I agree: Tracks 5 is very nice.
 
I never used the TR4 standalone more than once, but I've been playing around with the TR5 standalone all evening, and I really like it: sounds very good, workflow suits me fine, new metering is great, and I enjoy using it. Performance is fine for me, too. So far, it is stable, loads up quickly and I'm not experiencing any issues with lag, sludgy performance, or whatever.
 
I can see areas for refinement and adjustment, but for what I do, I think the Tracks 5 standalone is going to be really useful.
 
As for the new plugs - I think they are excellent, especially One. And the revamping of the GUIs on the older plugins was long overdue and very helpful, especially the changes to the presets dropdown menu. All in all, I'm quite glad I invested in the upgrade. For me it was totally worth it. 

It needs to remember all the last used directories but doesn't.  Import Audio doesn't remember either.  I think the stand alone is not going to be useful for serious work.  More for that "quick" touch up a file fast-food thing.
 

Agreed Matthew. As projects get larger and more complicated these seemingly little things will add up to complete frustration/aggravation over time.

And did notice that the Import Audio didn't remember last location either.

Thanks for the ink Bob. Will head over there and contribute.

IK_Multimedia

BobF
I started a wish list thread with some of this at
http://cgi.ikmultimedia.com/ikforum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=14462

I have also made sure the project manager and dev team are aware of that thread.

Thanks Peter, much appreciated!