Somebody tried Harrison Mixbus for Windows?

[Holophonic]

khanyz & scalawag thanks ! sorted now

[MickGael]

Thanks, folks. I saw that on another forum last night. RegEdit. Wow. I am frankly flabbergasted that the software has been released in the state it is in.

[S-N-S]

i cant even use my presonus firestudio project with mixbus,can only use asio4all

the windows version(IMHO)needs ALOT of work before i would spend that much money on it

[LawrenceF]

It has to be a really strong (stable, reliable with fast editing) tracking and mixing platform to make up for some of those things. It may be that, dunno.

They're selling it now (till Jan 31) for $170 to v1 owners.

[4damind]

i cant even use my presonus firestudio project with mixbus,can only use asio4all

the windows version(IMHO)needs ALOT of work before i would spend that much money on it

Have you tried to install Jack for Windows? There is a easy howto on the Jack website how to setup this on windows. Normally Jack can use any audio card in the system but eventually there are some restrictions with the Mixbus version of Jack.

Anyway, it's of course not the optimal solution for a professional DAW. There is the mediocre plug-in support where some of the major plug-ins are not working (like all Waves plug-ins) but also plug-ins using more than 2 inputs (like "The Glue") are not working. There is the missing VST path setting (this all is hardcoded this time to use the shared VST folder in the system).
But the developers stated that some of this stuff will be fixed as soon as possible.

[Johnny!]

I am frankly flabbergasted that the software has been released in the state it is in.

yea, its almost unbelievable

the windows version(IMHO)needs ALOT of work before i would spend that much money on it

I wouldn't spend single penny for it at it's current state. damn i wouldn't even want to use it if it was free if it requires so much hassle to make it work (asio4all? wtf, I din't buy my interface with rock solid drivers to use such wrapper. not ever again) and is so unstable.

[4damind]

Btw. there are some more bugs eg. when using external effects with sends and a extra bus for the inserted hardware (return channels are muted some times).

Also unfortunately some crashes

[S-N-S]

i dont wanna have to install jack on my windows machine,before this should worki think i will stick with what i have

[BenLoftis]

Hi all,

Thanks for the nice comments and also the feedback on issues we need to fix ASAP.

@Tehnik : if your I/O has an ASIO driver, you shouldn't need to install ASIO4ALL. Most pro-level soundcards have an ASIO driver. In an effort to keep things simple, we made a "questionable" decision to only allow one additional devices (the system "default" device) in addition to the ASIO devices. We've updated this so that more system devices (including devices that have, for example, DirectSound drivers but no ASIO drivers) are available.


@S-N-S: there is no need to install JACK unless you want to route audio from another app into Mixbus. Some people have found that standalone JACK provides a few extra device drivers (see item above) and we are fixing Mixbus to expose that full set in the "Audio Setup" dialog.


@MickGael: We intentionally kept the VST paths very limited for the first release, because we learned on OSX that problems with third-party plugins can hide more core issues that need to be addressed. We've got most of them sorted already, so you'll see a full VST "folder selector" in the first update.


Thanks again for all your valuable feedback! ... oh wait, that's a dirty word in audio isn't it


Best Regards,
Ben Loftis
Harrison Consoles

[4damind]

@MickGael: We intentionally kept the VST paths very limited for the first release, because we learned on OSX that problems with third-party plugins can hide more core issues that need to be addressed. We've got most of them sorted already, so you'll see a full VST "folder selector" in the first update.

Besides the folder selector, please provide VST shell support so that Waves plug-ins are working.
A workaround (or later complete support) for plug-ins with more than 2 input channels mostly 4 for sidechain are important, because some well known plug-ins like "The Glue" are not working yet.
Hmm.. and hopefully you can find the bug why ValhallaDSP plug-ins are not working (maybe has something todo with the Juice Framework) but Afaik you are in contact with Sean Costello about this.

And Ben, thanks for your nice support!

[dcfac73]

In order to know where Mixbus is looking for VST plugins, open Regedit and search for VSTPluginsPath.
Change it to your VST plugin path.

WTF? You really have to do this? Why can't you change it in the program?

[Holophonic]

It only takes about 10 seconds todo.

[khanyz]

It only takes about 10 seconds todo.

Yes, but if you're new to regedit, or don't know what the registry is, it takes even less time to screw up your PC.

It really should be in the application.

I'll try to post a bat file which starts the application with a custom VST path, which is safer to use. Give me till tomorrow to get back to my PC.

[khanyz]

Here's a quick script to run MixBus with a custom VST folder

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set VST_PATH=C:\Plugin Files\MixBusVSTs
cd C:\Program Files\Mixbus\bin
Mixbus2-32.exe

Copy the script into a text editor (such as Notepad) and then, as required:

1) change the VST folder in the first line
2) change the install folder in the second
3) change the program file in the third.
4) save as "StartMixBus.bat" to your Desktop, or whatever/wherever you want

To use it, double click on the file. A command window will remain open, but this is handy as it shows some debug info from jack. There also may be an issue where jack doesn't quit with MixBus, Harrison know about it.

If you need to edit it, right-click on the file and select Edit.

I hope it helps,
Cheers.

[glokraw]

Gates did the right thing, using DOS to strengthen and stabilize win7.

Thanks for preparing this script, it should help many users who find it
in future google searches!
Cheers