Harrison Audio has announced the latest version of its digital audio workstation software, Mixbus 11 - a fully featured music production suite that reportedly brings Harrison's analogue console-inspired sound and workflow into a user-friendly digital audio workstation environment.
The new Mixbus 11 software offers new sound shaping tools and an intuitive, console-style workflow to help creators streamline and structure every stage of the recording, producing, and mixing process. Mixbus reportedly imparts Harrison's signature sound onto every channel with the Harrison 32C EQ, signal processing, and analogue console-inspired saturation. Meanwhile, the Mixbus 11 Pro version adds a switchable SSL SL9000J channel strip EQ as well as the ability to export Dolby Atmos-certified .adm files with 3D object-based panning, dynamic automation tools, loudness optimisation, and binaural and 7.1.4 speaker monitoring.
Mixbus is said to enhance workflows from start to finish with its graphical user interface, featuring dedicated Cue, Record, Edit, and Mix pages. Each page has been refined to focus users’ efforts on the task at hand, exhibiting improved attention to detail. Mixbus’s new Focus Channel functions as a hub so users can access all of Harrison's signature elements, including the 32C EQ, Drive, Compressor, Gate, and Mixbus Sends, simultaneously, even on smaller laptop monitors. The updated transport toolbar and a new Locator Bar help users navigate their session’s critical points through each stage of their production.
Mixbus 11 also features live-style clip launching, advanced smart-audio-editing capabilities, and per-region FX processing for applying plug-in effects directly to audio clips.
Celebrating 15 years of Mixbus, Mixbus 11 now offers a two-tiered pricing model to help users choose the product that best suits their production requirements. Mixbus 11 comes with many upgraded features, such as:
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A new streamlined, ultra-intuitive GUI featuring a new transport control panel.
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A new ‘Focus Channel’, which displays the selected channel strip in a touch-friendly layout.
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A new Property Editor that appears for selected audio/MIDI regions and loops.
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A dedicated piano roll window for any MIDI region, each with a separate zoom and tool context.
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Per-region FX can apply plugins directly to audio with real-time auditioning and automation.
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Optimisations for touch control and even multi-touch (multi-touch is currently only supported on Windows & Linux systems).
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Dedicated per-channel Gate.
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A complete suite of 19 precision Harrison XT plugins featuring EQ, dynamics, modulation, delay and reverb effects, making pro-grade tools accessible to a wider audience.
Meanwhile, Mixbus Pro adds further features, such as:
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Switchable SSL SL 9000J EQ option in every channel strip.
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A full suite of Dolby Atmos immersive tools for mixing, monitoring and export.
Mixbus 11 is priced at $49.99, and Mixbus 11 Pro is priced at $149.99. For more information, and access to a free trial, visit https://store.harrisonaudio.com/all-products/mixbus-11.