This test was done using a 1Khz sine wave. The mixbus tape really does add a smooth negative highshelf roll-off by itself, starting at around 5Khz, as you can see here: Īnd the mixbus tape does add a bunch of third-order harmonics indeed. Here are my most interesting observations. Each image is named accordingly to its representation, i.e "whitenoise, masterbus, lowshelf low", which means I've sent whitenoise to the masterbus and applied a full negative lowshelf eq. Its GUI kind of satisfies the analogue craving that plagues most producers nowadays, but soundwise it actually is as digital as digital can get (in the good sense).Īnyway, I did some simple (and amateurish) tests. Harrison's marketing seems to suggest that Mixbus has got some truly special technical qualities, but as far as I can see and as far as I can hear, I'm more inclined to believe it's placebo effect. However, if you take off the GUI, it actually doesn't do anything that couldn't be done in any other DAW with some quality plugins, free or commercial. The EQs have very tasteful and elegant curves. They sound really good and are extremely transparent are very musical, though. Neither its EQs or Compressors add any kind of saturation or distortion. It seems strange, since most people would expect it to introduce a lot of non-linearity which is frequently associated with analogue gear, but it doesn't. It emulates analogue gear by being as transparent as digital can get. It doesn't introduce any undesired digital artifacts such as aliasing, which is great. It does a great job keeping a clean and transparent signal flow. Mixbus is completely transparent, except for the tape emulation which introduces a short sequence of third order harmonics, nothing really fancy (there are certainly more complex and accurate tape emulation plugins out there). This sensation appears to be 100% psychological. I've heard a lot of people saying that it does add some pleasant qualities to your sound just by importing some tracks into it, but it does not, as far as I could test. Soundwise, it actually does nothing to your sound. Its "soul" is the GUI and the workflow and mixing mindset that derive from it. To sum up, its qualities, in my opinion, are way more psychological than technical. By suggesting you to mix with its own built-in effects (which are indeed of high quality), it imposes some kind of quality control over your mixes, preventing you from even wanting to add another third-party plugin which, most of the times, may introduced unpleasant artifacts to your signal flow. So, I believe that, by encouraging you to do more with less, it does help you to produce better mixes indeed. Mixbus is one of those cases where the GUI transmits a very cool analogue vibe and, in fact, it does a bit more because it cognitively directs your workflow by limiting your options, which helps to keep you focused on the most important aspects of mixing, instead of tweaking a zillion things which most likely would cause a negative cumulative effect at the end of the chain. Well, I've recently bought Mixbus 3 and have been intensively testing it for a about a week.įirst of all, I'm well aware of the emotional aspects of making music and that when it comes to producing ITB, the general importance that the interface (GUI) has over the perception and overall "feel" of things.
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