I'm on day 5 of my trial with Ozone and it's pretty impressive. I have also been impressed with T-racks. Being able to use the processors as individial plugs and being able to run T-racks standalone (importing mixes from Sonar) seem to be it's best qualities. They both seem to be up to the job. I just need to bond with one and get with it I guess. I do like the eq matching feature with Ozone. I could see doing a little DIY arc thing with that.

If you can call Izotope and get support then they are the clear choice.

Well, it's my first time using Custom shop since installing it and guess what. It crashes every time. Tracks deluxe crashes every time. To top it all off, any project in Sonar with an IK plug in it, can you say it? Crashes. What a joke CS is turning out to be.

I have T-Racks CS 4 Deluxe and it works fine in Sonar..

Only thing is ...under Win 8 I can't use the stand alones because they
don't recognize my Quadcapture driver...

I use Ozone 5 regularly. The only thing is it is very CPU intensive even if you are only using one or two of it's modules. I like the concept of T-Racks CS but I wonder how much cpu it will eat with the same amount of plugs loaded as Ozone. I have used T-Racks on other computers in other studios and it does tend to be heavy on the processing by the time you load several plugs.

I had a crash with Amplitube, but I'm having a lot of little things going on every since the X2a update. Pro channel weirdness for sure.

I never had a problem with Tracks until CS.

I know people complain about not having separate plugs for the cheaper Ozone, but what I'd like to know is, how much more CPU usage is there by having an instance of Ozone loaded on a track with all but one module turned off, than there would be by having that module as a separate plug?

Good question, I'll try to answer it before my trial runs out. I do like how you can import audio projects into T-racks and have a different mix for each. Then being able to compare things like eq and rms levels with a click. I like both quite a bit...maybe my wife needs both!

Can I answer honestly without getting trolled at? I won't answer, though I do have my preference....