# T-Racks & gain staging

**URL:** <https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/t-racks-gain-staging/1135>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 22, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/t-racks-gain-staging/1135 "2026-09-22T00:53:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![arendej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@arendej](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/u/arendej)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/t-racks-gain-staging/1135/1 "2026-09-22T00:53:37Z")

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**Product:**  
T-Racks Mastering Console

**Summary:**  
Gain staging between devices

**Problem / Use Case:**  
Gain staging in between devices inside the T-Racks suite needs to be controllable.  
Signals might be too low or too hot (clipping even) in between devices.

-- improper gain staging negates the use of the mastering console, and brings me back to loading devices in a DAW with gain/utility plugins.

**Proposed Solution:**

All T-Racks devices should have input and output knobs (except for where redundant).  
This way, signals can be controlled (not clip, not be too low) in between devices

**Priority / Impact:**  
Medium

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**Author:** ![nitrateaudio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.ikmultimedia.com/nitrateaudio/32/505_2.png) [@nitrateaudio](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/u/nitrateaudio)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/t-racks-gain-staging/1135/2 "2026-09-22T16:28:01Z")

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I use T-Racks a lot. Which modules don’t have input & output contols?

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**Author:** ![arendej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@arendej](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/u/arendej)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/t-racks-gain-staging/1135/3 "2026-09-22T16:56:43Z")

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EQual lacks main input or output trim/gain. I have at least output gain in all of the other EQ plugins I’ve ever used.

Mic Room has no output knob.

De-Esser lacks input/output control.

The Quad series (Comp, Lim, Image) lacks global input.

Many others lack input, and while I understand their purpose might not call for it, if they are meant to be used in a chain within the TR6 mastering console, there is no control for level where there is no knob for input.

Yes, the plugins are models of older gear with modern changes (sometimes to avoid copyright claims), but why not go further and make the plugins even better?

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**Author:** ![nitrateaudio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.ikmultimedia.com/nitrateaudio/32/505_2.png) [@nitrateaudio](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/u/nitrateaudio)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/t-racks-gain-staging/1135/4 "2026-09-22T23:33:36Z")

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why would you need a input and output knob in a de-esser? which ones have those?

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**Author:** ![arendej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@arendej](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/u/arendej)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/t-racks-gain-staging/1135/5 "2026-09-22T23:37:20Z")

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Right, I understand that de-esser plugins don’t really need input/output gain, but any plugin that’s part of a chain of plugins needs gain staging capability.