I know Perf and others have had success with Freetrack, but despite the best efforts of the likes of Jedi, I never got to the point where I was completely happy with it, so eventually went for TIR. I guess my point is that by at least trying FreeTrack, you might get a system you're happy with without the outlay, I don't regret trying it, it might have saved me £140, it didn't, but it *might* have.
Jabo