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 Setup Window” when you open a session . The “Audio/MIDI Setup Window” will only open if there is a problem with the I/O interface or any of the other parameters in the setup.
If the box is unchecked, the “Audio/MIDI Setup Window” will open every time you open a session.

Editor Undo

These check boxes allow you to control the number of undo levels and history depth when editing.

Limit Undo History

This option should be enabled to limit the memory and disk space that Mixbus will use to store Undo information. Select a number of operations that you’d like Mixbus to remember within a given session.

Save Undo History

This option specifies how many commands are available to undo after a session is saved and re-opened. Previous commands from prior work on the session will still be available to undo even when a session is first re-opened.

Verify removal of last capture

When this option is enabled, Mixbus will display a confirmation message when the “stop and remove last capture” action is used.

Session Management

Make periodic backups of the session files

If this is enabled, Mixbus occasionally creates a date-stamped snapshot in the session’s “backup” folder. Mixbus stores a backup snapshot every 5 minutes, but this might be delayed if the transport is playing or recording. To recover from a backup snapshot, visit our support FAQ: Session Auto Backup

*Session snapshots take very little space, and we encourage users to keep this checkbox enabled. In rare cases, Harrison support may ask you to disable this option to see if it has any effect on performance or behavior. Regardless of the “periodic backup” setting, Mixbus stores a “pending” file whenever you start a new recording. This makes it very likely that, even in the case of a crash or power outage, a recording in process can be recovered.

Default Folder for new Sessions

This option specifies the default location that appears in the New Session dialog pulldown.

Maximum Number of Recent Sessions

This option defines how many sessions will be displayed in the New Session dialog list.

Import

Drag and Drop Import

If this box is checked, files that are drag & dropped into the session will be copied into the session, rather than “referenced” from their existing location, wherever that may be (such as on a removable hard drive). In cases where you work extensively from external sound libraries or loops, and you don’t want to store redundant copies of those audio files in the session, you might choose to disable this option. Recorded files are still stored inside the session folder.

Export

When an export is performed and these checkboxes are enabled, Mixbus will also save an image file of the resulting loudness analysis and a screenshot image of the mixer page. This can be a useful record to keep with your exported master file.

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