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ttoine « An analog console in a pc ... »
Published on 07/05/13 at 04:50
Value For Money :
Poor
I use it under GNU / Linux, especially with Ubuntu and Ubuntu Studio. However, I can confirm that it works very well on Windows and Mac. Making it the only recording and mix compatible with the three software systems. Harrison also created a small program that allows the need to convert sessions Pro-Tools, Logic and others for Mixbus, sold separately.
We download an installer that is doing all alone like a big one. You must first install jackd and put the license text file in his personal directory. And it's all good. The same goes for the three systems.
For GNU / Linux, the thing a bit unusual for people who are not familiar, this is Jack correctly configure and launch first: latency, sampling frequency, etc.. are set out in Mixbus. So be careful at this point depending on the project.
Also for Gnu / Linux, consider using a multimedia oriented like Ubuntu Studio or AV Linux distribution, or otherwise, performance level that will not top (Feel free to ask me questions about it).
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
It is based on Ardour, 100% Open Source, but Mixbus replaces the mixer "classic" for a software on pc by emulator analog console. On the menu, 8 bus, compressor and EQ emulator tape drive, etc. .. on each slice. So, Mixbus is much more greedy qu'Ardour without adding additional effect: there is already a default processing.
Apart from that, with an AMD A6, it is happiness. I look forward to version 3 better exploit multicore. Note that GNU / Linux, it is best to avoid the Intel CPU and logical CPUs (examples: i5, i7), it loses in performance (hence the choice of AMD). Note that we had a need for stability at the beginning, because of the AMD driver. But it was resolved long ago. Please note: we can do sessions several days without rebooting anything.
Mixbus I run on different machines, including my old Thinkpad T61. The studio Azarecord, we use with RME card 24 i / o adat and pre-amps and converters, and if I also use firewire or usb travel cards. It is always a pleasure.
The biggest session we had was for a video, to mix 23 tracks, many effects and automation, etc.. it has not exceeded 50% of the CPU. Project officials were impressed that we have not a mac pro and pro-tools as everyone else, although it sounds great.
For our part, we thus find it with a relatively low acquisition cost compared to the performance that was.
I put 8 because I'm waiting for version 3 with management for Multi-Mix part.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for a little over a year. Previously I was Ardour user, I still occasionally used for its light on some recordings. Then I opened the session in Mixbus to the mix.
The value for money is just huge: it was the sound of a Harrison console in the PC. Since we made the mix with Mixbus, many people who listen to our mixes and ask us what is the console overpriced we have in governance. We do not have console, for since Mixbus, we sold.
The nice thing is that the publisher is the same as a lot of software. However, the mix part works as a console. So, an engineer / sound technician can not lose, that's the same thing ready worklow in analog. We can even do without plugins in many cases on the edges. On the other hand, those who actually use their ears to his work immediately captivated by the sound.
So without hesitation, I would do this choice and I recommend it to all those who wish to work as analog, but digital.
We download an installer that is doing all alone like a big one. You must first install jackd and put the license text file in his personal directory. And it's all good. The same goes for the three systems.
For GNU / Linux, the thing a bit unusual for people who are not familiar, this is Jack correctly configure and launch first: latency, sampling frequency, etc.. are set out in Mixbus. So be careful at this point depending on the project.
Also for Gnu / Linux, consider using a multimedia oriented like Ubuntu Studio or AV Linux distribution, or otherwise, performance level that will not top (Feel free to ask me questions about it).
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
It is based on Ardour, 100% Open Source, but Mixbus replaces the mixer "classic" for a software on pc by emulator analog console. On the menu, 8 bus, compressor and EQ emulator tape drive, etc. .. on each slice. So, Mixbus is much more greedy qu'Ardour without adding additional effect: there is already a default processing.
Apart from that, with an AMD A6, it is happiness. I look forward to version 3 better exploit multicore. Note that GNU / Linux, it is best to avoid the Intel CPU and logical CPUs (examples: i5, i7), it loses in performance (hence the choice of AMD). Note that we had a need for stability at the beginning, because of the AMD driver. But it was resolved long ago. Please note: we can do sessions several days without rebooting anything.
Mixbus I run on different machines, including my old Thinkpad T61. The studio Azarecord, we use with RME card 24 i / o adat and pre-amps and converters, and if I also use firewire or usb travel cards. It is always a pleasure.
The biggest session we had was for a video, to mix 23 tracks, many effects and automation, etc.. it has not exceeded 50% of the CPU. Project officials were impressed that we have not a mac pro and pro-tools as everyone else, although it sounds great.
For our part, we thus find it with a relatively low acquisition cost compared to the performance that was.
I put 8 because I'm waiting for version 3 with management for Multi-Mix part.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for a little over a year. Previously I was Ardour user, I still occasionally used for its light on some recordings. Then I opened the session in Mixbus to the mix.
The value for money is just huge: it was the sound of a Harrison console in the PC. Since we made the mix with Mixbus, many people who listen to our mixes and ask us what is the console overpriced we have in governance. We do not have console, for since Mixbus, we sold.
The nice thing is that the publisher is the same as a lot of software. However, the mix part works as a console. So, an engineer / sound technician can not lose, that's the same thing ready worklow in analog. We can even do without plugins in many cases on the edges. On the other hand, those who actually use their ears to his work immediately captivated by the sound.
So without hesitation, I would do this choice and I recommend it to all those who wish to work as analog, but digital.