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rhythminmind · 1st October 2009

Fun idea for sure. But the low price is the only thing going for it & that is something don't get me wrong.
But compared to what most of us use are already using there is nothing technically new or improved with this mixing engine over any other DAW.
In actuality many will have a higher internal resolution 48/64bit (Live, Sonar, PT, Reaper, ect ect.) But thats just techy babble at this point.

It's hard to beat what SSL/sydec have done. They have done what everyone here is wanting already. A console with your choice of DAW.The SSL/sydec Mixtreme & Duende are examples of this. But at the cost of $.

I find the MixBus feature set very limited. Basic EQ/Comp abilities. Most stock DAW eq's/comps/& saturation should run circles around this. Nevermind something like a Duende channelstrip & URS saturation.
I do love that Ardour is getting more action tho.
I demoed a Harrison few years ago that ran on linux & had Ardour integrated. Very cool setup & smart on Harrisons part to use the open community for development. The Linux geek in me liked it. The same idea has worked really well for apple/OS X. Whenever a challenge/problem pops up all you have to do it see what the community has already created & port it over.

1st October 2009	#126
rhythminmind Lives for gear Joined: May 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,076	Fun idea for sure. But the low price is the only thing going for it & that is something don't get me wrong. But compared to what most of us use are already using there is nothing technically new or improved with this mixing engine over any other DAW. In actuality many will have a higher internal resolution 48/64bit (Live, Sonar, PT, Reaper, ect ect.) But thats just techy babble at this point. It's hard to beat what SSL/sydec have done. They have done what everyone here is wanting already. A console with your choice of DAW.The SSL/sydec Mixtreme & Duende are examples of this. But at the cost of $. I find the MixBus feature set very limited. Basic EQ/Comp abilities. Most stock DAW eq's/comps/& saturation should run circles around this. Nevermind something like a Duende channelstrip & URS saturation. I do love that Ardour is getting more action tho. I demoed a Harrison few years ago that ran on linux & had Ardour integrated. Very cool setup & smart on Harrisons part to use the open community for development. The Linux geek in me liked it. The same idea has worked really well for apple/OS X. Whenever a challenge/problem pops up all you have to do it see what the community has already created & port it over. __________________ "Any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense."