Mixbus Plugin Sale

I bit on the Mixbus sale but have found it not to be practical to actually use.  I'm going to make myself actually use it one of these days

I'm aching to get a good quality singer recorded in mixbus.  Maybe I will do my tracking for Christmas album my son and i are putting together.  I love the sound.  I just hate the workflow

Agreed with Larry about MB's sound.  Everything seems to gel together and sound like a cohesive piece when I use Mixbus for "summing" stems exported from another DAW.  I use it even though it crashes a lot on my finicky system.  The sound is worth it to me.
 
As for the plugins, I bit on the track EQ when it was nine bucks or something -- it's nice even if strangely CPU-intensive -- but unless Harrison gives us a way to demo them I don't think I'll be accumulating more anytime soon, even at half price.  Too many good alternatives are working well for me already -- but if anyone has a particular favorite that they'd like to gush about, I'm all ears. 
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 

I'm seriously considering getting the XT-ME Mastering EQ . the only thing stopping me is I'm getting hit from every possible direction ..vet bills , 6 months up front car insurance , re reg both my cars…and the up coming Sept bills…..
 
I have the MC- XT Multi-Band Compressor ….it is excellent .
I have the Plug-in Essentials Bundle …I love the reverb . it's a go to verb for me …
i need to spend a little more time with the triple delay , it is totally different than any delay I have ever used hardware or software ...
I have yet to meet a delay that can do what the triple delay can do ….I'm sort of in uncharted territory w that plug ..
last but not least ,
I have the XT- EQ Equalizer …it is very good ..I got it because that was all I could afford the last time I bought a plug from Harrison  ...
I dunno …..I'm not on the fence  as far as my personal experience goes …
I treat the Harrison Mixbus like its one big plugin that I can mix my SONAR projects in …
 
Sonically ….It's One Hand Washes The Other  
 
Kenny

Personally, outside of IK affiliation/bias, I can most definitively say I am a fan of Mixbus and I don't think I've made a secret of that anywhere.  I agree with the comments about the sound, and I must say that the workflow for a fogey used to consoles (my education/training was during a great period of overlap between great analog recording and the growth of digital recording - I lucked out in the same way with my I.T. experience during the "Internet bubble" but that's another story entirely) is top-notch.
 
I'll stick to mainly what I like, but agree it can get finicky just not to the point where I'd throw it out the window since the sound and workflow are great as mentioned.  I have and enjoy the essentials and the single EQ.  
 
I purchased any Harrison Mixbus products/plugins I'm using, so this isn't slanted at all in that way.  It also makes me plead for any reason either to convince me to buy (or avoid) the character pack.  Anybody use these?  I'm a touch hesitant about these sorts of plugins but they appear to have more than enough flexibility.  Anyway, I'd love to hear opinions on these.
 
About V3, I'm optimistic that the great sound and workflow will not be negatively affected since they are laying atop Ardour and they've done a pretty good job of it up until now.  The new functionality is another question entirely but I'm more concerned with retaining the mixing/console workflow that we have now at this point (and any improvements they may implement - like easily using my control surface!!! - could really make V3 a hit so I'm hoping).

Thanks, Larry.  I'm happy to report that the lack of opinions about the character plugin set is still saving me money :)