Harrison Mixbus $19.95

http://www.rspeaudio.com/NO-BRAINER-DEAL-Harrison-Mixbus-p/no-brain-harrison-mix.htm
 
$19.95 almost giving it away!! 

Heck, at that price I'd buy another one ....

That is a STEAL!!!

rtucker55
I am just getting ready to update to 2.5 today. Makes me wonder why they would just release a 2.5 if 3.0 was around the corner unless 2.5 is just a testing bed for the improved VST handling process.

That's a good point Tuck..(point and tuck - )

I'm hoping that Mixbus 3.0 get's the Ardour 64 bit and MIDI handling...
that's a major step forward for the program if it does...

cclarry

rtucker55
I am just getting ready to update to 2.5 today. Makes me wonder why they would just release a 2.5 if 3.0 was around the corner unless 2.5 is just a testing bed for the improved VST handling process.

That's a good point Tuck..(point and tuck - )

I'm hoping that Mixbus 3.0 get's the Ardour 64 bit and MIDI handling...
that's a major step forward for the program it does...

I see what you did there...
 
Yeah, 64 bit and midi handling would be a very positive step for Mixbus.

First piece of (music related) software I buy in almost a year.
 
 
Even in I'm 99.99% sure I won't use it because I usually push the concept of ITB to its ultimate limits and stick to my DAW and its plug-ins.
 
For that 0.01% of chances that I might simply want to mess with it, and considering that I'd been wanting to check it out again for the last couple of days, $20 was just too much of a deal to pass.
 
Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to, dixit the Ferengi Rule of Acquisition # 3. :P
 
Thanks for posting it, Stephen. :)

wst3
I still want a DAW that sounds a cool as Mixbus, is as flexible as Sonar, has the timeline features from DP, audio editing from Sound Forge and Wavelab, and expression maps from Cuebendo... but it does not exist.
 
So I use different tools for different tasks.

I really like Mixbus, but I don't use it as much as I used to because the x86 vs x64 thing has become more of a hassle than I care to deal with. Maybe I'm just lazy???

You and I a kindred spirits!  I've said the exact same thing!

Good or I should say great heads up!!
 
Reading a lot about this daw - how do most of you use it with/and Sonar?
 
 
 
Thanks

This has me tempted. Does it come with any effects at all? Can I insert ARC2 in the master bus?

And the Harrison EQ's are the awesome...especially the one on the Master Bus...

BTW...I should say that I wish I could use them outside of Mixbus...they have some
really good plugins...
 

But I can insert ARC2 on master bus? That is important for me.
Edited...I see you answered my question.

Be advised, when you do the scan you will get a lot of messages about VST Instruments...

But it will recognize the effects fine...
 

I bought it. $19.95 isn't a big risk.

I tried the demo in early 2012 to mix a couple of demos of mine. 
 
Th great thing is that, if you use it in conjonction w/ your DAW of choice, it forces you to make the distinction between the writing/recording/arranging process and the actual mix; export each track to .wav and mix it from scratch. And that can really help you focus on the actual mix instead of constantly going back and re-recording and arranging. The ergonomics are terrific (though this might not be much of a deal for Sonar users because you guys have the Pro Channel stuff integrated into the console. 
 
My experience of it was that it was very easy to create a good sounding mix.
 
The not so great thing, if you use it in conjonction w/ your DAW of choice, it forces you to make the distinction between the writing/recording/arranging process and the actual mix.
 
And if like me you're a jack of all trades, writing, recording, sequencing, arranging and mixing your own music, by the time you reach the actual mix phase, you have a bunch of busses created ad tracks routed to them, and you most likely already started using plug-ins to EQ, compress and further process that stuff on the fly. You've probably frozen a bunch of tracks, you may have loops here and there, and you have processing going on in real-time that's actually an integral part of the arrangement. 
 
That's how most of my own projects en up, hence the reason I hesitated for a minute - but for $20, I'm sure I'll find something I can do with it. 
 
 

I was thinking the same.. by the time the project is almost done, it's all merged with effects and buses.
 
Will live recording be easier using Mixbus ?
 
Also for ACR users (I'm not).. will the process purify Mixbus color ?