![]() ![]() We've always made it clear on the Expert sites that the best DAW is the one that suits you, that's why we support users from several different DAWs. As it stands, I use mixbus for all my recording, mixing and mastering, and only go outside of that when sequencing electronica for my own amusement.At Production Expert we get asked by a lot of people 'Why do people use Studio One, Logic Pro or Pro Tools?" In the past, this has descended into DAW wars, which are frankly unhelpful and are oftentimes just rants about why another DAW is bad, which of course is an opinion. If they focus their attention on the sequencing element and finally bring the VST support up to scratch I'll never use another DAW again. I don't quite buy the 'only tool you need' marketing hype, BUT, having a high/low pass and parametric EQ on each channel, as well as the rudimentary comp/leveler/limiter right there (and the ability to arrange those elements within your insert chain,) is fucking brilliant. is bloody great and means you have tools at your disposal to very quickly treat or audition treatments as you go. Overall, I'd give it an 8/10 in its current state, as the onboard EQ, comp, phase control, routing etc. I'm sure it would come in handy for certain applications with live instruments but my templates have those dials set firmly to 0% and tend to stay that way. sounds great but there seems to be a distortion over everything.' - it's so subtle that you don't notice it/become accustomed to it, but to fresh ears it sounds like it's been run through a saturator at 100% wet. If anything it tends to fuck things right up if you accidentally leave it on and results in feedback like 'uhh. I've yet to find a use for the 'drive/analog saturation' on the busses and master. Very fiddly, though also incredibly powerful once you figure it out. Unfortunately it isn't up to scratch for in-depth production work just yet, and the automation's like pulling teeth. The sequencing functionality admittedly has a long way to go. That's another great thing- your key is valid for a full version number and you can install on as many of your own computers as you'd like. Harrison's native plugins are great, though not very pretty, and as an added bonus if you keep an eye out they very regularly give selections away to registered users, and they're lifetime keys. That said I do know that they've gone a long way to fix plugin compatibility in v6, though I don't believe VST3 is supported yet (don't quote me on that!) All of my Waves, iZotope, Nomad Factory etc show up, and the only ones I have issues with are by iZotope, which tend to crash the program at random. I haven't been able to get my AIR plugins (Vacuum Pro and Hybrid) to show up in the plugin list that said, I haven't followed up in a while either. It seems to come down to development dollars vs. Plugin compatibility has been one of the biggest issues with this DAW from the get go, but issues do tend to get fixed and the team are aware of most of them. No VST3 support and some VSTs just don't show up in the plugin scan. It should be said that I haven't upgraded to v6 just yet, so I'm still running v5.4 from memory. That said, the dev team are responsive and tend to get around to everything on the request list sooner or later. There are some downsides though, and I think these are some of the main reasons it's so damned cheap. Some of the more complex editing features do require a trip to RTFM land, but ultimately as I go on I'm finding that I'm learning and consolidating some pretty nifty, time-saving techniques. I was able to figure out how to get the routing and most of the programs' features up and running without consulting the manual as, for the most part, it's all just there. I downloaded the demo on account of the 'analog style' marketing hype, gave it a burl on an old multitrack and was instantly hooked. Helps us keep the sub clean by reporting posts and comments that are in fault. Check out the rest of them before posting and learn more behind their reason to be: ![]() NO LINK DUMPING FOR SELF PROMOTION (use a text post instead, introduce yourself, don't be spam-y, be transparent)īreaking any of these rules will result in your post being instantly deleted and repeated offenses will result in your banning. ![]()
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