dubdisciple
That waves live track software is a reminder of some of the things  i don't like about waves.  They have a stripped down version of ardour they charge $99 for.
 

TracksLive is FREE...it's only $99 for the Premium Version that gets you MultiRack, which is normally $600...

yeah hopefully the new mixbus version will be x64 and do VSTs :-)

I downloaded it, scanned my plugins, but couldn't get my MIDI to work...
but I haven't really gotten "under the hood".  It sure looks promising for
Mixbus 3 though....

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cclarry
This is good news...and should move Mixbus 3 further along I hope.

Ardour 4 looks promising...VST's and MIDI...major step forward for
this platform....

Let me know if you can't get it figured out. (you will it's pretty easy) I can help later. I use Mixbus seldom so I'm having to learn things again and again. I'm going to import some tracks later and mess around a bit.

I guess I should rephrase...my instruments work fine...
My MIDI Keyboard won't operate them...I've turned it 
on in the MIDI preferences...but still get nothing...I'll
dive in deeper later on...but I'll keep you posted if I can't
get it fingered out...I mean figured out...

I haven't tried that yet...I'm expecting a learning curve, that's why I got it. When Mixbus 3 arrives I'll be ready.

clintmartin
I haven't tried that yet...I'm expecting a learning curve, that's why I got it. When Mixbus 3 arrives I'll be ready.

Same here...kind of looking forward to Mixbus 3...should be a giant leap for it!

Okay, I've got a few miles on Ardour now and it seems pretty stable. I tried to change the audio settings and it crashed, but just make those changes in your interface to begin with, leave it alone and it seems to be stable. My 64bit plugins scanned in just fine and there are a lot of huge improvements. Harrison Mixbus 3 is going to be a big deal!

I gave them $1/month to try out Ardour 4 for Windows. And I gave them a one time $10 contribution to help with development.
 
I figure when MB3 comes out my upgrade fee will augment what little I gave today.