WAVES TUNE IN HARRISON MIXBUS MAC OS X

Jack is a separate, free application that enables simple to complex routing of audio inside your Mac. To get started in Mixbus, you first need to set up Jack Pilot. With that kind of credibility, you have to take notice when they claim to have created a virtual mixer based on their 32‑series and MR‑series consoles, especially when it's being offered at an introductory price of $79. In case the name Harrison is not familiar, to you, they are best known for the top‑end, large‑format consoles used to mix all your favourite films, as well as a little collection of toe‑tappers called Michael Jackson's Thriller. Many of the features described in this review are, of course, common to Ardour and Mixbus, but for the sake of simplicity I'll refer to Mixbus throughout. Mixbus itself is thus not open‑source, as the mixer uses proprietary code developed by Harrison Consoles. Broadly speaking, it combines the existing Ardour recording and mixing functionality with a custom mixer.

WAVES TUNE IN HARRISON MIXBUS MAC OS X

Mixbus is a customised Mac OS X version of the open‑source program Ardour (which, unlike Mixbus, is also available for the Linux platform). |t was with this notion in mind that the makers of Mixbus set out to create a new DAW that, while not reinventing the wheel, improves in areas where others fall short and offers something no other DAW can boast: a million‑dollar mixer. Just about every music production professional, amateur and even dilettante is already committed to one of the current crop of major digital audio workstations, and so fully entrenched in its eccentricities that switching to another is probably not a viable consideration. Note the red gain‑reduction meters of the compressor.ĭoes the pro audio market need another digital audio workstation program? Harrison Consoles and Ardour believe the answer is 'yes'. Easy access to EQ and compressor controls is one of its strengths.

Here you can see I'm using Mixbus as the mixer for my Logic session, a great way to get your feet wet with the new program.

Waves tune in harrison mixbus