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About This Manual (online version and PDF download)
Introduction » About This Manual (online version and PDF download)
The following image will help you understand a few conventions used in the online version of the Mixbus manual. Don’t forget to use the “Feedback” feature near the bottom of each page. (Feedback is intended for manual specific items only. If you need…
XT-EG Expander/Gate
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-EG Expander/Gate
The XT-EG Expander / Gate is Harrison’s versatile tool for gating noise or gently increasing the dynamic range of tracks. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a license, visit Harrison’s XT Plugin Page Controls Input…
XT-3D Triple Delay
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-3D Triple Delay
XT-3D Delay is a creative delay effect. Utilizing 3 separate paths for the Left, Right, or Center(sum), you can create many different mono or stereo effects. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a license, visit Harrison’s…
Channel Gate/Expander Section
Mixing » Input Strip » Channel Gate/Expander Section
The Channel Gate can tame the microphone bleed in live tracks, or add more expressive and dynamic articulation to pre-recorded loops and sounds. Controls: Threshold Slider: drag the threshold slider down to meet the average signal level Input Meter: this…
Power-User Topics
Power-User Topics
Session folder layout Navigating to a session folder will display a series of files and folders: instant.xml : this file stores the most recently-used mouse mode, playhead location, and other transitory information. {snapshot name}.ardour : each of these files…
VST
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Plugins » VST
VST This area is blank because VST plugins are obsolete. VST2.x The buttons allow you to clear the cache or the “ignore” list. VST2 Cache Clicking this button will clear the VST2 “cache” which is a list of VST2 plug-ins that have been scanned.…
General
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » General
Audio/MIDI Setup This button will open the Audio/MIDI Setup Window. Details for this window can be found here: Audio/MIDI Setup Checking the box “Try to auto-launch audio/midi engine” will start the audio engine without opening the “Audio/MIDI…
Performance Meters
Menu Reference » Window Menu » Performance Meters
This dialog provides an overview of the computer’s audio processing performance. It is sometimes the case that a very fast computer displays low CPU usage; and yet it occasionally is delayed (or: “interrupted”) so that it cannot meet the deadline…
Transport
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Transport
Transport General Prompt for new marker names Stop at the end of the session When enabled if Mixbus is not recording, it will stop the transport when it reaches the current session end marker. When disabled Mixbus will continue to roll past the session end marker…
Clip Properties
Triggering Clips and Cues » Slots and Clip Properties » Clip Properties
Clip Properties Panel The ‘Clip Properties’ panel displays basic information about the clip, like its file source, name, and color. In this panel the following is visible: Clip Name ; Double-click here to enter a name for this clip. Load button :…
Plugins
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Plugins
Plugins Scan/Discover The Scan for Plugins button initiates a new scan for any new plugins you may have installed along the paths listed in the VST path box. A pop up dialog window shows the progress of the scan operation. Scan Timeout If a plugin exceeds this…
Monitoring
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Monitoring
Monitoring Recording monitoring handled by: This selector sets whether monitoring is to be done by Mixbus, or by external hardware: Auto Input Does Talkback This checkbox enables “Auto Input does Talkback”. If “Auto Input does Talkback” mode is enabled,…
Mackie MCU-compatible fader controllers
External Control » Mackie MCU-compatible fader controllers
Mixbus supports fader controllers that use the Mackie “MCU” protocol To use a Mackie control device, you must follow these steps: Consult the device’s manual, and configure the device for “Mackie Control” protocol ( not HUI ) Open…
XT-CC Console Compressor
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-CC Console Compressor
XT-CC Console Compressor is a full-featured compressor derived from Harrison’s high-end digital consoles. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a license, visit Harrison’s XT Plugin Page Best when used on: Anything…
Performance
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Performance
Performance DSP CPU Utilization Signal processing uses This option defines how many “threads” Mixbus will create to process audio signals. If you use a lot of tracks and plug-ins, then Mixbus will require significant CPU resources. This setting allows…
Editor
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Appearance » Editor
General Use name highlight bars in region displays This option toggles the display of the highlight bars with names at the bottom of each region, as was default in earlier versions of Mixbus. Region color follows track color When enabled, regions are drawn the…
Plugin Manager
Menu Reference » Window Menu » Plugin Manager
The Plugin Manager provides a complete list of plugins that were found on your system, and data about each plugin’s scan results. Access the Plugin Manager by selecting “Window->Plugin Manager”: The columns of the plugin list are sortable (click…
Channel Compressor/Limiter Section
Mixing » Input Strip » Channel Compressor/Limiter Section
The Channel Compressor is used to artistically manipulate the dynamic content of a signal. Some of the effects possible with a compressor are: make a sung or spoken voice sound more consistent; increase the ‘room’ sound in a drum mix; or accentuate the…
Sidechain Compression
Mixing » Sidechain Compression
What is Sidechain Compression? Compression is an automated way of reducing a signal’s level, dependent on the signal’s own loudness. The louder the signal is, the more the compressor will reduce it. Side-chain compression reduces the level of the…
Metadata
Menu Reference » Session Menu » Metadata
Session files include “metadata” which can include information about the project including the composer(s), engineers, etc. Metadata is stored inside the session file in a simple XML format. The Metadata dialog is launched from the Session menu: The User tab…
Colors
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Appearance » Colors
This window provides a way to customize every color used by Mixbus. There are three tabs. Items This tab lists each Object, alphabetically, and displays the color associated with that object. Click on the color to modify. Palette This tab shows the color…
XT-GV Gverb+
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-GV Gverb+
XT-GV Gverb+ is a creative reverb effect. Utilizing an algorithm that produces natural room sounds and lush reverb effects alike. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a license, visit Harrison’s XT Plugin Page The XT-GV…
Mix Tips
Appendix C: Videos (Training and Tutorial) » Mix Tips
Harrison’s Mix Tips Video Series. This video explains side-chaining in Mixbus 3. Harrison’s Mix Tips Video Series. This video explains gain staging in Mixbus 3 This video demonstrates how to use grouping and bussing to enhance your…
XT-DM Dyno-Mite
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-DM Dyno-Mite
XT-DM Dyno-Mite follows the dynamics of your track. It detects when the sound is “decaying” (gradually diminishing after a louder transient). Dyno-Mite affects the decay rate, either lengthening or truncating the sustain. *This plugin requires a license…
Record Window
Recording » Record Window
Record Window The Record window allows you to view, meter and monitor your physical inputs to Mixbus as well as presenting just the information and controls you need while rolling in Record mode. This picture shows an example: Access the Record page by clicking…
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts
Any “action” found in the Mixbus main menu can be initiated from a keyboard “shortcut”. By default, Mixbus provides a selection of keyboard shortcuts that provides a good balance between easy-to-remember mnemonic actions (such as…
Metering
Mixing » Metering
Mixbus provides a wide range of meters. Each meter is suited to its particular task. Some DAWs try to put a lot of different scales on a single meter, and/or they expect the user to switch modes to see different values. Mixbus provides several…
Launch Options
Triggering Clips and Cues » Slots and Clip Properties » Launch Options
Launch Options Panel Launch Quantize: When you launch a Clip (either by clicking directly on it, or by clicking on a Cue, or when a Cue Marker is passed on the timeline), the clip will wait until the launch quantization point is passed before the clip is actually…
Mixer Scenes
Mixing » Mixer Window Overview » Mixer Scenes
Mixer Scenes allow you to quickly save and recall your knob settings of the mixer: this includes the fader, panner, sends, send levels, eq settings, compressor settings, and plugin settings. You can use this to temporarily stash a mix, like “wetter vocals”…
Editor
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Editor
Editor Region Information Show xrun markers in regions Selecting this box will display xrun warnings as markers in an affected region. Show gain envelopes in audio regions When creating gain envelopes in a region, this option allows you to specify whether…
Pro Tips
Appendix C: Videos (Training and Tutorial) » Pro Tips
Episode 1 of Harrison’s Pro Tips video series for Mixbus. This video shows you how to quickly import tracks into Mixbus, and gives an explanation of the import dialog window. Episode 2 of Harrison’s Pro Tips video series for Mixbus. This video…
XT-DC Drum Character
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-DC Drum Character
The XT-DC Drum Character is an effect intended for use on acoustic percussion instruments, particularly snare and bass drums. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a license, visit Harrison’s XT Plugin Page The Drum Character…
Metering
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Metering
Metering Meterbridge meters ( NOTE: these options only apply to the meters in the Meterbridge window ) Peak Hold Time The hold time for the peak-hold indicators. Ranges from off to short, medium, and long. DPM fall-off The decay rate of audio meters, ranging…
Appearance
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Appearance
Appearance Theme Color faders with track/bus colors The color assigned to your track will also color the faders in the Mixer Window Draw “flat” buttons Removes gradients from the buttons (may result in easier viewing on some monitors). Draw…
Mixbus License Terms and GPL compliance
Mixbus License Terms and GPL compliance
*NOTE: a copy of this license can be viewed in the Mixbus software by clicking About->License The Mixbus logo, Harrison Logo, Mixbus graphics, and Mixbus DSP module are protected under copyright by Harrison Audio LLC. These may not be redistributed without express…
Rec/Input (“Switcher”) Section
Mixing » Input Strip » Rec/Input (“Switcher”) Section
At the top of any mixer strip, you can display the “Switcher” section, which provides controls for the Record-arm, Input selection, Monitor modes, and Comments. Normally hidden, the switcher section is displayed by clicking on the “Input”…
Audio Midi Setup Dialog
Getting Started » Audio Midi Setup Dialog
Audio MIDI Setup The Audio Midi Setup dialog appears automatically when you create a “New” session. This step allows you to choose the session’s sample rate, as well as the soundcard settings and other details. *The sample rate that is selected…
Playing and Stopping Clips
Triggering Clips and Cues » Playing and Stopping Clips
The basic operation of the grid is accomplished by launching (playing) the audio or midi clips inside the grid. To play a clip, you must first load an audio or midi file into the slot. This can be accomplished by dragging from the Clip Picker window. Playing a…
Exporting Files
Exporting Files
Please watch the following video for an overview of exporting features in Mixbus: Differences between Bounce, Consolidate, and Export Mixbus has multiple ways of “rendering” audio into contiguous audio files. Bounce The least-used method, …
Scanning for Plug-Ins
Plug-ins » Scanning for Plug-Ins
Mixbus loads a wide range of third-party plugins that might be installed on your computer. There are 3 ways to initiate a plugin scan: When you first open the Plugin Selector dialog (by double-clicking in the black plugin-area of a channel) Via the “Scan…
EQ Tips
Appendix C: Videos (Training and Tutorial) » EQ Tips
Episode 4 of Harrison’s Mix Tips Video Series. This video tells you everything you need to know about the EQ in Mixbus. This Quick Tip demonstrates how to use the mid-band of the EQ to notch out a problem frequency on a track in…
Mono vs Stereo
Mixing » Signal Flow » Mono vs Stereo
When you create a new Mixbus track (or bus), you have the option to make the track either mono or stereo. What is the difference between mono and stereo? A stereo signal is typically recorded with 2 (or more) microphones such that a single sound (like a drum) is…
Mastering Techniques
Mixing » Mastering Techniques
What is Mastering? “Mastering” is the process of preparing a sound track for distribution. It might involve, but is not limited to: Critical listening, to verify that there are no technical errors in the final product. Fixing equalization problems…
Cue Window Overview
Triggering Clips and Cues » Cue Window Overview
Clips and Cues are managed in the Cue window, which is accessed by a button in the upper right of the main window. You can right-click (or visit the View menu) to ‘detach’ the Cue page into its own window. This can be useful on systems with multiple…
Stretch Options
Triggering Clips and Cues » Slots and Clip Properties » Stretch Options
Stretch Options Panel (Audio clips only) Stretch: If Stretch is disabled, then the remaining buttons are de-sensitized and their settings are ignored by the playback engine Stretch Mode: stretch mode currently has 3 options: Crisp (default) : this prioritizes…
Plugin Favorites
Mixing » Redirects: Plug-ins, Sends & Inserts… » Plug-ins » Plugin Favorites
In the Mixer Sidebar, you’ll find a list of your Favorite Plugins, and the ability to quickly assign them to tracks. Select one or more tracks, and then right-click on a plugin to access the context menu: Add at the Top: adds the selected plugins to the…
Editing with Playlists
Editing » Editing with Playlists
What is a Playlist? A track has a series of Regions on a timeline. Each Region represents a part of a sound file (or MIDI file). The order of these regions, and additional region properties such as gain/controller curves, fades, and mute/unmute status, are stored in…
Generic Plugin Controls
Mixing » Redirects: Plug-ins, Sends & Inserts… » Plug-ins » Generic Plugin Controls
In some cases, it is desirable to see a generic display of a plugin’s controls, rather than the plugin-provided UI. Some cases might be: A generic UI is provided when the plugin doesn’t provide its own control panel If a plugin’s control panel…
Edit Menu
Menu Reference » Edit Menu
Undo Redo Undo Selection Change Redo Selection Change Cut Copy Paste Select > Select All Objects Select All Visible Lanes Select All Tracks Deselect All Invert Selection Set Range to Loop Range Set Range to Punch Range Set Range to…
Monitor Strip
Mixing » Monitor Strip
The “monitor section” is a signal path that may be inserted between the master bus in Mixbus and the input of your interface, particularly useful if you do not have a good hardware monitor controller in your setup. The Monitor Section allows you to…
Importing Files
Importing Files
Importing via Drag&Drop Audio & MIDI Files may be imported to Mixbus by dragging and dropping them from a file browser into the editor window. The file will be imported to the track where it is dragged; if you want to create a new track for the file, then drag the…
Mute and Solo
Mixing » Mute and Solo
What are Mute and Solo? The simplest explanation of Mute and Solo are: Mute: When enabled, the mute button prevents the track from being heard. Solo: When enabled, the solo button mutes all the tracks except this one. ….but there are many subtleties,…
Status Bar
Getting Started » Status Bar
The status bar provides information about Mixbus’s status including current settings and realtime performance indicators. Right-click on the status bar to enable or disable the available displays: The status bar provides the following information,…
Gain Staging
Mixing » Gain Staging
Click above for video instructions. What is Gain Staging in Digital Audio? Digital audio represents the audio waveform as a series of numbers, each number indicating a voltage in the electrical signal when it was converted from (or to) an analog signal. More…
Session Properties
Menu Reference » Session Menu » Session Properties
Session properties are settings for the currently loaded session. These are session-specific controls such as the timecode format, audio file format, and monitoring setup for this session. Menu Options Timecode Sync Fades Media The audio data format…
Mix Tools
Menu Reference » Track Menu » Mix Tools
What are Mix Tools? In the main menu, under the “Track” menu, you will find several operations which can automate certain tasks that are commonly encountered while mixing. Currently, 4 Mix Tools are provided: Reset Mixer This tool applies to all…
License Installation – All Platforms
Installation » License Installation – All Platforms
License Installation *This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/) At startup, Mixbus checks to see if a license is installed. If no license has been installed, you will see the following…
XT-SP Stunning Phaser
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-SP Stunning Phaser
XT-SP “Stunning Phaser” is a creative modulation effect similar to the classic Phaser guitar effect. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a license, visit Harrison’s XT Plugin Page Unlike a traditional phaser,…
CPU Usage
Installation » CPU Usage
Why does Mixbus require more CPU usage than my other DAW? Because Mixbus is emulating the operation of an “analog console”, it requires significantly more CPU resources than a typical DAW. Mixbus’s EQs, compressors, and other features are always…
Templates
Templates
Mixbus allows you to create “Session Templates” and “Track templates” to partially automate your workflow: Session Templates A “session template” is a file that stores all the settings for a session, except for the actual audio,…
Signal Flow
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Signal Flow
Signal Flow Master Enable Master Bus output gain control Selecting this checkbox will add an adjustable post-fader gain trim to the master bus output. Note this affects the Master bus output, NOT the master bus monitoring path. Default Track/Bus Muting…
Editing MIDI Regions
Using MIDI » Editing MIDI Regions
A MIDI region is exactly like an audio region, except that the information inside the region is MIDI performance data, not audio. *In the same way that audio regions have underlying audio files that are actually stored on disk, a MIDI region has a MIDI file in the…
XT-CQ Console EQ
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-CQ Console EQ
XT-CQ Console EQ is a full-featured, unapologetically digital, parametric equalizer with a unique Search Bar that helps you find and eliminate troublesome frequencies. 8 EQ bands with 20-20kHz range, 8 shapes including Notch, Q’s up to 100, and 18dB…
GUI
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Plugins » GUI
GUI Plugin GUI Automatically open the plugin GUI when adding a new plugin When a new plugin is added to the strip, the plugin’s UI will be shown. This is ON by default. Note that this only applies when a single plugin is added. If you add multiple plugins…
Region Menu
Menu Reference » Region Menu
This menu give the user access to many editing features for regions or tracks in the canvas. The region you intend to work with must first be selected or the menu selections will be grayed out. Region menu includes: Insert Region From Region List : If a region…
ACE Plugins
Included (FREE) Plug-ins » ACE Plugins
The ACE (*A*rdour *C*ommunity *E*ffects) plugins are developed by the Ardour open-source community. These plugins provide a basic suite of effects including EQ, Compression, Reverb and Delay, as well as utilitarian tasks such as scrolling waveforms, The source…
XT-EQ Equalizer
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-EQ Equalizer
Harrison’s XT-EQ Equalizer is a cost-effective, smaller version of the XT-ME Mastering EQ for tracks and final mixes. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a license, visit Harrison’s XT Plugin Page The XT-EQ has 10…
XT-ME Mastering EQ
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-ME Mastering EQ
The XT-ME Mastering Equalizer is Harrison’s fastest, most precise, and most transparent EQ for finalizing your mixes. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a license, visit Harrison’s XT Plugin Page The XT-ME has 30…
Playlist Selector dialog
Editing » Editing with Playlists » Playlist Selector dialog
Every track has a single Playlist Selector dialog, and you may show more than one track’s dialog at a time. You can show the Playlist Selector by clicking “P” in the track header, or by selecting a track and using the shortcut in the Track menu. …
Size and Scale
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Appearance » Size and Scale
User Interface Size and Scale Adjust this value to increase or decrease the text used in menus, buttons, and dialogs. 100% is the default value. Settings below 80% may be difficult to read. Adjusting the scale requires a restart, so buttons can resize themselves to…
Input Strip
Mixing » Input Strip
The input channel strip is the fundamental element in the mixing window. This is where an audio signal is routed, processed, and then sent to either a mix bus or the master channel. An input channel strip can be mono or stereo. New in Mixbus32C v9 are the channel…
XT-DS De-Esser
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-DS De-Esser
The XT-DS De-Esser is Harrison’s transparent, powerful plugin for taming excessive sibilance of vocal tracks. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a license, visit Harrison’s XT Plugin Page Input Meter, Threshold, and…
Clean-up
Menu Reference » Session Menu » Clean-up
Bring all media into session folder: !Located under Session>Bring all media into session folder. This important function serves 2 purposes: • Allows portability of sessions • Allows for the archiving of sessions This function will locate all audio and MIDI data…
Transport Masters
Clocks & Synchronization » Transport Masters
To access the Transport Masters dialog, go to the Window menu and choose “Transport Masters”. In the window the user can select the Mixbus clock source. Four choices are available: JACK MTC (MIDI Time Code) LTC (Linear Time Code) (SMPTE) MIDI…
x42 Instrument Tuner
Included (FREE) Plug-ins » x42 Instrument Tuner
x42 Instrument tuner (or “Tuna”) is a high-quality tuner for acoustic and electric instruments. *You can learn more about the x42 Instrument Tuner at the developer’s web site: x42 “Tuna” features an auto-tuner mode (detect closest note)…
Regions and Ranges
Editing » Regions and Ranges
Editing in Mixbus is based on two closely related but different ways to select audio in the Editor window: the “Region” and the “Range”. Regions A Region is also commonly called a “clip”. It is a piece of an audio track spanning a…
Object (Region) Editing
Editing » Object (Region) Editing
Click above for video instructions. Object (Region) Editing The basic element of audio editing in Mixbus is the Region. Another common name for a Region is a “clip”. A region represents an audio file (or a portion of an audio file) on disk. Regions can…
Rhythm Ferret Window
Editing » Rhythm Ferret Window
The Rhythm Ferret dialog is accessed by right-clicking on a region and selecting “(Region Name)->Edit->Rhythm Ferret”. This provides a method to quickly “split” an audio region (or selection of regions) based on events. This can be useful when…
Setting MIDI Patches for a Clip
Triggering Clips and Cues » Slots and Clip Properties » Setting MIDI Patches for a Clip
What is a Patch Change? MIDI files may have an embedded message that tells the receiving synthesizer what ‘patch’ to use. The message is actually made of 3 separate messages which define the Bank(MSB/LSB) and Program. Furthermore, there are 16 channels…
Generate
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Transport » Generate
Generate This window controls Mixbus’ output of timecode (both LTC and MTC) , MIDI Machine Control commands, and the MIDI beat clock. Linear Timecode (LTC) Generator Enable LTC Generator The checkbox enables the LTC generator. When enabled, Mixbus will…
Quick Tips
Appendix C: Videos (Training and Tutorial) » Quick Tips
This short video demonstrates how to loop record. Demonstration of basic trim, fade, delete, copy, and paste operations including Smart Mode. An example of sidechain compression used on a vocal track with a delay. Implemented using the built-in…
Operational Differences from Other DAWs
Features & Specifications » Operational Differences from Other DAWs
If you have some background in audio, but are new to computer recording, then you’ll find Mixbus very easy to learn and navigate. If you are coming to Mixbus from another DAW, here are some of the conventions that might seem different to you: Console-like…
Snap and Grid
Editing » Snap and Grid
What is “Snap” and “Grid”? Snap will cause mouse drags to jump to the nearest snap setting. Snap can be set to multiple options: markers, region start/ends, Playhead, and the Grid. ( those are all enabled by default, but you can change them…
License Manager
Menu Reference » Window Menu » License Manager
The “License Manager” dialog allows the user to view which Harrison features are currently licensed, and it also allows the user to download a new license once purchased. Each of the available items is listed on the left, and if a license is installed,…
XT-TG Tom Gate
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-TG Tom Gate
No, Tom Gate isn’t somebody’s name. XT-TG Tom Gate is a gate plugin that is specifically made to work on tom drums. It utilizes a special algorithm that is uniquely adapted to listen to a tom-tom drum and separate the individual drum sound from the drum…
Recording Takes with Playlists
Recording » Record Window » Recording Takes with Playlists
Using Playlists as ‘Takes’ When you are recording yourself or a band with live instruments and vocals, it is common to record multiple attempts or takes, and then sort through these takes to find the best parts. One option for recording multiple takes is…
XT-TP Tremolo Panner
Pre-Installed Plugins for evaluation » XT-TP Tremolo Panner
XT-TP “Tremolo Panner” is a creative modulation effect similar to guitar stompboxes, and including effects of “slicers” and “harmonic tremolo” pedals. *This plugin requires a license to enable the control panel. To purchase a…
Virtual Instruments
Using MIDI » Virtual Instruments
What is a Virtual Instrument? Virtual Instruments (VI) are plug-ins that convert MIDI performance data (notes) into sound. Otherwise Mixbus treats them like a normal plug-in. They can be inserted anywhere in the channel’s signal flow. This allows you to…
Sources Tab
Editing » Edit Window Overview » The Editor List » Sources Tab
The “Sources” tab shows the file sources used by the session, and whether they are used in the current snapshot or not. You can click on the sources in the list to select an entire track (or set of tracks). The example below shows the bass track…
Preferences
Preferences
This page discusses the preference folder. If you would like to learn about the preference window please visit Preference Window Your Mixbus preferences are stored in 2 places: Session->Properties This stores the preferences for the current session For more…
Metronome
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » Metronome
Metronome Metronome Emphasis on first beat When enabled, this option uses a different tone, with a higher pitch, on the first beat of each measure to make it easier to hear where each bar begins. When disabled, the same tone is used on each beat. Use built-in…
Saving Clips to your User Clip Library
Triggering Clips and Cues » Adding New Clip Content » Saving Clips to your User Clip Library
You may drag a clip from a slot into the Clip Selector. This will: Create a new folder named “Clip Library” on your computer. Add that folder as a new entry in your Clip Library list (the pulldown menu at the top of the clip selector) Display your…
Bundled Clip Content
Triggering Clips and Cues » Bundled Clip Content
Video Demo – Bundled Clip Content Upon opening the Cue page, you should see a list of clips on the rightmost left pane: Mixbus Bundled Content: GrooveMonkee MIDI Drums: This is a collection of drum arrangements played with the ‘feel’ of a…
Tempo, Metronome, & the Grid
Tempo, Metronome, & the Grid
Defining a Song’s Tempo and Meter Mixbus allows simple creation and editing of a musical time/tempo map for each session. The meter and tempo map is controlled with the Meter and Tempo rulers. To show these rulers, right-click in the ruler area underneath the…
Ripple Editing
Editing » Ripple Editing
What is Ripple Editing? A “Ripple” edit means that any changes you make on the timeline should be reflected in a change to the regions ‘later’ (to the right) on the timeline. For example if you delete a cough or ‘ummm’ from a…
Session Archive
Getting Started » Session File Management » Session Archive
Using the “Archive” utiliity, you can create an “Archive” of a session snapshot which automatically compresses the snapshot, the audio+midi files, and other necessary files into a single compressed file. Archive Name: the name of the…
MIDI
Menu Reference » Edit Menu » Preferences Window » MIDI
MIDI Session Allow non quarter-note pulse Initial program change Mixbus will send this MIDI program-change to the MMC port, when a new session is opened. Audition Sound MIDI notes as they are selected in the editor When this option is enabled, clicking on a…
Bussing
Mixing » Signal Flow » Bussing
What is a Bus? A bus is a signal path onto which one or many audio signals are combined to arrive at a common place for further processing. In the earliest days of analog circuitry, a “bus” was simply a wire onto which a number of signals were summed…
What’s Different About Mixbus?
Features & Specifications » What’s Different About Mixbus?
“True Analog” Sound Harrison is unique among audio companies: In 1985, we launched digitally-controlled analog consoles which were installed at many world-class music and film mixing facilities. A few years later, digital recording and playback became…
Recording
Recording
Quick-Start for recording: following these steps to record some audio tracks! First, add one or more tracks via the main menu: Track>“Add Track or Bus”. Record-arm the track by clicking the button with the red circle on the new track Record-arm the…