MIXBUS

Other DAWs are designed by companies with experience in computer sound, but no pedigree in world-class recording facilities. The Mixbus DSP mixer is designed by Harrison specifically for its great-sounding EQ, filters, dynamics, and bus summing. If you find a music recording from the golden age of albums—the 70s and 80s—that has stood the test of time, a Harrison console was likely used during production. Mixbus invites you to produce recordings that will stand with the very best.

Mixbus works on the three most popular desktop operating systems (MacOS, Windows, and Linux), and loads industry standard I/O and plug-in formats (VST, VST3, AU, & LV2). Do you collaborate with other Mixbus users? A session from a collaborator using Harrison plug-ins will playback in your Mixbus as originally recorded including full performance of all the plug-in information even if you have not purchased those specific Harrison plug-ins yourself. Sessions can be shared among Windows, Mac, and Linux users.

Mixbus provides professional-level features to import or record an unlimited number of audio or MIDI tracks to your computer; then edit, mix, and master your production.

• Straightforward "knob per function" mixer layout based on Harrison's renowned music consoles
• Precision algorithms for EQ, Filter, Compression, Analog Tape Saturation, and Summing
• The Mixbus engine is internally dithered, ramped, and gain staged so that sound quality is preserved as close to analog as possible
• 4 Pages to support your workflow:  Cue (for creative clip-launching),  Rec (for linear multitrack recording), Edit (full-featured DAW-style editing) and Mix!
• Clip Launching and bundled content: use Clips to define a groove, then trigger them with Cue Markers on the timeline
• Unlimited stereo or mono input channels, each with unlimited plug-ins, sends, and hardware inserts (limited only by CPU and disc speed)
• Unlimited MIDI tracks, each with virtual instrument support, unlimited plug-ins, sends and inserts
• Polarity, Input trim, High-pass Filter, Sweepable 3-band EQ, Compression, and 8 Mix Bus sends on every track
• Stereo Master Bus that features Tone Controls, Analog Tape Saturation, K-meter, Stereo Correlation Meter, and Limiter
• Automatic plug-in delay compensation to support effects such as parallel compression without time misalignment
• Comprehensive "at-a-glance" metering with peak, peak hold, and compressor gain reduction visible on every track and bus
• Extensive DAW editing features including "Smart Tool", Ripple Edit, and configurable keybindings for nearly every operation
• Industry standard plug-in support: Mixbus loads AudioUnit (AU) plug-ins on OSX; and VST3, VST and LV2 plug-ins on all platforms
• Mixbus provides professional features such as Loudness Analysis (dBTP+LUFS+LU Range), LTC (SMPTE) generation and sync; video pullup/pulldown
• Persistent undo (undo remains possible after closing and reopening a session)
• The lastest-generation of Harrison's "True Analog Mixing™" processing engine with enhanced compressor/limiter algorithms, built-in sidechain bussing, and increased plug-in flexibility
• Support for video timeline, video window, and audio+video exports
• Recording operates like a tape machine: Punch-in on the fly, and use per-track input monitoring just like a multitrack tape machine
• Extensive export features including multitrack stem export, simultaneous multi-format exports, multiple export ranges, CD track markers, silence trimming, normalization, and command-line arguments to trigger third-party encoders or file-management scripts
• Audio regions are stacked in "layers", and every region fadein/out is a crossfade to the region(s) beneath it
• Plugin "pin connection management" provides rich editing of signal-flow through each channel's path, including full support for dual mono, mono-to-stereo, sidechaining, and other advanced flows
• The user interface scales to fit your monitor—larger monitors will get bigger knobs and sharper text
• Refined workflow and graphics, including scaling and support for HiDPI (Retina) displays
• Generic MIDI devices can use "MIDI Learn" to assign MIDI controls directly to on-screen knobs or use MIDI profiles to select many pre-configured device layouts from a pull-down menu
• Mackie control protocol is provided for motorized fader controllers, and the Mackie protocols have been extended to ergonomically control the Mixbus channelstrip EQ, compressor, and 8 mixbus sends. Dedicated support is provided for popular devices like the Presonus Faderport, Mackie MCU, and Behringer X-Touch controllers
• OSC (Open Sound Control) protocol supports ethernet-based wireless tablet controllers such as TouchOSC and Lemur for iOS and Android to remote-control Mixbus
• Lua Scripting: Use the Lua scripting language to automate tasks such as track creation, renaming tracks, adding plugins, or creating "macro" operations
• VCA Faders: Use VCA faders to control multiple channel faders at once—a fader can be assigned to multiple remote VCA faders, adding another powerful dimension of control and organization to your mixes
• Tempo Ramps and Tempo Maps: Use advanced features to map your live recording's tempo and structure (no need to record to a click!)—or import a tempo map from MIDI

• New “Cue” window
  • Cue window brings a familiar set of non-linear creative tools to Mixbus32c
  • Provides a clip launch grid where you can drag, drop and arrange your clips using an array of automated actions and grid controls
  • Arrange the Cues on your linear song timeline using cue markers, solving a frequent frustration of grid-based looping tools
  • Includes a collection of bundled content that gets you started fast, and comprehensive controls to manage your own clip collection. Or you can record to a track and bounce directly to a slot, where you can loop and arrange cues on the fly.
  • Import dozens of file formats from nearly any loop provider, including the Apple. CAF audio loops for Logic and Garageband

• Mixer Scenes – Quickly store and recall your knob settings with a single click. You can compare 8 different mixes to see which one is working best. And you can audition a scene using 'momentary mode' before you actually overwrite your current settings. This takes plugin A/B'ing to a new level: you can A/B the setting for dozens of plugins, and your faders/mutes/sends/eqs/compressors ... all with one click!

• NuTempo – A new & improved timeline for MIDI and sequencing. NuTempo encodes the Audio-time and MIDI-time on separate domains and retains ultimate precision for both time domains when you operate on regions with Snap and other music-aware operations.
• MIDI Draw Tools – Include 3 additional menus at the top of the editor. These buttons allow you to choose the Channel, Length, and Velocity of the notes you will draw. Alternatively, you can select Auto to return to the previous behavior, where Mixbus32C guesses those values from the surrounding notes in the Region.

• Ripple All – When Ripple All is selected, then a Range selection will always propagate to all tracks; and deleting the Range will both ripple the tracks and the timeline markers in that time range.

• Includes a native Mac M1/M2 package for cutting-edge mac users. The ARM package provides extreme performance at the lowest latencies and longer battery life.

• Mac and Windows installers are now Signed and Notarized: no more security prompts during installation!

• Updated Mac builds use the latest Apple tools to support the new Waves v12 plugins (among other benefits)

• Updated ASIO driver for Windows: improved cpu performance and better support for ASIO devices that use milliseconds to set the buffersize rather than samples

Own a prior version of Mixbus or 32C? Your old license will not work in the latest version. But you can install the latest software to evaluate it, without affecting your current installation. For "major" version updates, registered users will receive a coupon code via email to purchase the new version at a discounted price. Click here to see our full upgrade policy. If you did not receive your update email, please write to us at: mixbus@harrisonconsoles.com