You're right , and I'll be sure to come back and comment on it here in this thread once I do.

Some of the controls on the UI are way too tiny as well! But one thing I do find to be a huge workflow enhancer is the ability to quickly toggle back and forth with your current knob setting and the plug-in default. With other plug-ins I have to flip back and forth between A and B save settings to mimic anything close.

Do you mean the bx consoles? If so, How do you "quickly toggle back and forth with your current knob setting and the plug-in default" on the bx consoles? Thanks!

On a Mac, you click ‘Alt/Option’ - I only discovered this last week, very handy!

Thanks! I know that option clicking on a bx console knob returns it to default, but are you saying that if you Option click it again a second time the knob then goes back to what you had it at Originally before you did the first click?

Yep, on the EQ knobs. For example, if you boost the high shelf +5db and then Alt-click the gain, it jumps back to the default gain setting (and back again if you click again).

Cool, thanks, didn’t know that! Is that on all of the BX consoles?

Well, at least SSL E, G & J, so presumably yes!

Thank you!

Yep. The Focusrite and SSL console plug-ins. It would be great if every plug-in had that functionality.

Just purchased CLA Mixhub and its a pleasure to mix with, sounded superior to using multiple instances of a UAD SSL.

Made me feel like I was mixing on an analog console, just sounds right to me

One thing that is not talked about enough is the Mixhub setup. I am a Cubase user and the mixer page is pretty lame compared to the Harrison 32C. So in Cubase if I put all my channels with the CLA Mixhub, I can see multple EQs at at time with knobs and everything is clear with adjusting EQ. This really improves work flow a lot and it was not until I worked with the mixer page on the Harrison 32C have I realized this is the best way of working. All EQ, compressors and tape plug in capabilties for every channel right in front of you. However since Cubase is so much more developed, i can't live wtihout the Project page options it provides. Therefore having the CLA Mixhub on all my channels is the next best thing.

Gotta love SSL plugins, BUT this has got to be a joke:

I do a lot “mixing with the eyes”, because (paradoxically enough) I get to find the things I’d like to hear faster. So, when you use such a great plugin as CLA MixHub, you have no choice but to go old school and use only your ears. And I must say that I am impressed by some mixer engineers who praise that CLA MixHub “solo EQ button” feature. Because, as far as I’m concerned, it annoys the hell out of me.

You see; we all know that the plugins knob labels don’t represent the actual frequency. If you dial in 7k you may end up around 8k, or if you dial in 200 Hz you may land closer to 100 Hz. And that’s absolutely fine, because that’s what we expect from the “real thing” … But when you use the “solo EQ button”, the plugin doesn’t sweep accordingly to the plugins SSL algorithms. Instead (in Solo EQ mode), when you press and turn the knob to 7k you will actually (hear) bandpass at 7k, but as soon you release the knob the frequency cut/boost jumps to 8k …

To me that makes absolutely no sense.

(And I bet many of us didn’t know this )

any way to use the lite version for drafting and full for print ? (ie like offline processing)

edit: nevermind, found the answer in Andrei's video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68mtN5WYLiM

edit2: maybe it was already mentioned in this thread, didnt read all but in any case:

short addition regarding switching from LITE to full for the rendering. besides Andrei's way featured in the video which is DAW dependent the Mixhub also allows copy and paste from the lite to the full version.
- draft the work in lite
- press save, select copy
- load mixhub full
- press load, select paste
- delete lite

It is now my go to SSL channel strip ITB.

For most realistic SSL 4K sound it's the CLA Hub, used as I single plug in. The problem is that it's so extremely CPU expensive. I wish it was possible to downscale the samplerate or something. I know it suffer in the drive department, but still it would be a great tool for normal channel work. I think it's a mistake that waves didn't though of that, it would sell more. Oh and btw. you can't clip distort the BX channels as authentic as the CLA does it. It's not about saturation. Take a Hardware SSL strip and compare for yourself. The compression on all the strips is just wrong. Not a bad compresse in itself, but they can't handle transient like the real deal. CLA is really close. When you drive the EQ it self it will compress in a impressive subtle way. Try it.

The same trick works on the Elysia plugins too.

The other process you can use is just use the standard version on your primary tracks like lead vocals, kick, snare, bass and use the lite version on everything else.

This way there is also something a little extra special about the tracks you want to stand out, making it slightly easier to push the other elements in the background and saving you the extra DSP AND time copying/pasting.

MixHub Regular & Lite will still work along side each other in the Buckets mode, too.

thank you, yes i will try this.

i absolutely fell in love wiht the bucket mode. everything is great and thoughtfully designed (like the way you can push it) but the bucket mode quickly sneaked on a permanent spot on the 3rd monitor.

i wish Waves would have aimed for a less cringe inducing commercial when they released it. I tucked it mentally away as a "toy" for over a year.

Over time I have come to realise that their plugins generally come from a good place the desire to do something different, something creative, something helpful.

... then marketing gets their hands on it.

It's not always lame or cheesy, they've actually got quite few good ads, but sometimes I think they miss the mark a bit. Personally, with this ad though, I don't think it was particularly cheesy, maybe a tiny bit, but I also didn't get "toy" from it. I'm actually surprised you did actually.

Is it because it had CLA's name attached to it?? Because offering up a full fledged channel strip to the public complete with buckets doesn't really say "toy" to me.

yes, completely agree.

you see waves in studios everywhere all over the sessions. its not just paid sponsoring. You also see other developers praising even the oldest plugins (like Fabien speaking fondly about RComp's coding in the plugin analysis thread) and they usually get the job done well and tested.
I got to realize that they know their business. Not only coding related but also in audio engineering related which some companies seem to lack.

The "toy" image i had regarding most CLA products culminating in the mixhub commercial built up from previous offerings i guess. While i deeply respect CLA as person, the use of fake loudpspeakers and graphics on the CLA Vocals, Mixdown and Effects seemed gimmicky and toy like. When Mixhub got released it seemed to just confirm my untested first perception and thus prejudice.

On a side note I would wish they would actually overhaul the UI framework to allow resizing. This would work better for high dpi displays.

Anybody else finding Mixhub crashing their Pro Tools/LPX sessions?

I just upgraded to Mojave (10.14.6) and it's crashing my sessions like crazy.

PlugIn Path: /Applications/Waves/*/CLA MixHub.bundle/Contents/MacOS/CLA MixHub
PlugIn Identifier: com.WavesAudio.CLA MixHub.11.0.64
PlugIn Version: 11.0.64 (11.0.64135)

I'll write support as well but thought I'd ask here too.

R.

ditto this....if anybody from Waves sees this. You are falling way behind on GUI resizing options. everyone is doing it now. I like mixhub, but it looks like a postage stamp at my screen rez. c'mon now.

Please write to the support directly or and on FB, please... I doubt they are watching here. Waves are terrible in regards to updating their plugins, but pressure will help, I'm sure.
Thanks man.

Yep. Already have. Just wondering if it's my system or if others are seeing more crashes in Mojave/Catalina?

R

EDIT: Update. Removed all CLA Mixhub plugs and not even 5 minutes later had another crash with this in the log.

PlugIn Path: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/WaveShell1-AU 9.92.component/Contents/Resources/WaveShell-AU-CocoaView.bundle/Contents/MacOS/WaveShell-AU-CocoaView
PlugIn Identifier: com.Waves.Waveshell-AU-CocoaView
PlugIn Version: ??? (0)



Only had Mojave on my system for a few days now but not feeling great about it. Wondering if I should go straight to Catalina...

R.

I get crashes with the Au version every time in Ableton. I’m actually scared to use this plug tbh. It keeps messing up my seasons which is a real bummer.

I recently listened to a long interview with a plugin developer and one of the topics was VST or AU? He recommended using the VST version instead, as the AU version just has extra wrapping code. There are no benefits.

I`m not a programmer, but I would imagine the only time an AU plugin could outperform a VST version, is if it was developed as an AU from the ground up, which might be rare.

Have you tried the VST version in Ableton?

My comment was directed to the resizing and GUI issues... But I'm sorry to hear about your situation, that is not cool. :(

BTW, Waves Audio Units are not officially supported on Ableton.

looks like we got lucky. i cant believe they finally implemented it.
Those buckets fill the entire 3rd screen now. wouldnt go past 125% though as it gets rather blurry fast

Ah, so they didn`t use vector files for the GUI. Lame!