mixmkr
However for less than $20, I find it interesting something like this really adds some polish.  What a great world of computer recording we have at our disposal.

MakeShift
I picked it up even though it's going to be probably 5 weeks before I can even work with it. I've got to go out of town for business in 2 weeks and won't return until June 6th. For this price, it was cheap insurance.

clintmartin
I think you'll like it. In my mind I thought it would be nice to mix acoustic or blues projects with mixbus. I even think tracking in it may be fun. With EZ2 it will be EZ to create a complete song and export that to use in Mixbus. Sonar X3 is far superior in everyway and after playing around a bit, I find I can almost get the mixbus sound by using Klanghelm's SDRR (which is $3 more than mixbus) and Magnetic II. This was done only with completed projects and not individual tracks, so I would expect a little more analog mojo with the projects split into individual tracks on Mixbus. It's great to have great tools, and I love the price!

southpaw3473
I did a quick experiment to see if I could use Mixbus as an actual mixer before I inputted to Sonar. It works like a charm! JACK apparently does work in Windows with the 2.5 update so it made this real easy. Here's what I did:
 
1-Open both Sonar and Mixbus making sure they are both using the same ASIO drivers. I have a MOTU Track 16 with a Focusrite Octo Pre Dynamic connected via ADAT so I have plenty of I/Os. 
2-In Mixbus make one or more tracks and set the inputs. Make sure you are using "Mixbus Does Monitoring".
3-Use one of the sends for each track input, i.e., if there are 2 stereo mics on an acoustic guitar arm send one for mic one and send two for mic two. Turn off the MASTER button for each track so you are monitoring the track through the busses.
4-On the corresponding busses assign via Track Direct Outputs to OUTS other than the MAIN OUT. This lets you listen PRE-Sonar from the MAIN OUT of Mixbus
5-In Sonar insert a track and set the input to one (or two if it's a stereo input) of the bus outs from Mixbus.
6-Arm for recording and you'll see the signal from Mixbus in Sonar. Now just hit RECORD and away you go. The signal that gets recorded in Sonar is the signal processed first in Mixbus. You can take advantage of its EQ and compressors on the Mixbus strips and record the signal dry while monitoring with verb from the Master OUT.
7-If you wish to monitor from within Sonar just hit Input Echo on in Sonar and mute the Master Bus in MIxbus
 
I don't have time to really get into this for a few days but the quickie tracks I recorded this way with the Harrison console vibe before it hits Sonar is cool. We'll see how many uses this has. I have not run into any clocking issues or latency problems.
 
Let me know what you think about this you guys.
 

southpaw3473

Hi Steve,
Try and start Mixbus first and Sonar second. I haven't had any issues at all with drivers. They just open up in both. Does Toneport have more than one IN pair and one OUT pair? For this to work you have to have a route out and in as well as main outs. I'm using patchbays to physically patch the I/Os. 
 
I also set it up so I can go directly from Sonar to Mixbus using basically the same setup. 
 
I inserted stereo tracks in Mixbus and set their inputs. Set my drum bus OUTS in Sonar to an OUT and patched that to the in selected in Mixbus. It worked perfectly. This is very handy. I can even patch out of Sonar into Mixbus and back into Sonar. This is crazy and changes my whole setup.
 
There are limitations for sure but I like the early returns. 

Crowned One
I finally got round to picking this up and installing it!!
 
Few quick questions for the long time users.
 
Do you just import your bus stems or individual tracks for a whole session?
Does it make a difference to the sound with more tracks?
Are you re-importing back into Sonar to master after you have the "Harrison sound" or finishing there?
 
Thanks
Stephen

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