T-RackS 5 - Vocal Chain and Mastering

In this video I look at the T-RackS 5 MAX collection from IK Multimedia, in terms of using it for a vocal chain, and mastering.
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[@DerekSmyth]

Mike I’ve been searching for decent tutorials on T racks 5 for nearly a year. This has been the best by far. Really hope you complete the whole set of plugins. I’m now prepared to pulled them out and try them. Thanks again.

[@peacefuldjeros8866]

IK makes really so goof staff, I am always impressed, and way how you show us how use in a so simple it is just perfectly accurate. Thanks Mike

[@johnathanbeats]

I just got back into producing a few months ago. T racks is still the best in my opinion.

[@Mcgiver699]

Great video Mike, so many times I've received mad sales emails from this mastering suite and let them passed. Wow didn't know this product was so comprehensive, thaks again mate you are a Godsend.

[@Yahoomediaclub]

Dropped you a small payment Mike...appreciated your videos . Thanks again John ( Jono Rezzillo)

[@GPM80]

Never be scared of pushing a knob 😂😂😂. Just want to say mike that was another great video and produced brilliantly. Apologies for not being as active on the channel recently, i am a delivery driver so my job has never been as busy with everything that's goin on in the world. Anyways thanks again as i always look forward to watching your vids with a few beers once the kids are in bed. Best of health to you, your family and all the creative sauce following!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@attainableaudio4533]

been agonizing over this for the last few days, looks like I'm going to do it, I've been looking for a halfway decent orchestral vst for not a lot of money and at this price I'll just consider all the rest as thrown in for free!!! love your channel!

[@CreativeSauce]

You won’t regret it! I haven’t :)

[@attainableaudio4533]

@@CreativeSauce purchased it the other night, another nice bonus is the sampletank editor as I was looking to get another sampler also👍 as Samplitudes independace sampler only works inside of Samplitude and I'm moving away from Samplitude and back to Cakewalk... only criticism on the install is the whole limited installer time you get (though I do make 2 backups in two different places for everything anyway) and that you have to download all those files separately... Such a pain.

[@jessetimmmiller1870]

Bro, what a touching song! Thanks for sharing. Great video too!

[@jonvenner6319]

Hi Mike. I've been hovering over the trigger for the IK bundle since watching your first video. Downloaded the trial for the mastering suite and hovered a bit closer... This seals the deal! If I'm going to go broke during lockdown at least I'll be having a blast! Great videos by the way. Found you on record, mix release. All the best.

[@Gogies777]

have you checked their group buy event going on?probably the best deal of the year.

[@honeybeatz]

You're really helping young producers out there. Thanks

[@ernestdaniels1671]

Excellent Video presentation Mike. I have T-Racks 5 Max, and I have never tried ONE. I just add my processors and have a go at it. This gave me a new way of making my mixes sound better. Although T-Racks 5 Max has some great preset for mastering, I do like trying my hand at using the processing modules. In addition, the Master Match is wonderful, isn't it. Take care and even though you didn't use it, remember, CbB for LIFE.

[@isaacwells8515]

Hi Mike. Recently started making my own home studios. This is super helpful for my degree thanks a lot. Hope you are all well

[@SchibbiSchibbi]

your explanation skills are insane! thank you for this detailed tutorial!

[@Yahoomediaclub]

Fantastic and well explained tutorial...need to get some of these plugs soon...⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@traezaX1]

Man your song sounds really beautiful . Im making my first ever ep. using some of the lessons learned here

[@alfredog2921]

I learned a lot withis tutorial!. Thank you very very much👍.

[@leo853]

fantastic video overview Mike! I would like to suggest you to make separate video for each plugin. this wey your video could be much shorter and more in depth review of each. thank you

[@CreativeSauce]

Thanks for the input Leo. A good suggestion, I think maybe at a later date - so many other videos to make!

[@satoshinakamoto8210]

Thanks, your explanation is really good. Greets from Germany

[@mvh2275]

I’m a fan of T-Racks. Lately I’m using the White 2A. Black 76 is excellent as well IMO. Thanks for sharing - Cheers, mvh

[@netuno_music]

The Master match eq surprised me in a very good way

[@joegrint6280]

Thanks Mike - another very interesting video!

[@DolbyAtmosMixing]

What plugin format do you recommend to use in StudioOne? VST2, VST3 or AU? Which do you experience to be most stable? Thanks.

[@CreativeSauce]

Hi Alex, I more often install VST 2, since I occasionally have issues with VST 3.

[@yugandhardonp]

Thanks Mike, Really helped a lot😍

[@musicorey]

Feel good about yourself alright? I think that you're so awesome. 💙🙏😊

[@vancenichols9490]

Amazing! Thanks so much!!!

[@therealjackfisher]

I am at day 2 of downloading the sounds that come with Total Studio Max 2. T-racks is just a small part of the big package. Total studio max 2 it is hughe! I didnt even have time to check any sounds nor the software and I am not even half way downloading. There is like 180 days to download all the content, and I am downloading both Mac and Windows content. You never know when you build your first hackintosh for music production, so I need all the content I payed for. I hope I have space on my internal hard drive for the installation. I recently cleaned whole computer. Im going to dive in to this software as soon as I finish. I also have Komplete audio 6 audio interface on the way, it should arrive on monday. I sent back Axe I/O that I ordered recently because the software that comes with it is already included in Total Studio MAX 2 and so I could make a better deal swapping it fast for Komplete audio 6 audio interface that comes with Guitar Rig 5 Pro instead of amplitube, and it is limited time offer. It is a win win situation, Total Studio max 2 and Komplete audio 6 feels like hitting two birds with one stone :D Thanks for sharing information on Total Studio Max 2.

[@CreativeSauce]

It is huge! It took me two whole days for download and installation. But I like to have everything ready to use! I think the total down load was 170GB. I also backup all of that!

[@therealjackfisher]

@@CreativeSauce Finally downloaded and backed up all the software. Everything is check and ready for installing. I got 340GB of data in total, but I also downloaded the Mac content and so it doubles in size, and I sugest to do the same. You never know if you are going to work on mac or a hackintosh for music production in the future, and some of the DAW software for MAC is just so outstanding. MAC compatibility seem also more stable then it is in Windows. 180 days to download the content and the clock is ticking from the moment of registering the product. Enjoy :D

[@WassupFred]

I think it’s a def a bug, cuz mine does the same, great video man.. appreciate you 🎉

[@richwebster117]

Great tutorial, thankyou. BTW, mine also glitches on the left side of ONE when dialling whilst playback, but not on the RHS, FYI!

[@mentorlatifi6221]

Great song !

[@Cantrip1957]

Enjoyable and informative. Thanks. Nice track too. Who is the artist?

[@cph2004]

Interesting example. What do you have the lufs at? And is it ok to upload a track to the streaming platforms under -14 lufs?

[@chrisboon1994]

Hello, is it possible that you post a link to the complete vocal chain you used here. I would be very gratefull! All the best, Chris

[@ScottRandall31]

very helpful!!!

[@rogereilertsen48]

Hi and thanks for a very good video. I just bought the T-Racks 5 and am happy, but I have the same problem you mention when adjusting in the Master Match. It must be a bug. I also have problems when I play the songs in Album assambly, it "chops" a lot.

[@daddydanny5588]

gr8 vid ...

[@DrMax0]

Hm. Unfortunately the eq modes do not add analog character. it's just another eq curve.

[@curszondax]

Hi there. Just wanted to know what your daw of choice is?

[@WAZA___]

Does the master match also limit the audio after its matched the EQ curve?

[@CybreSmee]

Really good stuff. I really love the T Racks stuff, but its not very stable. I've had some major crashes over my time with it, often requiring complete system reboots. I still use it, but Im cautious to backup often.

[@jeffnuts2402]

Weird, that hasn’t happened to me yet but I’m on an M1 Mac in ProTools and I probably only load up less than 10 instances of IK Plugins

[@chrisboon1994]

Mike which VU meter do you use on your tracks?

[@HudzPro]

Presonus VU meter. Its free

[@chrisboon1994]

@@HudzPro Thanks for the answer.But how do you enable the thumbnail view in the chain.Thx again.

[@HudzPro]

@@chrisboon1994 Add it on a track and click on it,it will show the thumbnail view

[@MrCrembot2]

Hi Mike I got a new midi keyboard recently and I can't get it to work on cakewalk! A bit of help would be much appreciated. I have the Arturia minilab mk2. Thanks

[@ericsonlattao9321]

Hey Mike! How can i download the T Racks 5?

[@rohitRraina]

Saturator x added a little depth to vocals

[@Theylovehim]

Why you’re not working with cakewalk no more?

[@CreativeSauce]

Hi Juan. I'm currently using 3 DAWs, but fear not - there are more Cakewalk tutorials coming :)

[@WAZA___]

@@CreativeSauce Hi Mike...Why 3 DAWS?

[@CreativeSauce]

Hi Waza, you can read about why I use cakewalk and S1 here: www.creativesauce.net/why-i-use-cakewalk-and-studio-one/ And at the moment I'm also trying Mixcraft, which I'm gonna test some mixes on.

[@WAZA___]

@@CreativeSauce Cheers Mike!

[@richardgordon9939]

what daw are you using here?

[@brianoswald2892]

I downloaded T-Racks one based on your recommendation. ( l love your videos). I’m getting a electronic sizzle every 20 seconds or so. I have more compute power than you can shake a stick at, so it’s not a hardware issue. I reinstalled but it won’t go away. Any ideas

[@CreativeSauce]

Hi Brian, any particular plugin?

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

Sounds like you haven't activated the plugins, that sound is their watermark.

[@Thekatosbandny]

Ey my friend I Have a problem whit my cakewalk program. Can u help me whit it?

[@joegrint6280]

Mike might be able to help you but the guys at the Cakewalk Forum are also always very helpful if you are having issues or try Mike's forums too discuss.cakewalk.com/ & www.creativesauce.net/forums/

[@ernestdaniels1671]

@@joegrint6280 Become a CbB member and sigh up for the forums, we'd love to answer your questions. Plus, there are lots of resources you can get there as well and we have a tutorial section as well to help new users, so come visit us at, discuss.cakewalk.com/

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