Dirty Dirty Dirty...and you'll like it. 
by Anonymous from Catasauqua, PA, June 2005

Imagine taking a pristine Pro Tools Mix. You've spent months tweaking the thing and it sounds PERFECT and CLEAN. Too bad its a rock band, and the last thing they want is to sound POLISHED. Run it thru this guy and you will turn on the dirt. Its ballsy. Its swishy. Its anything but clean. But on heavy rock mixes, I always reach for this guy. I've used it since its standalone days in OS9. (And they finally moved it to OSX now...). I actually like the standalone better. I swear it sounds better. As a plugin its a little squirrely, but its still manageable. The compressor is fantastic. And the output stage alone is worth the price. Its not a "ONLY PLUG YOU'LL EVER NEED" thing. But if all you have is an L2 or Ox Inflator, get T-Racks. You'll need something to complement that cold digital sound. Is it comparable to McDsp Analog Channel? Not really. Analog Channel is definitely more of an emulation of stuff from the 60s-80s that engineers are familiar with. While T-Racks is sort of a musical instrument. That is, use T-racks to dial in (or out) the desired amount of "warmth" to your DAW mixes. My 2 cents......

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