Why don't Harrison just release a Mixbus plugin?

I've never really understood this. As I understand it, Mixbus is simply the Adour DAW with Harrison's DSP built into the busses. Is there any advantage in doing it this way rather than just using a hypothetical Mixbus plugin which would apply the same DSP but in the DAW you're already comfortable with?

It's not so much as a rant as curiosity. Actually I quite like the idea of finishing off a mix in another program, it's another level of motivation. On the other hand if Mixbus was just a plugin I wouldn't have to learn another DAW.

I usually finish off the mix in another DAW too. I LOVE SPlat, particularly as I am I MIDI guy, but I do finish the mastering in another DAW.

I've wondered this as well. It would have a greater chance of being used by me if it was.

Soundwise
I've read somewhere they couldn't do it without LV2 format, which is not supported by mainstream DAWs. That's why they adapted Ardour.

That sound soooooo much better than my lame explanation.

sharke
I've never really understood this. As I understand it, Mixbus is simply the Adour DAW with Harrison's DSP built into the busses. Is there any advantage in doing it this way rather than just using a hypothetical Mixbus plugin which would apply the same DSP but in the DAW you're already comfortable with?

It's not so much as a rant as curiosity. Actually I quite like the idea of finishing off a mix in another program, it's another level of motivation. On the other hand if Mixbus was just a plugin I wouldn't have to learn another DAW.

There IS a Harrison Plugin for UAD...

michaelhanson

ampfixer
The whole DAW costs less than most plugs. Buy it, try it. There is some voodoo under the hood to be sure.

I've got it, but I prefer to work inside Sonar.

!!elitist!!

I just A/B a mix I did in both SONAR and Mixbus3.
 
Mixbus3 won hands down.

Richard,
 
I wish I could post some snippets of the track I'm working on but it's covered by an NDA.

No Dimbulbs Allowed?


That leaves me out.

yorolpal
No Dimbulbs Allowed?

No, quite the opposite.

sharke
What I don't see myself doing is a project start to finish in Mixbus.

I see it as send dry stems to MB3 from SONAR. Maybe EQ'd some and maybe with automation.
 
Then simply use MB3 as the console with the addition of plugs (MB3 or 3rd party).

I own it but I never bothered to re-install it when I upgraded the computer last year.
 
Most of my projects start to mix themselves as I am writing. If I were recording a band, and the project was somewhat more linear, maybe. But as it is, I always have elements of sound design active in the projets, busses, effects, even rudimentary EQ. I'll often have tons of tracks with just bits of audio, all split and routed to different places. 
 
Just figuring out what needs to be exported how would be a waste of time. 
 
That's not mentioning that I prefer and am much more comfortable with the automation in my DAW. At one point I toyed with the idea of routing out the audio from Logic to MixBus, but I'd rather focus on the mix than on technical stuff.

<insert DAW name here> works most of the time for me

It doesn't seem logical to make it a VST.   Also more hassle from the development end when it doesn't work in a DAW. We all had a plugin or two that wouldn't work in a specific DAW.

bapu
Richard,
 
I wish I could post some snippets of the track I'm working on but it's covered by an NDA.

No Dick Allowed
 
That is fine, I just ended up letting the latest big Windows update through to all my machines including my 2 DAW PC's, I was a bit nervous about that, but now I don't know what I was worried about, so maybe I'll brave it in the not to distant future.