TheSteven Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 New Harrison Mixbus versions and discount upgrades Mixbus32C just got a lot better! We've published a new version for Mixbus32C users: version 8.1 If you've been waiting to upgrade to version 8, then now is the time to act! In addition to hundreds of fixes and improvements (you'll find a partial list at the end of this email), v8.1 introduces a killer new feature: Mixer Scenes. Mixer scenes allow you to quickly store and recall your knob settings. You can compare 8 different mixes with a button-click. 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! Quote Upgrade From Any Prior Mixbus32C! Get Mixbus32C v8 Now List Price $349 USD Just $79 USD with upgrade coupon During checkout, enter the code ######## and click Apply (Check your August 5th emails for "Mixbus32C just got a lot better!" and its discount code!) (this is a unique coupon for you only!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 Mixbus v8 - $59 (new list price is $129) with code MB8-INTROhttps://harrisonconsoles.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALC Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 I connect with Mixbus having learned sound on old analog sound boards (lower end Mackie, Yamaha, Soundcraft). I purchased V6 and 32C V7 (having spent a grand total of $19 + $49), but haven’t completed a project with them yet. I hope to actually finish a project to justify a future upgrade. Who’s using Mixbus? My main DAW is Studio One Pro (which I’m comfortable with). How’s the transition between other DAWs and Mixbus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubdisciple Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 15 hours ago, ALC said: I connect with Mixbus having learned sound on old analog sound boards (lower end Mackie, Yamaha, Soundcraft). I purchased V6 and 32C V7 (having spent a grand total of $19 + $49), but haven’t completed a project with them yet. I hope to actually finish a project to justify a future upgrade. Who’s using Mixbus? My main DAW is Studio One Pro (which I’m comfortable with). How’s the transition between other DAWs and Mixbus? I will preface this by saying I never updated past v4 so I am far from an expert. With that said, the main appeal is the sound, which I am still not convinced is as magical as people make it out to be. It sounds good, but for me that comes down to a combination of the consistency of having same channel strip and saturation on every channel. I have templates in studio one and Cakewalk( since this is a cakewalk forum) that have simple console style channel strips on every channel and buss. Harrison even sells channel strip plug now. I have tried the bounce stems to mix in mixbus approach and the time never seemed worth it. If Mixbus did AAF import natively it would be an improvement, but as it stands, the process now involves having to delete silence on every track I import. I will occasionally mix a project I received as stems on Mixbus, but the colorization I get in Mixbus is just not worth the process to move from another DAW. Part if the results one gets when using Mixbus are a result of following a simplified workflow. This workflow can be achieved in any DAW after a one time template setup. My newest ST1 template is Amex 9099 on all channels and busses with a Softube Drawmer 1973 on my mixbus. I have Echo Boy on 2 effects sends ( one ping pong and one set to 1/8s). I have three verb sends( little plate, supermassive and stock). I also have a sort of sizzle buss with new fangled audio saturate and a high pass filter and boost( I use very little since Amek has saturation). No, it doesn't sound like Harrison , but the simplified workflow gives me something similar to what my main purpose if using Mixbus would be. I will concede that there are setups that would come closer to that sound( perhaps Harrison's strip and even that has an asterix), but my way too long point is I struggle to find scenarios that make DAW jumping a better use of time than creating your own simplified workflow where your work is already living. Here is an interesting take on Harrison's marketing: 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reginaldStjohn Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 I have mixbus V7, Studio One and Cakewalk. I alternate between Cakewalk and Studio One to stay up on using them. I use Mixbus occasionally but it is mostly just a backup. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubdisciple Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 This an even more even evaluation of Harrison products: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubdisciple Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) And I am not trying to crap on harrison. In fact when singer-singwriters come into my studio (particularly older people who grew up on consoles) and they have no interest in MIDI, I often recommend Mixbus without selling them on the somewhat placebo effect often used as a selling point. Edited August 22, 2022 by dubdisciple Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 2 hours ago, dubdisciple said: I often recommend Mixbus without selling them on the somewhat placebo effect often used as a selling point. Alongside the "Pro Tools" placebo? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubdisciple Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 26 minutes ago, abacab said: Alongside the "Pro Tools" placebo? I never ever recommend pro tools unless they specifically want to work in established pro tools based studio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveiv Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Aight gentlemen let's calm down now. We're all adults here, no need to fight over a piece of software. Meanwhile, needless to say, REAPER is by far the greatest DAW of all time, and there isn't any real reason for other DAWs to exist anymore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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