Ozone 7 Vs T-RackS

Ozone 7 Advanced is a very good piece of gear, Ozone 6 wasn't as bad as they make out, mainly people were upset with the removal, and apparent removal of certain things like the reverb and presets and such, with the presets there were plenty of presets available, a lot seemed to not be aware of how to them, and what started at the beginning just seemed to flow on in ignorance of the actual reality. Also a lot seemed to get disgruntled that certain options/modules were Advanced only. Wasn't so much the quality of what could be achieved, Ozone 6 Advanced was another fine piece of gear.
 
I own all the T-Racks stuff, and way back I did some comparisons and most of the time it was Ozone 5 or 6 Advanced that came through for me as the better end result, using Alloy 2 and Nectar 2 production Suite in the mix as well. But then there were times that T-Racks would shine as well. The T-Racks Master EQ 432 is very very nice, and in it's place very hard to beat, the Stealth Limiter is also right up there. I very rarely use the T-Racks stuff now, apart from the Master EQ when it suits.
 
They are both very formidable pieces of software, I tend towards Ozone and Izotope products with a very generous helping of Waves Plugs and a number of very good and useful plugins from various other developers. The best thing to do is try them out for yourself, all our music is different, what works well for one will not necessarily be the best for another. And the bottom line is, if you can use the tools you have well, you will most likely get a better result than if you use tools you don't really have a grasp of even if they are 'supposedly' better. Try them out, and see which suits 'you' the best.
 
Richard

I have both TRacks and ozone 6 adv. TRacks will certainly cost a whole heap more unless you're able to get all the modules in group buys.

They both have their uses and one could easily be better than the other for different use cases. If I had to do some real fine surgical treatment I'd got for ozone for sure.

I don't think  TRacks is as intuitive. That said I have heard some killer mixes using only TRacks. As Mudgel has said, I believe that Ozone is easier to make surgical changes with. I presently have Ozone 4 through Ozone 6. I think there are users who rely heavily on the presets in Ozone which are very helpful for a new user or someone who doesn't know how to use all of the included plug-ins. One thing that Ozone does that I think throws some people off- They have a harmonic exciter at the end of many of their chains...people hear that and think wow! Almost anything run through some kind of harmonic exciter will sound a little sharper to the ear.
You could simply copy the chain layout with plugs in Sonar and get very close. A decent EQ, a good multiband compressor, a limiter and a harmonic exciter. And there are pre made mastering templates in Sonar Platinum. Ozone probably makes it easier to get there because you have all of those tools on one place and a fairly useful GUI. You can also build a mastering chain in Sonar and save it so it's there when you want it.
The demo is a free download I think. Give it a shot and see what you think.

I'm very happy with T-Racks (I have all of the plugins except the new limiter), but I usually just make my own effects chain in Sonar.

+1 @ cecelius2
 

Heads up! Today is the last day ( Nov 11th) to upgrade on  Ozone 7 Advanced if you're already an Ozone user and get a sale price. I thinks it's at around 250 clams for me...and darned it's tempting.  I know a sale will come around again...black Friday isn't far away, but still.... can't beat that price compared to the old price.

Plus with O7 you can insert any number of third-party plugins right into Ozone and save your entire mastering chain as an Ozone preset.
 
At least, this is what I've been told - I haven't installed O7 yet, still waiting for a serial.

bitflipper
Plus with O7 you can insert any number of third-party plugins right into Ozone and save your entire mastering chain as an Ozone preset.
 
At least, this is what I've been told - I haven't installed O7 yet, still waiting for a serial.

Bit, if you bought the Production Suite the O7A Serial # should be in your account...
If it's not I'd send a flurry of emails to support and say...hey...WTF???

Well...I just need to stop coming here. It gets me into trouble every time. There's just too many carrots all dangling around. Dag Burnit Clarry! 
 
I knew I could do the same thing without Ozone 7 Advanced basically, but a few things tipped the scale. Dave's mention of the ability to demo different audio codecs is a great idea, especially if you can adjust it while the codec plays. Stand alone is another great plus. The ability to add other plug-ins is pure genius. 
It appears that Ozone 7 Advanced gives you a handful of other plug-ins to put into individual channels. I'm not sure if I'll use those or not, but I certainly might. I guess insight isn't included without buying it extra?

Yay...Thanks cclarry!

Hmmmm everyplugin has the Sonnox for $180 which is cheaper than the upgrade to Advanced for me.
 
Still interested in hearing about the codec preview in Ozone...
 

Sorry, it's not a separate plugin.
 
IMO it's the least-interesting feature in Ozone, though.

The benefits I've identified so far, relative to Ozone 4, which I came from:
 
- Ozone 7's new IRC4 algorithm works great for the stuff I do (but eats CPU cycles for breakfast)
- The "crisp" model that favors sparkle over pumping and thumping
- The transient enhancer lets me do with Ozone what I'd previously only been able to do with Pro-L
- The exciter is more versatile, can be more subtle (although its Retro mode sounds very similar to Ozone 4's)
- The delay time in the Imager is now adjustable (in Advanced)
- Alloy 2 is the biggest surprise. I don't use channel strips but this one's really good and very CPU-friendly
 
Things I think will be useful, but not yet:
- Insight's volume measurement and automation output
- Trash
- Nectar
 
 

Tastes Great
Less Filling
 
James, you CAN have them both you know.