Working with T-RackS 5
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9:59 Getting to Know the Interface
Learn about what T-Racks is and how it works, and get an introduction to the overall layout of the T-Racks interface.
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10:48 Metering
Explore ways to set and use T-RackS 5 Peak, LUFS, VU, PPM, Phase scope, Spectrum Analyzer, and Spectogram metering.
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6:17 Dyna-mu
Explore this new fantastic sounding compressor plug-in. The two fixed ratio modes, combined with its input/output gain staging and variable attack/release times, make it useful in a wide range of musical contexts.
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3:13 EQual
New in T-RackS 5, this Linear Phase EQ is intuitive and flexible. See how to grab and drag to create up to 10 EQ bands wherever necessary, and select from a wide range of EQ types, choosing between various curves that model the Q/Gain relationship found in different vintage hardware units.
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3:31 One
Explore One, a new all in one mastering plug-in, containing settings for presence, low end, mids, harmonic excitement, compression, transient control, and limiting, all in a single powerful plug-in.
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5:09 Master Match
Discover how to use this processor to learn the sonic characteristics of a reference track and the track you are working on, and then create an EQ and level curve to match the current material to the reference.
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5:23 Working with Projects
Learn how to set up and save stand alone T-RackS 5 projects, and how to navigate the Waveform View.
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7:52 Mastering Quick Start with T-RackS 5 Pt. 1
Examine a mastering chain that includes the EQP-1A, Dyna-mu, Precision Comp Lim, Master EQ-432, and Stealth Limiter processors, all set up to master the first of three songs by the artist Hayley Richman.
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5:48 Mastering Quick Start with T-RackS 5 Pt. 2
See how the second song is now set up with a different mastering chain, using Saturator X, EQ-PB, Bus Com, Dyna-mu, EQual, and the Stealth Limiter.
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4:59 Mastering Quick Start with T-RackS 5 Pt. 3
Discover how a variation of the previous mastering chain is set up to work with the third song. Compression from the British Channel replaces the Dyna-mu, and various parameters on the other modules are modified.
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5:26 Assembly & Export
Learn how to assemble the tracks for final export with Track IDs, ISRC, and EAN/UPC Codes. Also see how the Export window options are used to reduce the sample rate of your masters to CD format audio.
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3:31 Snapshots & Automation
See how to use Snapshots to change parameter values at different points in your song, and see how to enable parameters within the T-RackS 5 plug-in Suite version for automation within your DAW.
Product Overview
In this Groove3 video tutorial series, Eli Krantzberg reveals the new features found in T-RackS version 5, plus ways to use T-RackS to master your tracks and productions!
Eli starts by welcoming you and gives a solid overview of the overall layout of the T-Racks 5 interface. He then hits the ground running and covers the new Dyna-mu, EQual, and One plug-ins in detail with sonic examples.
Next, it’s on to Master Match, which allows you to learn the sonic characteristics of a reference track and the track you are working on, and then create an EQ and level curve to match the current material to the reference track!
Eli now gives some workflow tips such as how to set up and save stand alone T-RackS 5 projects, and how to navigate the Waveform View. He then gives you 3 mastering session videos for 3 different songs.
You’ll also see how to assemble and export your finished masters, as well as how to use Snapshots & Automation to change parameter values at different points in your songs for greater control and more!
See the individual tutorial descriptions for more info. If you have or use IK Multimedia’s T-RackS 5 powerhouse mastering solution, this series is a must see. Watch “Working with T-RackS 5” today!
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Reviews
Submitted 3 months ago
Could be more helpful with more "why" instead of who, what, where and how.
I just bought T-Racks 5 after watching the first couple of your tutorials about it. It appears to be the best product I could find to Master my songs in Cubase 10.5. Luckily it was on sale for this Black Friday for a big discount after waiting to get it after about 6 weeks seeing it for the first time in your Class. Immediately I watched all of the tutorials. To be honest I have to say that I am not certain this was as helpful I hoped.(Note I have been recording In Cubase since Ver.7.0 came out 13-14 years, using the Cubase EQ, Compression etc. plugins. More recently I decided to try Mixing and Mastering my songs more professionally.) I found the lessons helpful enough finding the buttons and some of the 38 plugins capabilities, graphs and such but not much more than that. I ALMOST ALWAYS FIND that trainers whether training about Photoshop, Microsoft Windows, Web Design, Cubase ( they are the best I think), Toontrack products, even music lessons like guitar playing or piano etc. all do the same thing whether in video or in books. Trainers show us the who can use it, what it will do, where to find what it does, but seldom "why" to use that function over another setting. For example...The 2nd lesson about metering shows me where to look at the numbers, the graphs, the options, the buttons etc. but not why an acoustic guitar sound should be using a different setting for different reasons. There is an assumption that a person wanting (for example) to buy and learn about T-RackS 5 already know sa lot more about Compression, EQ, Limiters than they may not know and why they need that setting changed. The trainer is showing sound examples as he is quickly making changes and only saying "that is better" but not why. Also I know that everyone hears differently, wants a different sound etc. and that is subjective. Therefore a trainer should explain why he thinks "that is better" and should also be able to explain "why it is better" in his example. I think taking 1 or 2 plugins, like EQ (as simple as they are) to show "why" it would completely the change an acoustic guitar sound with out having to figure it out after hours of listening. Listening to complete songs with vocals, bass, drums, guitars, keyboards etc. doesn't help with these plugins alone. Maybe you should do a series of T-RackS 5 plugins for individual Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals and Bass tracks to help blending and mixing those tracks first before Mastering a final version. After watching this course (I'm starting again)I had to review a PC Music Magazine I bought 12 years ago (when I couldn't afford a lot of expensive plugins), to understand what the key purposes and differences they were. Cubase lessons didn't help either in their tutorials or the manual. Thanks for reading my thoughts. mmwebmarketing@gmail.com RG
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Submitted 3 months ago
excellent explanation
easy to understand and follow
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 6 months ago
Another Winner
I own this software but this video has shown me features that I wasn't aware that it even had!
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 7 months ago
More Than Basics
The in depth tips an tricks without all the unnecessary commentary about nothing. straight to the point real world working environment examples. I will say that if you are a novice in real studio monitors and Critical listening environment treatment then you may need to invest in a good pair of headphones for this . AWESOME
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 7 months ago
Great Overview
Great overview of a few key processors and how to perform mastering in T-Racks.
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Submitted 8 months ago
T-RackS 5
Top mark for teaching 10/10
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Submitted 10 months ago
Nicely done! Very helpful
Nicely done! Very helpful
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Studio One
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 11 months ago
As always, great stuff!
Eli Krantzberg tells me stuff I need to know. This is not an "every detail" tutorial, but when you are considering a purchase it is very helpful to know if you are spending your limited money wisely. EK is a musician and is largely in the genres I prefer. So I can tell if a product will work for me. Now I know I can purchase the product and use it. As soon as I buy it, I'll watch this all again. Ha! It is so handy to be an unlimited member. Score again for Groove3.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Studio One
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 1 year ago
Excellent
Excellent overview of an application that has far more hidden under the hood than I realized!
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Logic Pro, Pro Tools
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 1 year ago
Great tutorial for the T-RackS 5
Well worth the investment and time.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Studio One
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Reviews
Submitted 3 months ago
Could be more helpful with more "why" instead of who, what, where and how.
I just bought T-Racks 5 after watching the first couple of your tutorials about it. It appears to be the best product I could find to Master my songs in Cubase 10.5. Luckily it was on sale for this Black Friday for a big discount after waiting to get it after about 6 weeks seeing it for the first time in your Class. Immediately I watched all of the tutorials. To be honest I have to say that I am not certain this was as helpful I hoped.(Note I have been recording In Cubase since Ver.7.0 came out 13-14 years, using the Cubase EQ, Compression etc. plugins. More recently I decided to try Mixing and Mastering my songs more professionally.) I found the lessons helpful enough finding the buttons and some of the 38 plugins capabilities, graphs and such but not much more than that. I ALMOST ALWAYS FIND that trainers whether training about Photoshop, Microsoft Windows, Web Design, Cubase ( they are the best I think), Toontrack products, even music lessons like guitar playing or piano etc. all do the same thing whether in video or in books. Trainers show us the who can use it, what it will do, where to find what it does, but seldom "why" to use that function over another setting. For example...The 2nd lesson about metering shows me where to look at the numbers, the graphs, the options, the buttons etc. but not why an acoustic guitar sound should be using a different setting for different reasons. There is an assumption that a person wanting (for example) to buy and learn about T-RackS 5 already know sa lot more about Compression, EQ, Limiters than they may not know and why they need that setting changed. The trainer is showing sound examples as he is quickly making changes and only saying "that is better" but not why. Also I know that everyone hears differently, wants a different sound etc. and that is subjective. Therefore a trainer should explain why he thinks "that is better" and should also be able to explain "why it is better" in his example. I think taking 1 or 2 plugins, like EQ (as simple as they are) to show "why" it would completely the change an acoustic guitar sound with out having to figure it out after hours of listening. Listening to complete songs with vocals, bass, drums, guitars, keyboards etc. doesn't help with these plugins alone. Maybe you should do a series of T-RackS 5 plugins for individual Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals and Bass tracks to help blending and mixing those tracks first before Mastering a final version. After watching this course (I'm starting again)I had to review a PC Music Magazine I bought 12 years ago (when I couldn't afford a lot of expensive plugins), to understand what the key purposes and differences they were. Cubase lessons didn't help either in their tutorials or the manual. Thanks for reading my thoughts. mmwebmarketing@gmail.com RG
Submitted 3 months ago
excellent explanation
easy to understand and follow
Submitted 6 months ago
Another Winner
I own this software but this video has shown me features that I wasn't aware that it even had!
Submitted 7 months ago
More Than Basics
The in depth tips an tricks without all the unnecessary commentary about nothing. straight to the point real world working environment examples. I will say that if you are a novice in real studio monitors and Critical listening environment treatment then you may need to invest in a good pair of headphones for this . AWESOME
Submitted 7 months ago
Great Overview
Great overview of a few key processors and how to perform mastering in T-Racks.
Submitted 8 months ago
T-RackS 5
Top mark for teaching 10/10
Submitted 10 months ago
Nicely done! Very helpful
Nicely done! Very helpful
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Studio One
Submitted 11 months ago
As always, great stuff!
Eli Krantzberg tells me stuff I need to know. This is not an "every detail" tutorial, but when you are considering a purchase it is very helpful to know if you are spending your limited money wisely. EK is a musician and is largely in the genres I prefer. So I can tell if a product will work for me. Now I know I can purchase the product and use it. As soon as I buy it, I'll watch this all again. Ha! It is so handy to be an unlimited member. Score again for Groove3.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Studio One
Submitted 1 year ago
Excellent
Excellent overview of an application that has far more hidden under the hood than I realized!
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Logic Pro, Pro Tools
Submitted 1 year ago
Great tutorial for the T-RackS 5
Well worth the investment and time.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Studio One
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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tutorial videoAAS Strum GS-2 Explained
In this FREE series commissioned by Applied Acoustic Systems, Eli Krantzberg covers the expansive performance library of electric and acoustic guitar strumming inside and out, and shows you how to make Strum GS-2 your new favorite session guitarist!
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tutorial videoAirEQ Explained
Eli Krantzberg returns with an in-depth series on the amazing AirEQ by Eiosis, which was designed with a vision of achieving musical, technical and sonic excellence in equalization. This just might become your to go-to EQ!
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tutorial videoAlchemy 2 Explained
Logic Pro X 10.2 integrated Alchemy 2, one of the most powerful virtual instruments ever made. In this three-hour video training tutorial series, Eli Krantzberg teaches you how to become a Alchemy wizard and unleash all of its power on your music!
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tutorial videoAmple Sound Super Jumbo Explained
Eli Krantzberg presents a detailed series of Super Jumbo tutorials! Learn Super Jumbo, Ample Sounds’s incredibly realistic virtual acoustic guitar instrument inside and out, as well as how to use it creatively.
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