cclarry Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) MixBox packs over 70* award-winning mixing processors and creative effects derived from T-RackS, AmpliTube and SampleTank into a convenient 500-series style plug-in. Create, compare and save your own custom channel strips or multiFX chains, or choose from over 600* presets to give your creativity a kickstart. Whether in your favorite DAW or stand-alone, MixBox combines a massive range of effects and powerful workflow to supercharge your mixes. https://blackoctopus-sound.com/product/t-racks-mixbox/ Edited June 20, 2023 by cclarry 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Wow. Too bad I already have it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcL Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 You say it precisely: "I would be a no-brainer - without brain", if I would buy something of IK again! 😆 Even if it looks very tempting (I guess I wait for a good price on PSP InfinityStrip instead). After all the installation and activation trouble with IK in the last years! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralfrobert Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Mixbox is relatively unproblematic. No sound downloads, single installer, all-in-one product. If you only use this, you can avoid most of the trouble. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno de Souza Lino Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 58 minutes ago, ralfrobert said: Mixbox is relatively unproblematic. If you ignore their blurry interface which only seems to render sharp in a 4k display then yes, Mixbox is relatively unproblematic. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecode 101 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 I use it. Its good. handy to have access to all fx in one insert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TW5011 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 I use it too. It's convenient, and it's also fun to load up a couple of presets and see how it can take your drums (for example) in a different direction. Normally I wouldn't use presets for mixing, but when experimenting, this is a neat tool for that. (When I record my own drums, I know what I'm working toward, but if using pre-recorded drums or loops, sometimes they just need a different "flavor" to the mix, and MixBox makes it a little more fun to explore variations, since it has so many options in it and is easy to use.) Also, as someone said, this doesn't have the install frustrations of other IK stuff, since it's separate. (I dislike the T-Racks way of installing, so I wrote a script to clean it up, but I'm nerdy like that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse g Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 I love using Mixbox, 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicMan Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 3 hours ago, MarcL said: You say it precisely: "I would be a no-brainer - without brain", if I would buy something of IK again! 😆 Even if it looks very tempting (I guess I wait for a good price on PSP InfinityStrip instead). After all the installation and activation trouble with IK in the last years! I've used PSP InfinitiStrip quite a bit since it was on that deep sale and I'm so glad I picked it up. It's become one of my preferred FET compressors, the VCA compressor in it I really like, some of the EQs are fantastic and great saturation modules in there. I'd love them to do an EffectsRack to includes some of their delays and reverbs, etc, or add them to the strip as well. IK is more feature rich so gets the edge there by having them, but I still reach for InfinitiStrip more. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALC Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) Definitely a good deal for the price. I agree with cclarry--it's a no brainer. Do they still give the Sunset Sound Reverb Collection with new purchases or was that a temporary offer? Also, I don't know the current relationship between MixBox and MixBox for iPad (which they made it free). Not sure if the regular MixBox unlocks MixBox for iPad. I bought both before and paid like $7 to unlock the SSRC. Anyhow, definitely a powerhouse of a plugin. Edited June 21, 2023 by ALC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALC Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, MusicMan said: I've used PSP InfinitiStrip quite a bit since it was on that deep sale and I'm so glad I picked it up. It's become one of my preferred FET compressors, the VCA compressor in it I really like, some of the EQs are fantastic and great saturation modules in there. I'd love them to do an EffectsRack to includes some of their delays and reverbs, etc, or add them to the strip as well. IK is more feature rich so gets the edge there by having them, but I still reach for InfinitiStrip more. One thing I learned about PSP is that their plugins AFAIK are all zero latency, which is a huge plus if you're doing stuff live. I regret that I missed that deep discount while I was researching and deliberating. MixBox can build up a bit of latency depending on the modules used (not a problem if not using it live), but MixBox can still be used live--you just have to avoid certain modules that cause a lot of latency (to make it low or very low latency, but not no latency). Edited June 21, 2023 by ALC 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promidi Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 13 hours ago, MarcL said: After all the installation and activation trouble with IK in the last years! I feel left out. I have never had any "installation and activation trouble with IK" For me, everything of theirs has just worked....... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioschmaudio Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Promidi said: I feel left out. I have never had any "installation and activation trouble with IK" For me, everything of theirs has just worked....... You're the chosen one. Tell us your secrets. Just recently I had another "aha" moment. I decided to move all Syntronik files to a different drive. I then also changed the path in the plugin settings, everything was back in place and worked. BUT: All my favorites were no longer marked as such! And I've spent ages listening to them all and deciding which ones I want to mark. Luckily I had saved a clip in Ableton Live for every favorite, because each preset really only sounds great with the right notes/chords/melodies (yes, I know, sounds like a waste of time - my form of procrastinating, I guess). It took me quite a while to re-mark them as favorites. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno de Souza Lino Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 1 hour ago, audioschmaudio said: You're the chosen one. Tell us your secrets. Just recently I had another "aha" moment. I decided to move all Syntronik files to a different drive. I then also changed the path in the plugin settings, everything was back in place and worked. BUT: All my favorites were no longer marked as such! And I've spent ages listening to them all and deciding which ones I want to mark. Luckily I had saved a clip in Ableton Live for every favorite, because each preset really only sounds great with the right notes/chords/melodies (yes, I know, sounds like a waste of time - my form of procrastinating, I guess). It took me quite a while to re-mark them as favorites. Not really. Syntronik is just a sample player anyways, so there's no way you're gonna have presets which work everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioschmaudio Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Bruno de Souza Lino said: Not really. Syntronik is just a sample player anyways, so there's no way you're gonna have presets which work everywhere. The presets do work. And why wouldn't they work anywhere? I can tell it the path, which doesn't just contain the samples but also lots of additional information. Syntronik must have its own database for all presets, it knows which patch has which attributes (like, is it a pluck, synth, brass, ..., is it a Syntronik 1 or 2 patch, which effects does it use, what are the settings for those effects), it remembered all that. Just not my favorites. Just tested with a cheap rompler like New Nation's Tetrad Guitars: That does remember my favorites if I move and relocate the samples to a different drive. Edited June 21, 2023 by audioschmaudio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno de Souza Lino Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 37 minutes ago, audioschmaudio said: And why wouldn't they work anywhere? They don't work anywhere in the sense that the samples for each preset are made for that preset only and you can't tweak much of it in terms of oscillators and such because it's just playing a sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioschmaudio Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Bruno de Souza Lino said: They don't work anywhere in the sense that the samples for each preset are made for that preset only and you can't tweak much of it in terms of oscillators and such because it's just playing a sample. I don't see the connection between that statement and Syntronik losing my favorites. Besides, you can actually tweak quite much! You can layer multiple oscillators, switch between dozens of different oscillators, you have envelopes, a modulation matrix. A preset isn't restricted to play a certain sample. And many of the samples are in fact being used by multiple presets. But I feel like we're hijacking the MixBox thread. By the way, the effects section of Syntronik is very similar to MixBox, many of the effects are actually taken from MixBox (and T-RackS). Edited June 21, 2023 by audioschmaudio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 For me, Slate VMR rules ‘em all, at least for racks like this 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno de Souza Lino Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Just now, Fleer said: For me, Slate VMR rules ‘em all, at least for racks like this 😎 Yeah. VMR is that magic product where the free version costs money, because it can only be activated using a physical iLok dongle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 25 minutes ago, audioschmaudio said: I don't see the connection between that statement and Syntronik losing my favorites. I could be wrong but I think Bruno was referring to your waste of time statement, aka what you did in Ableton was not a waste of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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