I think I might check out the demo in the next few days.
I know with ProTools you can do something similar, but this makes the idea of grabbing a USB interface and a laptop to make field recording a very simple proposition. One other thing that stood out to me is the licensing. Their disclaimer mentions that the demo injects some noise periodically in the mix. They will even let you download a fully functional version of the software as a demo for either the Mixbus4 or the Mixbus32C. Sold by The Midi Store and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. The manual is the same for both versions. This item: Icon Pro Audio DAW Control Surface, QCon Pro X Main Unit (QCONPROX) 1,199.00. I downloaded the user manual, which is available here and appears very well laid out. They do provide support for Presonus Faderport8 and 16 as well as supporting Mackie MCU compatible controllers, like the Behringer XTouch. Using a mouse for mixing is pretty clunky. It would seem a natural for a multi-touch screen. I'm curious about how you control the faders. They have a section in the installation portion about CPU usage and the first topic is, " Why does Mixbus require more CPU usage than my other DAW?" They are pretty up front about it being a CPU hog. Minimum is a dual core, but I think the last single core PCs were in the P4 era, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Recommended processor is 4+ cores, which means an i5 or i7. They may offer a plug-in to support MP3, but I didn't see any mention of one.
If you're building tracks from the ground up, that isn't an issue, but if you use it for something like the VJR, you'll need other conversion software. The only thing I see is no built-in ability to import or export MP3 on the Windows and Linux versions.
#DAW CONTROLLERS THAT WORK WITH MIXBUS 32C DRIVER#
It appears to work with anything that has an ASIO driver (Windows), CoreAudio driver (Mac OSX)and ALSA (Linux). I own V4 and got a lot of use out of it strictly as a tool for just mixing stems. But if one was interested in 32C the answer would probably be to get this and go with an upgrade when they have a sale. I spent some time this morning on the website. 32C is the full on emulation of the 'famous' Harrison strip, which is also available as a rack mount unit and in plug in form from UAD.
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