Harrison Mixbus

Installation & Configuration Linux
#1

Kind of been eyeing Harrison Mixbus once I get some stuff setup for a more stationary home studio setup. Any thoughts, opinions, experiences?

#2

I use it a lot, like it very much, is a DAW that simplifies a lot the Mixing part of the process, at least for me it’s been very good, its also very good on the recording and simple editing.

I mainly use Mixbus unless i have to do multi take recording-editing, in that case i use whatever latest version of Ardour is out, once i’ve edited, do a stem export and go to Mixbus.

A benefit i’ve got to like about mixbus is that being multi platform i can have it on my Linux/Windows equipped Laptop and use whatever interface i want for multi track recording on Windows(since support on linux is so limited on both Firewire and Usb, sometimes the interface i believe i want or need for X job is not a Linux supported one…) and i record directly on an external USB HDD and open the session on Linux back in the studio.

#3

Thanks guys; looks like that will probably be on the shopping list after some other key components fall into place (mixing console, pci interface, etc.)

#4

@thorgal: i use a USB hard drive with 2 NTFS partitions, the first one is for record so its around 30 GB in my case, i do it like that trying to ensure the best performance on recording, however a USB 2 hard drive writes around 20-30 MB/s, we only need it to write around 6 MB/s for a 16 track recording (correct me some one if i’m wrong but thats what i calculated… heh…)

@seablad: i do a stem export after editing in stacked layers mode in Ardour 3 (sorry i mentioned, had to) which is not supported in mixbus (or Ardour 2), but when i record directly on mixbus on Windows, then yes i just open the session back in Mixbus Linux, it always gives me some errors the first time i open it but then it’s ok.

#5

Bandwidth needed for recording depends not only on track count but what sample rate and bit depth you are recording in, so noone can correct you without knowing that;)

I didn’t realize you were using A3, ok in that case you are completely correct, Mixbus doesn’t support A3 sessions anda stem export is needed.

    Seablade
#6

@fernesto

You shouldn’t even need to do a stem export for the record, just open the original session in Mixbus if needed, that is what I do quite often for live recordings where I am recording 20-40 tracks at a time in Ardour and then open it up in Mixbus.

@OP
Mixbus is great for stereo destined material in my opinion, I have been using it to edit and mix several projects (A mixture of video and audio, more video these days) every week these days due primarily to the workflow I attain in it allowing me to work rather quickly.

           Seablade
#7

@fernesto
Just curious, what’s the filesystem on the USB HDD ?

#8

I use Mixbus and love it. Wholeheartedly recommend it.