The new modules might encourage or allow for greater workflow efficiency, new technique implementation, a stylistically different/more varied workload going forward, or just simply more fun. All any of this is is possibilities, ultimately.
Great song btw
Hey bro 👋👋
Hey man :)
Wow, Am gonna check it out, I love their plugins
Very nice, thanks Mike!
Excellent review Mike.I also use them but with the 40
Plugging Distrokid. Mmmmm, He hands wisdom with one hand and taketh away with the other, Don't use Distrokid, kids. x
Was thinking of going for it. Why not?