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HARRISON MIXBUS USER MANUAL MIXBUS V2.5 Windows, OS X

1. Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 mute unmute region lock region toggle region transparency Q reverse region naturalize region transpose region Yo boost region gain a cut region gain 8 normalize region i raise region lower region align sync point relative a align stack sync point relative Shift a duplicate region once d duplicate region multi Shift d export selected region s Shift Alt e insert region from list i split separate S b Alt x crop c set region sync point v remove region sync point Shift v nudge backward y NumPad nudge forward u NumPad set fade in length set fade out length toggle fade in active Command toggle fade out active Command Track Operations Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 rec enable selected tracks Alt r solo selected tracks Alt s mute selected tracks Alt u consolidate track Alt c toggle track active Alt a select next track bus Alt downarrow select previous track bus Alt uparrow move selected tracks down move selected tracks up Control Shift downarrow Control Shift uparrow Section 31 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Macintosh 71 Mixbus User Guide 30 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts Mac Defining Loop Punch Range and Tempo Changes Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 2
2. start edit range comma finish edit range period set loop start Alt set loop end Alt set loop range from edit range set loop range from region s Alt set punch start Command comma set punch end Commandt period set punch range from edit range set punch range from region s Alt set tempo 1 bar from edit range 0 Mouse Object Mode This mode provides many different operations on both regions and control points partially depending on where you click drag with the mouse The body of a region is the area where the waveform is displayed Mixbus Function Mouse Command add control point left click in auto track add remove selection Commandtleft click on body adjust region edges left drag near ends of trim bar copy move region s Command left drag on body extend selection Shift left click on body fixed time adjust middle drag on point fixed time copy move Command middle drag on body fixed time move middle drag on body fixed time move Command middle drag on point lower region Alt Shift middle on body move control point left drag on point move line segment left drag on line segment move point later points Commandtleft drag on point move region s left drag on body raise region Shift middle on body rubber band select Comm
3. You will need to use an OSX midi router such as http notahat com midi_patchbay OSX only to connect from your MIDI interface to the ports of Mixbus You can see the various MIDI ports and control their operation in Windows gt Preferences gt MIDI All gain faders panners mute solo rec enable buttons and all plug in parameters can be controlled by MIDI Continuous Controller CC which is called MIDI Parameter Control in Ardour Mixbus can also send MIDI feed back whenever gain pan or plug in states change so that external motorized control surfaces can reflect parameter changes caused by automation etc In addition MMC commands are supported Generic MIDI control surfaces do not use the MCU protocol To use a generic MIDI control surface in Ardour choose the Options menu then choose the Control Surfaces submenu then select Generic MIDI Mixbus can send feedback to the control surface allowing it to reflect changes caused by automation or by mouse interaction You can enable feedback by choosing the Options menu the Control Surfaces submenu the Controls submenu then selecting Feedback To control e g a gain fader use Ctrl Cmd Button2 button2 is the middle button of a 3 button mouse on the fader The message operate controller now should appear Move the desired fader or knob on your control surface The fader on the screen should start to move as you move the slider on your control surface If you a
4. Section 17 0 Importing Files 37 Mixbus User Guide 17 0 Importing Files Insert e Use File Timestamp After importing the file will be located at the file s time stamp if it is a bwav file At Edit Point After importing the file will be located at the edit point At Playhead After importing the file will be located at the playhead location At Session Start After importing the file will be located at the session s start marker Mapping e One Track Per File Each file will be appear on one track If the file is stereo it will be a stereo track If there are more than 2 channels then they will be ignored e One Track Per Channel Each channel of each file will appear as a track Ifa file is stereo it will be converted to 2 mono tracks An 8 channel wav file will be converted to 8 mono tracks Conversion Quality If the file has a different sample rate than the current session it is necessary to do sample rate conversion This determines the quality and it is always recommended that Best is used Copy Files to session IMPORTANT If you want to use a file as is you can uncheck this box This saves disk space by not duplicating the file into the session No sample rate conversion is performed Your files can sound sped up or slowed down if their sample rate does not match the sample rate of the session By default files are always copied to the session with appropriate sample rate conversion If Options gt Always Cop
5. Click This is where the click sound is defined e Click audio file browse to define the soundfile for the click If no soundfile is defined Mixbus will use an internally generated click sound e Click emphasis audio file browse to define the soundfile for the emphasis click The emphasis click occurs on the first beat of each measure e Outputs amp Available Connections these controls are similar to the track outputs you can route the Click to anywhere in your system and set the level of the click sound The Click is stereo by default the left signal is is connected to the first two physical outputs of your soundcard The click does not appear in the master bus or in the exported audio unless you re route it into a track bus manually Audition This is where you define the outputs of audio that is auditioned There are several ways to audition audio through Mixbus You might audition a region in the region list that is not yet assigned to a track or you might audition a soundfile that you are considering for import The auditioner controls are similar to track outputs You can route the Auditioner anywhere in your system and set Note Once a layout has been selected on the next launch of Mixbus this will revert to your own You can modify your personal keybindings the file is stored at ardour2 ardour bindings If you ever make a change to your keybindings that requires a reset you can choose one of the above
6. Object Region Editing below for more details on the Object tool If the Smart button is selected then the Object tool also gains many features of the Range tool see Smart Editing for more details Range Tool The Range tool allows the user to select and drag across a range of time The time range can span across multiple tracks and regions as if the range were a contiguous piece of audio tape Tracks that are selected in the current range are highlighted blue in the edit window You can add or remove tracks to the selection by clicking with the mouse e Drag across a range of time to create a contiguous selection e Click the boxes in each corner of the selection to lengthen or shorten each end of the selection e Right click on the selection to launch a menu that allows looping bouncing exporting consolidating or analyzing the selection e Use the functions in the Edit menu to cut copy paste or otherwise manipulate the selection Zoom Tool The Zoom tool allows the user to zoom in and out on the timeline a e Drag across a range of time to zoom in to fill the edit screen with the time range e Click to zoom in on the selected point on the timeline e Middle click to zoom out on the selected timeline Note Zooming can also be controlled with the View menu or the mouse wheel see the section on Key short cuts Section 15 0 Editing Tools amp Modes 31 Mixbus User Guide 15 0 Editing Tools amp Modes Ga
7. Input Normal On Play Input Track Audio Normal Off Play Input Input Normal On Stop Input Input Normal Off Stop Input Input Normal On Play Input Input Normal Off Play Input Input Tape Machine On Stop Track silence Track silence Tape Machine Off Stop Track silence Track silence Tape Machine On Play Track Audio Track Audio Tape Machine Off Play Track Audio Track Audio Tape Machine On Stop Track silence Track silence Tape Machine Off Stop Track silence Track silence Tape Machine On Play Track Audio Track Audio Tape Machine Off Play Track Audio Track Audio Tape Machine On Stop Input Input Tape Machine Off Stop Input Input Tape Machine On Play Input Track Audio Tape Machine Off Play Input Input Tape Machine On Stop Input Input Tape Machine Stop Input Input Tape Machine On Play Input Input Tape Machine Section 21 0 Monitoring Off 48 Play Input Input Mixbus User Guide 23 0 Locations Window The Locations window provides another view of the Location Markers Loop Range Punch Range Ranges and CD Ranges that appear on the
8. Mixbus v1 2 6707 FEATURES Show all tracks with regions under playhead Right click the Track Bus side panel and you ll find a new option to show all tracks with regions Any track with a region under the playhead will be unhidden Tracks without regions under the playhead will be hid den This is a nice editing convenience that helps you manage large sessions Save As In addition to Save and Snapshot there is now a Save As function which creates a new snapshot in the session but differs from snapshot in that future Save commands to go into the newly created snapshot Track templates Track templates can be stored by clicking on the track name and choosing Save As Template Templates can be recalled by choosing the template from the Channel Configuration selector when making a new track bus Language translation Mixbus now supports many different languages for menus and dialog text To select a different language on OSX use the System Preferences gt International gt Language dialog Supported languages include English French German Italian Brazilian Portuguese Spanish Russian Greek Swedish Polish Czech and Norwegian See the About page for translator credits Ardour Exchange compatibility Ardour Exchange is a third party utility which allows you to import AAF session files into the Ardour Mixbus Section 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 89 Mixbus User Guide 33 0 Contact Information Mixbus
9. Note Unless otherwise noted click means a left click Right and middle click are called out when specified Creating Tracks Immediately upon opening the editor you will probably want to create one or more tracks for recording Use the Add Track Bus to create any number of mono or stereo tracks for your session Alternatively you can Import existing audio from the File menu Finally if you find yourself starting the same way with each session you can create a session template which will be available as a starting point next time you start a new session Snapshots conve niently save your entire editing mixing session for later recall Saving a snapshot is instantaneous and takes up essentially no extra disk space snapshots all share the same audio data on disk Mixbus uses the right mouse button for many features Try right clicking on tracks regions mute buttons solo but tons group panes regions selected ranges markers mixer redirects clocks the region list and the marker bar area Each will launch a context menu that provides many features Track Management On the far left of the edit window the Editor Mixer is a single mixer channel strip that follows the selected track The editor mixer can be hidden or shown as needed To see all of the mixer strips for the tracks and buses on one window show the Mixer window Alt Opt M toggles between the Mixer and the Editor windows Mixer strips have an Input button for selection o
10. On future launches you will be presented with 3 tabs in the New Session Dialog UNLICENSED and may not work fu detail In the New tab you can type the name of a new session choose a folder location and optionally select a template as a starting point Any session may be saved as a session template which will New Session Open Session Audio Setup Recent gt 44k test is UNLICENSED and may not work fully more details In the Open tab you can select any recently opened session Double click the session to open the default session snapshot or use the triangle expanders to pick a particular snapshot in the ses New Session Open Session Audio Setu Device Options Advanced The Audio Setup tab selects the soundcard interface sample rate and buffer size for the session sion Use Browse to look for sessions on your hard drive then be available as an option in the template selector IMPORTANT NOTE A session s sample rate is determined when it is created If you open a session with a sample rate other than the rate the soundcard has been initialized with Mixbus will alert you There are exter nal utilities available which can convert a session to a new sample rate but this requires sample rate conversion and may impart subtle artifacts into the recordings Music projects are typically created at 44 1kHz while most audio for video projects utilize 48kHz How does audio I O wor
11. When a plugin crashes on scanning it is placed in the blacklist and will not be scanned in the future Click this button to clear all blacklisted plugins so they can be scanned e Set Defaults This will set the VST path to those folders that are defined as VST paths in the Windows system This includes paths set in the registry as well as the environment variable VST_PATH e Add VST Directory Clicking this button will allow the user to select a folder which contains VST plugins Highlight the folder and click OK to select a plugin folder and add it to the VST path e Scan for plugins Click this button to initiate a scan along the paths listed in the VST path box A popup dia log window shows the progress of the scan operation Sync OSX amp Linux Only e SMPTE Offset If you set a time in this clock Mixbus will apply this offset to SMPTE time via MTC that is sent and received SMPTE offset is negative indicates that the time should be subtracted to the timeline rather than added e Timecode Source is Sample clock synced This indicates that once Mixbus and the external device are synced it can be assumed that they will stay in sync without any varispeed because they are being fed from the same digital clock Paths Files OSX amp Linux Only e Session RAID path This feature is used to split a session s audio data onto 2 separate drives maximizing throughput With modern hard drives this is normally unnecessary
12. and system requirements http mixbus harrisonconsoles com Section 2 0 Features and Specifications 4 Mixbus User Guide 3 0 Installation Installation Windows Mixbus on Windows uses an industry standard installation mechanism Follow the directions for a Typical install to install Mixbus the documentation and any accompanying materials After installation please continue to Download and Install the License File on the following pages Uninstalling Mixbus use the uninstaller provided in the Windows Control Panel A note about JACK Jack is a system service that allows for the interconnection of audio between applications Your Mixbus installation on Windows does not require that you install JAC K separately A simplified JACK which is not visible to other applications is automatically installed when you install Mixbus If you would like to interconnect the audio of different applications into Mixbus then you can download and install a system wide version of JACK This is not endorsed or supported by Harrison at this time A note about Audio Setup on Windows On Windows Mixbus will detect soundcards that use the DirectSound or ASIO API This means that you will likely see soundcards appear multiple times in the audio setup menus If provided the ASIO driver option is preferable for stable low latency operation Many built in desktop sound devices will not provide an Input device if a microphone is not p
13. Edit Window Overview Navigating in the Editor window Zooming and Panning The area of the editor where the regions is shown is called the canvas There are several ways to navigate pan and zoom the editor canvas In the bottom left corner there is a menu to select the zoom focus There are KSENSST also 2 buttons one to increase and one to decrease the zoom level The zoom focus affects the operation of the zoom buttons and the zoom key commands by changing the focal point for the zoom Zoom focus can be one of e Left Zoom focus is the left side of the screen e Right Zoom focus is the right side of the screen e Center Zoom focus is the center of the screen z se e Playhead Zoom operations will center on the playhead V Tip Linux Only Clicking in the e Mouse Zoom operations will center on the mouse position only FRB e de a mn makes sense when using the zoom keyboard commands when buttons joy note this always uses a zoom are clicked the Playhead is used as zoom focus focus of playhead e Edit Point When the Playhead is the Edit Point it is used for zoom focus Tip The View menu also has some In addition to the scroll bars there are several scroll wheel commands that useful commands for navigating the can be used to navigate the editor canvas edit screen These operations are very e Scroll Scrolls vertically important to learn if you want to navigate e Shift scroll Pan the editor canvas left righ
14. Mixbus 2 0 2 NEW FEATURES None FIXES e Fixed a crash caused by the new plug in slider controls on some AU plug ins IMPROVEMENTS Added SMPTE timecode mode selectors to the View menu KNOWN ISSUES e Sometimes opening a new session snapshot without first restarting Mixbus will cause a crash This has been fixed in Ardour3 but will not appear in Mixbus until we adopt the Ardour3 platform e On Mac OSX Snow Leopard Mixbus crashes if you try to enter a metadata Tag on a file in the Import dialog On systems with 2 monitors the primary monitor the one with the OSX menu must be on the left or some plug in windows will display outside of their enclosing windows e Some third party AudioUnit plug ins may cause crashes strange noises or other problems We strive to sup port plug ins as thoroughly as possible but due to the many variables platform OS version cpu type Mixbus version plug in version etc it is not possible to guarantee that all 3rd party plug ins will work as expected on your system Section 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 84 Mixbus User Guide 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes Mixbus 2 0 1 NEW FEATURES None FIXES e PPC OSX 10 4 11 systems would not load the Harrison channel DSP plug in This has been fixed e Linux distributions with libcrypto1 0 would not load the Harrison plug in This has been fixed e Rhythm Ferret tab to transient and Reverse functions did not work These have been re enabled
15. Please visit http www freesound org to investigate the license requirements of the file For a demonstration of the file import function of Mixbus watch this video on our YouTube Channel http www youtube com watch v otZgZs3CDYM 39 18 0 Exporting Files Audio Consolidation and Export Mixbus has multiple ways of rendering audio into contiguous audio files Tracks may be consolidated so that all regions including crossfades fade in out and region gain are rendered into a single region Right click on any track and select Consolidate for this function Or select multiple tracks and choose the Consolidate function from the Track menu Consolidated tracks use the session start and end time as the length to consolidate Mixer functions such as fader and plug in settings are not rendered into the consolidated regions A region can be bounced from the right click context menu A new region will be created in the region window which has the fades and gain automation applied This is useful for drum hits or sound effects that are to be reused later in the project Using the range tool then right clicking on the range will launch the Range Context Menu Selecting Consolidate Range will take all the regions in the range apply gain automation and fades and render into a single new region in place Export range will render the selected tracks through the master outputs and create a stereo output file in the exports subfolder of the s
16. This has been fixed e The scan button now saves the new VST paths before scanning them so that if a plugin crashes the scan the paths are remembered on the next launch e Fixed an intermittent hang at starting audio engine e Many more fixes for non English installations e When a control is grabbed inside the window releasing the mouse button would not release control of the knob until the window was re entered and clicked on This has been fixed e Changed fader scaling so mouse doesn t need to exit window to get full scale travel of the fader OSX specific changes e Compressor EQ Mixbus and Phase buttons are now controllable via MIDI e Fix long standing bug that causes context menus to sometimes remain unclickable until you have exited the menu and re entered the menu e F keys did not respond in v2 0 6 so view saving recall was impossible This has been fixed e Binding to move tracks up down did not work in 2 0 6 This has been fixed e Switched to latest Gtk graphics stack This improves performance and solves some subtle bugs e Removed submenu items from the keybindings editor Linux specific changes e Compressor EQ Mixbus and Phase buttons are now controllable via MIDI e Fixed crash when deleting LinuxDSP LV2 plugins e Fixed crash in Undo feature and Phones Verb preset in Gverb plugin e Removed submenu items from the keybindings editor KNOWN ISSUES e Some third party plugins may cause crashes
17. User Guide 5 0 JACK YO Under each tab is a list of Jack ports Click on any port name to connect it to the currently selected input e Rescan If any new Jack applications were launched since the dialog was created click Rescan to show the new state of the software Note If you select the ardour tab you will see that you can select any Mixbus port to feed the track includ ing another track bus output or the output of the Master bus This is a quick way to bounce the output from one or more tracks to a single track or to set up a routing scheme for complicated effects setups Ardour s routing provides nearly infinite flexibility but does not guarantee the timing of complicated routing so please check the tim ing of any complicated bus setups Track Bus Inspector Found under the Window menu the Track Bus Inspector allows you to route the track inputs outputs and redirects from one convenient location The tracks buses are listed on the left and the right side is similar to the track I O dialog but it allows connection to redirects as well lay Tracks Buse Vox Vax Inputs Outputs Pre fader Redirects Post fader Redirects ElecGtr Inputs Available connections Bass z d st Add Remove Disconnect All ardour system Keys Loop in Kit li system capture 1 mixbus 5 mixbus 6 mixbus 7 mixbus 8 Drum Sub Gtrs mixbus 3 mixbus 4 E Note The Mixbus sends and the Master assign button are not re r
18. Website http mixbus harrisonconsoles com Find common Mixbus support questions 8 answers at http mixbus harrisonconsoles com mixbus website info html support For Mixbus support inquiries please email mixbus harrisonconsoles com or chat with other Mixbus users and developers using IRC http webchat freenode net channels ardour mixbus Harrison Consoles 1024 Firestone Parkway La Vergne TN 37086 615 641 7200 Phone 615 641 7224 Fax Harrison Consoles Main Website www harrisonconsoles com Section 33 0 Contact Information 90 Mixbus User Guide
19. as long as the plugin has at least as many inputs and outputs as the track needs Additional I O on the plugin such as sidechains will be ignored We will allow sidechains and other multi channel features in a future version of Mixbus Apple AU plug ins supported on OSX only AU Audio Unit is the native Apple developed plug in format for OS X Most AU plugins can support either mono or stereo operation from the same plugin package LADSPA plug ins Supported on all platforms LADSPA is the Linux Audio Developer s Simple Plug in Architecture LADSPA plugins are simple to develop and are freely available There are nevertheless some LADSPA plug ins that are quite good LADSPA plug ins do not support customized GUls they will be shown as sliders on a simple window Being very portable most LADSPAs are available for all platforms OSX Linux and Windows Unlike other formats Mixbus can load a mono LADSPA plugin into a stereo channel by duplicating the plugin and assigning the same controls to both sides of the signal LV2 plug ins The next generation open source plugin format LV2 plugins have several advantages over other formats For example plugins do not have to be instantiated to be scanned so startup is much faster For developers LV2 is compleletely unencumbered by licensing restrictions Harrison s bundled plugins currently use the LV2 format and the same plugins operate on Windows Mac and Linux This allows you to
20. audio support Unfortunately support must be determined on a per device basis The ALSA project provides a fairly comprehensive list of USB PCI and built in devices There is a separate list of Firewire devices When in doubt check with your distribution s documentation user forums or support Installing JACK Before running Mixbus you must have Jack installed Jack is a system service that allows for the interconnection of audio between applications For example you can use Jack to record the output of the Hydrogen drum machine directly into a Mixbus track for live processing or recording Mixbus requires that Jack be installed Your Linux distribution must include support for realtime Jack and associated audio I O hardware Please verify that your underlying audio system is appropriate for professional audio usage before purchasing Mixbus Many modern distributions include a package manager utility for installing software from an online repository JACK can often be installed directly from this utility Downloading and Installing Mixbus After your purchase you will receive a link to download the installation package You must first unzip the package using your distributions archive utility Most distributions will allow you to unzip the file by right clicking on it and choosing extract here Once unzipped a folder will appear with the installer install sh In most distributions you can double click this file to lau
21. bouncing to disk then 24 bit will save some disk space e 16bit If working with audio sourced from a CD this uses half the storage space of float option Audio File Format File Type The file type that Mixbus uses internally e Broadcast Wave Industry standard wav files with an additional time stamp that may be used in some soft ware File size is limited to 4GB e Wave Industry standard PCM file File size is limited to 4GB e Wav64 Industry standard PCM file Uses 64bit length value in the header allowing nearly limitless recording length at any sample rate e CAF Same as Wav64 but this format is only common on OSX Sync Send MTC OSX Linux only Send MTC MIDI Time Code from a MIDI port Can be used to maintain sync with an external drum machine sequencer video player or other MIDI device Sync Send MMC OSX Linux only Send MMC MIDI Machine Control from a MIDI port Can be used to start stop drum machines video players or other MIDI devices Sync Use MMC OSX Linux only Mixbus will respond to MMC machine commands stop play record arm etc Sync Timecode OSX Linux only This selects the SMPTE timecode format for the session including drop formats and HD formats For more infor mation see http en wikipedia org wiki Frame_rate Sync Pullup OSX Linux only In professional video post production pullup pulldown is sometimes required to accommodate the differences between film and vid
22. dialog Mixbus 1 5 1 8858 FIXES e Fixes a bug revealed by sessions created by the 3rd party AATranslator application e Fixes a bug which removed the outputs for Sends and the Click metronome This bug was introduced in v1 5 e Fixes the key shortcut to the Separate function in the default keybindings e Fixes a bug that causes a crash in Tom Szilagyi s IR LV2 plug in when an impulse response is loaded Linux version only Mixbus 1 5 8812 INITIAL RELEASE ON LINUX FIXES e Fixed bug with automation editing associated with zooming in 8 out while editing e Fixed bug where end marker moves to the end of last recorded region whenever you change the end trim of any region Section 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 86 Mixbus User Guide 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes NEW FEATURES e New Region Gain Range editing mode see page 20 above e New Join Playhead to Edit Range transport editing mode e New key mappable play with pre roll in Transport menu IMPROVEMENTS e Channel compressor controls are tweaked for easier setup with drums amp percussion e Dynamic automation is now thinned during recording Thinning strength is configurable via ardour rc file KNOWN ISSUES All platforms e Occasional crash when changing sessions snapshots without a restart in between KNOWN ISSUES OSX e OSX there is no AU plug in validation Some plug ins cause crashes strange noises or silence However as of 1 4 1 we are
23. file s channels Ilf Mono is selected for the Channels option then only a single checkbox is provided for each track bus For a demo of exporting watch this video on our YouTube Channel http www youtube com watch v wddiGR Y 1bk Export to File Format Export Source Channels File Type Sample Format Sample Endianness Sample Rate Conversion Quality Dither Type CD Marker File Type wf fi Also upload to Soundcloud Custom Selection stereo WAV 16 bit Little endian Intel 44 1kHz best None None Export CD Marker File Only Make file public Track Title MySession User Email mixb Password Browse Left Right Output E Bass Keys Loop out 1 Loop out 2 Kit Drum Sub out 1 Drum Sub out 2 Gtrs out 1 Gtrs out 2 Drums out 1 Drums out 2 delay out 1 delay out 2 verb out 1 verb out 2 mixbus 1 out 1 mixbus 1 out 2 mixbus 2 out 1 mixbus 2 out 2 mixbus 6 out 1 Cancel Export Note Multiple tracks buses may be assigned to a single channel of an export file For example you can assign both the left and right channels of the Master Bus to a mono file However please note that no level compensation is provided If the summed level of the tracks exceeds OdBFS and the format is not 32 bit floating poinnt then the exported file can have clipped audio samples which may cause audible distortion 42 19 0 Metadata Session files include metadata whi
24. inputs are assigned sequentially from the physical inputs whenever a new track bus is created The Auditioner and the Click are connected to the first two physical output ports However it is possible to change any or all of these routes using the tools provided in Mixbus or a third party routing app such as JackPilot OS X Patchage Linux or qjackctrl Linux Other things that can be routed via JACK include Track Sends Track Inserts and Mixbus sidechain inputs Note JACK connections use a floating point 32 bit format which means that headroom is essentially unlimit ed You don t have to worry about clipping the sound when routing from one application to another You may route a single JACK output port to several inputs and an input port can be routed from several different outputs the summing of these signals is done automatically Track I O Selections Track inputs can be assigned directly from the mixer strip by clicking on the input button Edit The menu provides these selections Disconneciy in 1 Edit launch the Track Input dialog for this track see below mn po e Disconnect remove all JACK connections from this track s input j e in 1 in N These are shortcuts to the physical soundcard inputs on your system Tip Each track bus also provides For convenience the Master Bus has an output button which can be used a direct JACK output port This can to select the ports that the master bus output
25. not aware of problems with any commercially available plug ins e Stereo only AU plug ins may not be loaded into mono channel strips e Some users have problems with plug in windows the window frame and the contents of the plug in display are separated This occurs if your monitor layout uses the main monitor the one with the OSX menu at the top to the right of the secondary monitor To fix the problem change your Monitor Layout so that the main monitor is on the left Mixbus 1 4 1 7948 FIXES e v1 4 would crash whenever a snapshot was loaded while Mixbus was running This is fixed IMPROVEMENTS e Protoolish and Cubasish keymap files are now included e When tracks are made very small the Rec Mute Solo buttons now remain visible Mixbus 1 4 7900 NEW FEATURES e New protoolish and cubasish keybindings options make the key commands similar to popular workstations These are initial versions and will be expanded in the future e Mixbus now checks for updates via the internet and alerts the user when there is news FIXES e In 1 3 menus would sometimes not get attention when they were first opened The mouse would have to be moved off the menu then back onto it This has been fixed e Solo ing a mixbus now works as expected the main assign from channels to the master will not be heard when a mixbus is soloed e PPC versions were missing a lot of text in the edit window including region names Th
26. options window Alt o toggle export window Alt e toggle import window Alt i add new track bus Alt n Mouse Modes Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 object mode o range mode region gain mode timefx mode zoom mode step mouse mode toggle edit mode BRIN e O x Moving The Playhead A left click in the rulers positions the playhead unless Mixbus is recording You can use period gt Num gt period to move the playhead to the n th marker Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 to start marker Home Enter Return to end marker End nudge backward Alt leftarrow nudge forward Alt rightarrow nudge backward to grid Control Shift leftarrow nudge forward to grid Control Shift rightarrow to previous region edge leftarrow to next region edge rightarrow to previous region edge ignore selection Shift Alt leftarrow to next region edge ignore selection Shift Alt rightarrow to previous region sync Control Alt leftarrow to next region sync Control Alt rightarrow to previous transient Control leftarrow Shift or Alt or Ctrl Tab to next transient Control rightarrow Tab to previous mark q to next mark Ww Section 30 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Linux Windows Mixbus User Guide 29 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Linux Selecting Stan
27. range and choosing export range e Export Selected Regions to Audio File This exports a length of time starting at the first selected region and continuing to the end of the last selected region e Export Range Markers to Multiple Audio Files This very powerful feature allows you to export several ranges songs at one time The resulting files will use the region names as the file names Once the export is initiated you must choose the location and format of the exported file Section 18 0 Exporting Files 40 Mixbus User Guide 18 0 Exporting Files Export to File Enter the path and file name that you wish to create This defaults to the sessions export folder Click Browse to see a file browser and navigate to a different folder Format Export Source Choose Master Output to export the master bus output of Mixbus If you want to export indi vidual tracks separately or control the Left Right assign ment of tracks to the file click Custom Selection see Format below for more details e Channels Chooses whether the resulting file will be Stereo or Mono Channels stere e File Type Format of the resulting files the list File Type depends on the system s available options For CD P quality choose WAV Sample Format 16 bit e Sample Format The 32 bit setting means 32 bit inte ger format This is ultra high resolution but does not accommodate signals over OdBFS The float setting is Sample Rate 44 1k
28. safe e Startup program change On startup Ardour sends a Program Change PC command A PC command includes a program number a value between 0 and 127 You can choose which program number is sent by Ardour A value of 1 will send 127 The default is 127 The PC command is sent on the MIDI port which is configured to handle MIDI parameter control It is sent right after you start a session either a new one or an existing one The command is also sent if you choose to load another session without closing Mixbus e MIDI connections Mixbus does not come with any way of establishing MIDI connections from to other soft ware MIDI ports On OSX CoreMIDI you need to connect the MIDI ports with a patchbay tool such as the excel lent MIDI Patchbay from Pete Yandell On Linux qjackctl the same program that is recommended for control ling JACK also includes an excellent MIDI connection manager You could also use command line tools such as aconnect Section 25 0 Preferences 53 Mixbus User Guide 26 0 Options Menu Menu Options Audio File Format Sample Format The audio data format that Mixbus uses internally New recordings will be stored in this format and files will be con verted to this format when imported e Float floating point 32 bit default value Allows extra headroom above OdBFS for JACK enabled connections and or bounces within Mixbus e 24 bit If you plan to record live sources from a A D converter and do not use internal
29. share sessions with users on other plat forms and have your sound remain unchanged Steinberg VST plug ins currently supported on Windows only VST Virtual Studio Technology plug ins were developed by Steinberg and are the most common plug in format on Windows VST plug ins can be developed for Windows OSX and Linux Currently Mixbus supports VST plugins on Windows only but support on other platforms is under development Digidesign AAX TDM RTAS plug ins no support currently AAX RTAS and TDM plug ins are proprietary formats for ProTools Mixbus does NOT support RTAS or TDM plug ins It is unlikely that Mixbus will ever support AAX RTAS or TDM plug ins Windows DirectX plug ins no support currently The DirectX plug in API was developed by Microsoft and is the native plug in format for Windows Note While we have taken care to follow the specifications for each plug in format plug ins are developed by third party vendors This means that Harrison cannot take responsibility for plug ins that don t work as expected Please use caution when trying a plug in for the first time Verify that all the functions work as expected before committing to using a particular plug in in a session Section 12 0 Redirects Plug ins Sends amp Inserts 21 Mixbus User Guide 12 0 Redirects Plug ins Sends amp Inserts Latency Compensation Some plug ins particularly complicated FFT based plug ins that use techniques such as convolu
30. snippet such as one syllable or drum hit from the source file Editing or deleting a Region does not change the source file in any way This is called non destructive editing Regions can only exist on tracks You cannot drop a region onto an audio bus Regions have several hot spots that can be modified using the left mouse button when in Object or Smart Object mode Object edits follow the Grid selection so operations will snap to the nearest Grid location if it is turned on Click in the waveform area to drag the region in time or across tracks Click on the colored bar at the bottom to trim the start end of the region If you are nearer the start of the region you will trim the start time If you are nearer the end of a region you will trim the end time Fade In Out Grab the Fade Handle on either end to change the region s fade Grab the yellow crossfade area to lengthen or shorten the region s Fade Length i a A fade time while leaving the endpoint of the fade fixed Start End Trim M Tip When you move drag a range it becomes visibly transpar ent This allows you to see the regions underneath This sometimes helps if you are recording an overdub or replac M Tip You can select multiple regions at the same time using Ctrl Cmd click or selecting them with a rubberband box Regions selected this way will edit together you can move M Tip Combining the Trim Fade In Out and Fade Length you have complete cont
31. strange noises or other problems We strive to sup port plug ins as thoroughly as possible but due to the many variables Computer platform OS version Mixbus version plug in version etc it is not possible to guarantee that all 3rd party plug ins will work as expected on your system e VST plugins must match the I O of the track they are used on Mono tracks require a mono VST plugin and stereo requires a stereo VST plugin Many VST plugins only come in stereo variants As a workaround you can create a stereo track for your mono audio regions files and use stereo VST plugins on these tracks Windows only e Mouse disappears on some VST plugin windows Clicking the mouse button normally displays it Windows only Section 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 80 Mixbus User Guide 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes e VST Shell Waves plugins do not load Some users find that the third party application shell2vst exe is a workaround Windows only A beta version with Waves Shell support is available for those who wish to test this functionality e On systems with the minimum supported screen height 800 pixels you may have significant problems with track sizing drawing and even lockups or other serious issues with the editor 2 workarounds exist Do not show the Editor Mixer shift e by default Or minimize the size or auto hide your desktop s Taskbar Dock launch bar to maximize screen height e Ripple Edit does not work o
32. to Harrison at http mixbus harrisonconsoles com Currently the only solution is to remove these plug ins from your AU com ponents folder e Some users have reported problems with 1 3 using UAD plug ins We have tested at the factory on a G5 UAD1 PCI system as well as an Intel UAD2 Solo system and it works for us Please contact us if you have problems Mixbus 1 3 7541 NEW FEATURES e Mixbus and Master tracks may now appear in the editor so their automation can be edited e Stationary Playhead transport mode experimental FIXES e Popup menus and windows are now multi monitor aware Lists of files amp folders will no longer display glitches when scrolling When soloing a track the Sends from other tracks are now muted Intermittent crash when right clicking to choose a fade shape has been fixed Fixed a bug that inhibited playback which was often encountered after an export Region export amp bounce should now apply gain amp fades correctly Fixed a bug where regions in heavily edited tracks occasionally don t play back Solo when a track is in solo mode and then removed all other tracks will no longer stay in mute AIFF export will no longer allow some formats that were unrecognized by popular audio apps Weird punch behavior where non rec enabled tracks end up with regions has been fixed Occasional problem which caused 100 CPU usage after killing JACK has been fixed Stopped GTK shutdown from causing a crash in som
33. to Mixbus Files may be imported to Mixbus by dragging and dropping them from a file browser into the editor window Using the Import window File gt Import is a much more flexible and powerful way to import files to Mixbus The Import dialog has 3 tabs at the top Browse Files Search Tags and Search Freesound Nana Files Search Tags Search Freesound 78888 170_funky_drummer wav EE Freesound 16 bit PCM 00 00 01 412 00 00 00 ck Ol wav 1 a ons funky_drummer wav Pa z 2e a Add Remove s Auto play Add files as new tracks nsert use file timestamp Mapping one track per file Conversion Quality Best v Copy files to session e The Path Bar Shows your current path and allows you to navigate back up the directory tree e The Location Bar Allows you to directly type in the name of a file in this directory or enter the entire path via text the notebook button shows or hides the Location bar e Places A list of common locations on your computer The top two items Search and Recently Used are always there Clicking Search allows a text entry to search your system Warning This can take a LONG time The lower section provides shortcuts to commonly used locations You can Add and Remove these loca tions using the buttons underneath You can also remove or rename locations by right clicking on them The main area shows a list of files in the current directory They can be sorted by Name Size o
34. to SMPTE frames will guarantee that all edits happen in sync with the video frames etc Note Some DAWS use the term Snap instead of Grid We use the term Grid to refer to the settings and snap to refer to the operation of the Grid on the edit point Section 20 0 Tempo Click amp Grid 45 Mixbus User Guide 217 0 Tempo Click amp Grid The settings for the Grid menu are Note Regions have a Sync point which defines how they will e No Grid No grid is applied snap to the grid For example a region e Grid the grid is applied any mouse move in the editing canvas will might have audio preceding the first jump between grid locations Operations at the Edit Point will be note but the first note defines the point snapped to the nearest grid point that should by synchronized to the grid The sync position can be changed with Region gt Set Sync Position or the assigned keyboard command You may e Magnetic When the Edit point is very near a grid location it will snap to the location But in between the locations it will remain manual no grid need to turn off the Grid when assigning sync points if the sync point isn t already Grid Modes lined up on a grid location The edit point may snap to e clock time CD frames SMPTE Seconds Minutes e Musical Time Bars Beats e Markers e Region events start stop etc Note To use Region starts ends syncs bounds as snap choices you mu
35. tool The first click on a region with the Gain tool will cause the gain the gain over the entire region then line to appear By default a region has 2 control points one each at the click on the region to show the line and start and end of the region then grab the line and move it up down This is an alternative to Region Level M Tip If you want to quickly change Mouse operations using the Gain tool inside a Region Click anywhere in the region to create a new control point and con nect it to the points on either side tweak a syllable or reduce a section e Click a control point to grab it and move it of noise and it is often more transparent e Click a line to move the gain points on either side of the line than deleting it entirely e Click in the region and drag to create a range Now click inside the range and you can drag the entire range up down e Cmd Ctrl click on an existing line to add a new control point v Tip This is an excellent way to M Tip You can right click on the range and choose reset gain line i A to return the gain line to unity through Operations available in the Region menu and right click context menu the length of the range include Show Hide Gain Line Enable Disable Gain Line and Reset Gain Line Automation Many mixer parameters may be automated fader mixbus sends eqs compressor and even plug in parameters Realtime Automation Touch Automation In Realtime
36. will feed Normally you con be useful if you want to use Mixbus as a nect the Master Bus output to your soundcard outputs multitrack record playback machine Every track output can be directly patched to a physical soundcard input or output To access this feature click on the track s name button and then Note The shortcuts may not display a connection until you select it choose Direct out Mixbuses also have from the menu These are provided as a quick way to override the this feature which is a good way to cre current setting not a method to see what the track is connected to ate a cue feed to the headphones of your artists Track I O Editor The track input editor window allows you to connect any Inputs Available connections Jack output port to the track bus input Addi Remove VESE ardour system e Add Remove Add Remove an additional JACK port in n fout 1 to this track this is normally disabled in Mixbus where n tracks are either mono or stereo but it is kept for com patibility with Ardour e Disconnect All Removes all Jack connections to this track s inputs e in displays the Jack ports that are connected to this track s input s Click on a port name to disconnect it e Available connections There are tabs for your sound WO system and any Jack aware applications that are currently running including Mixbus ardour system capture 1 Rescan Section 5 0 Jack I O 11 Mixbus
37. 7 heartbeat regular wav 00h 00m 15 15 F 0Oh 01m 06 45 00h 00m 00 7s 4852 loop02 wav 00n 00m 02 4s 39711 LP Noise 1 wav 00h 00m 09 6s 30667 HardBassDrum001 wav Tags enter the tags that you would like to search You may enter multiple search terms sepa rated by spaces For example drums 120bpm will search for files that are tagged drums OR 120bpm Sort Choosing one of the sort options will cause Freesound to order the files before returning the list of available files This can save time if you know for example the sound you need is very short Search Click this button to initiate the search Freesound will begin returning pages of informa tion with 20 items per page You may click Stop to stop downloading The file list Click on a file to download it from Freesound Double click the file to auto play it in the auditioner Files imported with Freesound will automatically include any Tags that are associated with the file and these tages will be included in a search when you use the Search Tags tab Note Files at Freesound are licensed with one of several Creative Commons licenses All Creative Commons licenses allow you to include the sounds in a non commercial work If you wish to use a Freesound sound in a commercial work you must abide by the license for the specific file Many files only require attribution to be used in a commercial work but others have a more restrictive license
38. Berhad miXbus HARRISON MIXBUS USER MANUAL MIXBUS V2 5 Windows OS X amp Linux April 22 2014 Table of Contents Section Heading Copyright Inform tio Massana a area oeaaaassenaasssoeaaassssen 1 0 IMNthODUGHION a eee koua a ese a pt e E E R E A 2 0 Features 8 Specifications avverteeoevseseonesesaasssoeoaanssooaansnoeoaanssoooaannsooaanon 3 0 Installation ki halite erties l a da ae pe kak a ee a Pa evade 4 0 Getting SONE Are oo tdpaouan epa ek opozan sona op sobaosn ason sato 5 0 Jack l ei e ii on e ot po bo bn a e pd key pe ON at Dm 6 0 OVENVIEW beke bol ab oak kk do oak n po da kn be a koub k e akasan 7 0 Signal Flow 8 0 A PW Channels ekite kvane kon t ba osi onneny atake aa den l Pal kn oak sa saba 9 0 Mixbus Channel lS e id tk kaka eee 10 0 Master Channel ee vet oo ooo aaa e ooo pon pote a by a dann pen dl n kode kaa ek dik ene 11 0 Mixer Conventions amp TiS eeialaivetteeerrtrteeaaaasaeesaasnsesasassseoaonssoooanassoooaasnnooaannnnse 12 0 Redirects Plug ins Sends amp Inserts 13 0 Edit Window Overview 14 0 Mixbux Automation 15 0 Editing Tools amp MOdES sesamane a 16 0 Object Region Editing aaa ien oo oo opa kak vi ae 17 0 Importing File Snuit ii 18 0 Exporting FeS na E OE EAER 19 0 Metadata Window see n it ez enpe e E E ke tt ENE 20 0 GIOCKS Be SYNC ences ee ce Be es 21 0 Tempo Click amp Grid kk rezistan odone sass eko ase
39. Hz 32 bit floating point which accommodates signals over OdBFS which is preferred in most cases For CD quality Export Source Mi Sample Endianness Little endian Intel Conversion Quality best audio choose 16 bit Dither Type None e Sample Endianness This is only enabled if the file for mat allows a choice Choose Little Endian or Big Endian t ia A iSO Sisal oli PowerPC e Sample Rate For CD quality audio choose 44 1kHz e Conversion Quality This is only enabled if the export sample rate is not the same as the session The setting Track Title MySession best is recommended e Dither Type None Rectangular Shaped Noise or Triangular The None or Shaped settings are recom mended e CD Marker File Type CUE 8 TOC These file types may be utilized by CD burning software to define track indexes track names and other metadata v Also upload to Soundcloud v Make file public User Email n Password Soundcloud Export Soudcloud is an online service that hosts your audio files for others to browse search and annotate Uploading files to Soundcloud is an easy way to get your music posted to the Internet without having to encode the file and transfer it to a server For faster uploads and best quality it is suggested that you export files in the FLAC format before uploading to Soundcloud e Also Upload to Soundcloud Enable this option to automatically upload the file to Soundcloud com e Make file public
40. Many VST plugins particularly those based on the JUCE library were unable to show their window This has been fixed e VST plugin windows were forced on top which would sometimes obscure a dialog e Directsound audio devices are now more easily selectable and separate input output selections are easier e On 64bit systems a 64 32 bit mixed mode JACK is now installed finds more audio drivers that previously required ASIO4ALL e When an ASIO device is selected the device s preferred buffersize is automatically selected e Systems with Windows installed on a drive other than C should now work e Systems with file paths using non latin characters should now work e Fixed display of High EQ band on channel strips when they are in narrow mode KNOWN ISSUES e Some third party plugins may cause crashes strange noises or other problems We strive to sup port plug ins as thoroughly as possible but due to the many variables Computer platform OS version Mixbus version plug in version etc it is not possible to guarantee that all 3rd party plug ins will work as expected on your system e VST plugins must match the I O of the track they are used on Mono tracks require a mono VST plugin and stereo requires a stereo VST plugin Many VST plugins only come in stereo variants As a workaround you can create a stereo track for your mono audio regions files and use stereo VST plugins on these tracks Windows Section 32 0 Appendix B
41. Meter or Tempo markers Cancel Apply Beats Per Minute 120 00 Note Currently Meter and Tempo changes can only occur at the Tip Here s an easy way to set the beginning of a new measure so that the beats stay lined up tempo for a song record a portion of the song and then select one bar with the Range tool Now click Tempo gt Set Tempo from Edit Range to set the tempo Tip It is common practice to leave Using the Click some time at the beginning of a To play click metronome sound during playback and recording enable the song rather than starting from the zero Click button near the top right of the edit window The rate of the click is indication Some common choices are 8 defined by the session s Tempo and Meter rulers The sound of the click can Measures 1 minute 10 minutes or 1 s e A hour This allows space at the beginning be modified from the Preferences Window see the section on ofthe song to add an intro place a sync Preferences click or test tones or just make editing easier by allowing some unallocated space at the beginning of the track Using the Grid Region starts S Playhead Editing with the Grid allows you to make edits perfectly aligned with other events If the grid is set to musical time and the audio was recorded to a click then editing can be done very quickly without zooming in because you know all edits will happen on a musically sensible time Setting the Grid
42. Release Notes 81 Mixbus User Guide 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes only e Mouse disappears on some VST plugin windows Clicking the mouse button normally displays it Windows only e VST Shell Waves plugins do not load Some users find that the third party application shell2vst exe is a workaround Windows only e On systems with the minimum supported screen height 800 pixels you may have significant problems with track sizing drawing and even lockups or other serious issues with the editor 2 workarounds exist Do not show the Editor Mixer shift e by default Or minimize the size or auto hide your desktop s Taskbar Dock launch bar to maximize screen height e Ripple Edit does not work on automation e Master bus lookahead latency is not compensated It should be disabled when recording or bouncing tracks Mixbus 2 0 5 NEW FEATURES None FIXES e Fixed several long standing bugs that caused crashes when closing a session or switching snapshots on some systems e Range based editing actions were not using the explicitly defined range when in Smart mode This fixes prob lems with set tempo loop punch from edit range as well as other related issues e Fixed a crash in plugin sliders that sometimes caused session files to be unloadable e When recording a track and high latency plugins are used the recorded audio would be placed at the wrong location on the timeline This has been fixed e Items in the Re
43. The resulting Soundcloud object will be available for the public to view if this is turned on If not the file will only be visible to you e Track Title The name that this item will have on Soundcloud This defaults to the session name e User Email This is your user name for Soundcloud This defaults to the User Email stored your Metadata settings see section 19 Metadata e Password Souindcloud user password is required to upload files to Soundcloud The black bar at the bottom of the window is the progress indicator The progress indicator displays the progres of the file export as well as Soundcloud upload if engaged If Also Upload to Soundcloud is engaged then a browswer window will open to display the file at Soundcloud comwhen the upload is completed You can cancel an Export operation at any time by closing the dialog and or clicking Cancel Section 18 0 Exporting Files 41 Mixbus User Guide 18 0 Exporting Files Custom Selection You can also export the output from a single track the direct out of the track bus The output of the tracks should be assigned to one or both sides of the export file When Custome Selection is engaged the right hand side of the dialog will display a list of all available tracks and buses Stereo tracks and buses will appear as 2 separate items with out 1 indicating left and out 2 indicating right Place checkmarks to assign the track or bus output to the exported
44. Zoom Focus Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 cycle to next edit mode 1 cycle to next grid snap 2 cycle to next grid unit 3 cycle edit point 4 insert time Alt t cut time Shift x trim back k trim front j trim region end to edit point Shift trim region start to edit point Shift set EP e tab to transient backwards Command leftarrow Shift or Alt or Cmd Tab tab to transient forward Command rightarrow Tab Markers and Locations The move commands all move the active marker s Jump to the first 9 markers using the keypad digits 1 9 requires numlock Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 add marker at playhead grave NumPad Enter remove marker at playhead Cmd grave Cmd NumPad Enter playhead to previous mark q playhead to next mark w go to marker 1 period NumPad 1 period go to marker 2 period NumPad 2 period go to marker 3 period NumPad 3 period go to marker 4 period NumPad 4 period go to marker 5 period NumPad 5 period go to marker 6 period NumPad 6 period go to marker 7 period NumPad 7 period go to marker 8 period NumPad 8 period go to marker 9 period NumPad 9 period Section 31 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Macintosh 70 Mixbus User Guide 30 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts Mac Region Operations
45. al bugs in MIDI controller operation and save recall 78 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes Mixbus 2 1 New Features all platforms e Freesound import e Soundcloud export e Metadata editor e Hold Alt to override mix groups for fader mute e Reworked region fades and crossfade shapes including re adding the constant power crossfade and setting it to default when a crossfade is created with Automatic Crossfades engaged e Mixbus can utilize the optional 3rd party ArdourXchange plugin to load AAF and OMF session files Improvements amp Fixes all platforms e File tags are now correctly saved and recalled e LADSPA and VST plugin user presets are now saved recalled e Session is now marked dirty when a plugin GUI is manipulated This should fix some reports of plugins that don t save recall their state Automation and gain lines are now thicker and easier to see when editing When no track is selected in the editor the Master bus will be shown on the left Removed advanced options from the New Session dialog Consolidate and Bounce functions with processing are removed to avoid confusion these can t work in Mixbus Fixed keybindings for setting region fade in out length Changed fader scale so mouse stays within mixer window Re added meter to import window auditioner Automation thinning was much too aggressive on low level fader moves This has been fixed Improved export dialog is m
46. alization for users that want OSX in their language but Mixbus in English Use the term Markers instead of Marks more consistently Correctly use broadcast wave file timestamps when importing Switch many instances of Ardour to Mixbus such as MIDI ports etc Dialog now makes clear that when you delete a track the session will be saved Apple plug ins are no longer separated into more categories than other plug ins Reinstate some MISC options that were lost Link Region and Track Selection Name New Markers Rubberband select snaps to grid Auto analyze new audio Dragging a region to exactly time Zero was fiddly this has been made easier It is no longer possible to delete a mixbus or the master bus Default JACK ports to 512 instead of 128 Remove JACK does monitoring option which has no effect on OSX e e e e e e e e e e e e e KNOWN ISSUES e Sessions opened in 1 3 then re opened in 1 2 may display the Mix buses in the wrong order Sound will be correct though e Some users have reported problems with 1 3 using UAD plug ins We have tested at the factory on a G5 UAD1 PCI system as well as an Intel UAD2 Solo system and it works for us e The solo ing error on the Mix buses where soloing a mixbus still allows any direct assignments to the master bus to be heard is still present in 1 3 e Some users report that fader automation starting at time 0 will cause playback to fail
47. and Alt left drag on regions rubber band select left drag on empty space rubber band select left drag in auto track select left click on body set region end middle in trim bar set region start left click in trim bar slip audio in region Commandtleft drag in trim bar Section 31 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Macintosh 72 Mixbus User Guide 30 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts Mac Mouse Zoom Mode Mixbus Function Mouse Command define the new visible area left drag zoom in left click zoom out middle click zoom to session Command middle Mouse Ops on Solo Mute Rec enable Mixbus Function Mouse Command apply to all tracks busses Command Shift left click apply to group Command left click apply to track or active group left click learn MIDI control Command middle click momentary switch middle click Mouse Ops on Solo Buttons Only Mixbus Function Mouse Command exclusive solo Command Alt left click temporary latched solo Shift left click Mouse Ops on Faders 8 Plug in Controls Mixbus Function Mouse Command adjust left drag fine drag control Commandtleft drag finest drag control Command Alt left drag learn MIDI control Command middle click reset to default Shift left click Section 31 0 Keyboard Shortc
48. annel Channel Input Master Bus Input Input __ Meter Point Input p a Mix Bus Pre fader Polarity Polarity Input Mit Pre fader Pre fader Polari Pre fader Mute Mute olarity Redirects Pre fader Pre fader Pre fader Pre fader Redirects Redirects Mute Meter Point Pre fader Pre fader Pre fader npt Meter Point Meter Point Redirects I m Input Input Pre fader Tone Trim Trim Meter Point I I EQ Filters EQ Filters Tone Dynamics CI ORE A Dynamics Dynamics oral H Dynamics Suoi Fader Fader Tape Fader Saturation Post fader Post fader Post fader Mute Mute Fader Mute Post fader Post fader Post fader Post fader Redirects Redirects Mute Redirects Main Main Post fader Main Mute Mute Redirects Mute Post fader Balance Main Final Meter Point Mute Limiter Direct gt Post fader Output k i Meter Point Balance Pan Direct gt ry Post fader Output gt B Meter Point a Master Bus Master Bus Direct gt Post fader Assign ee Assign Output IS Meter Point eT e Mix Bus Mix Bus Master Bus Master Assigns Assigns Assign Output Stereo Channel Mix Bus Channel Master Channel Section 7 0 Signal Flow 15 Mixbus User Guide 8 0 Input Channels Track Name Click to rename and other utility functions Input Selector Click to select input for the track from sound card or app Plug in Controls Controls from the plug ins can be mapped here for quick access The number of control slots avail able depends upon the resolution of the computer sc
49. annel output among other issues e Removed dependence on X11 libs which caused a failure to launch on systems that were mysteriously missing these system libs Linux specific changes e Mixbus will now look in usr lib64 for LV2 plugins on a 64bit system e LV2 plugin windows will no longer disappear when tracks are selected amp deselected 79 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes Mixbus 2 0 7 Changes all platforms e Added plugin latency to click metronome so it stays aligned during recording playback when plugins with long delays are added to one or more mixbuses When choosing Play gt Loop Range from the region context menu the loop markers would not appear This has been fixed e Ctri Shift click on track Mutes and Solos are no longer applied to Mixbus and Master buses e Improved logic to determine which menu items should be available when using the Mouse as edit point e Removed submenu items from the keybindings editor e French version can now export 16bit files e Edit gt Separate was not enabled if the user selected a Range using the range or smart tools This has been fixed e Removed from licensing message if license is found e Crop function no longer applies to ALL tracks if no tracks are selected Windows specific changes e Various VST plugin crash fixes e VST scan paths are now obeyed more correctly e After scanning VSTs the plugins would not appear in the plugin manager until after a restart
50. apped here for quick access The number of control slots available depends upon the resolution of the computer screen A higher resolution will yeld more slots Tone section The lighted button in the the top left corner is used to enable or disable the tone controls Mix bus channels provides 3 bands of tone control low shelving mid bell and high shelving Master Assign MSTR and Pan Click MSTR button to assign the mix bus signal directly to the master channel Pan control adjusts the Left Right balance to the master bus Mute Solo and Mix Bus Slate Displays the track name and values as knobs are adjusted Use Track Name to change the slate Ctri Cmd click on slate to change channel width between narrow wide in the mixer window Fader Automation Allows the user to select the fader automation mode Manual Play Write or Touch Fader Level Display Fader level can also be set by entering a value Mix Group Grp and Meter Controls The Grp button allows faders to be assigned to Mix Groups which links fader solo and mute controls The meter point button selects between input pre fader and post fader Section 9 0 Mix Bus Channels Polarity Invert Button Click to invert the polarity of the signal Chorus Stereo Pre and Post fader redirects Fader Right click here to add or remove redirects Redirects may be sends insert paths or plug ins Redirects positioned above the Fader are Gain pre fade
51. are only highlighted on region entry when using MouseGain Gain and automation selections now act more Range y with more consistency between them and don t use rubberbanding Gain mode works on automation tracks as well as regions First gain click in a region will show the gain curve if it is hidden instead of adding a new point Automation now allows tweaking like Gain curves In the past it was possible to accidentally mix region and CP selection in a rubberband select this is now disallowed e When dragging a range you can now sweep the range to adjacent tracks above or below the selected track e Mix and Edit Groups now default to Active when created e Clicking on a Range Marker will set the Selection Range to the range e Various tweaks to zooming and zoom code When holding playhead allow vertical movement of mouse to change zoom scale linux only e Some unimplemented confusing buttons on the Rhythm Ferret and Spectrum Display have been removed e Change automation line color to white so they are more visible against the region background Change back ground colors of some buttons and limit Mixbus to use the dark theme for now KNOWN ISSUES e Sometimes opening a new session snapshot without first restarting Mixbus will cause a crash This has been fixed in Ardour3 but will not appear in Mixbus until we adopt the Ardour3 platform e On Mac OSX Snow Leopard Mixbus crashes if you try to enter a metadata Tag on a file in the Import
52. at room is to select the Help gt Chat menu option from Mixbus This will open your web browser to a page that allows you to chat with other Mixbus users If you are unable to open the Mixbus window and see the Chat option just enter this URL directly into your web browser http webchat freenode net channels ardour mixbus Another mechanism for support is the Ardour forums at http www ardour org forums This is a good place to get involved with the open source aspect of Mixbus you can be directly involved with new features bug fixes and the overall direction of the Ardour DAW Once you have reached the level of a Harrison Console you are ready for new flights of engineering imagi nation Unlimited Unhaltered Uninhibited by the bounds of technical obstructions YOU BECOME THE STUDIO You are the living extension of the electronic link between the perfect sound and the perfect mas ter You are the ultimate conductor in the universe of recorded music Harrison 4032 brochure circa 1975 Section 4 0 Getting Started 10 Mixbus User Guide 5 0 JACK YO About JACK Mixbus uses an internal audio routing system called JACK to make audio connections between Mixbus your sound I O other programs and even between parts of Mixbus In many cases you can use Mixbus without ever being aware of JACK connections By default Mixbus makes these connections e The master bus is connected to the first two physical output ports e Track Bus
53. atform OS version Mixbus version plug in version etc it is not possible to guarantee that all 3rd party plug ins will work as expected on your system e Mixbus on OSX reports a generic can t load session message instead of the more explicit out of ports mes sage that appears on Linux If you get the can t load session dialog check the Audio Setup tab under Options Number of Ports verify that the number is higher than 128 512 is a good number e Ripple Edit does not work on automation e Master bus lookahead latency is not compensated It should be disabled when recording or bouncing tracks Mixbus 2 0 4 NEW FEATURES None FIXES e K14 meter display was incorrect in v2 it is now fixed e MIDI bindings to Mixbus knobs are now saved recalled with the session e Disabled region fade ins would be re enabled on session load This has been fixed e Mixbus strips will now remember their visible width when a session is saved and recalled e When clicking to adjust a fade length the user had to be careful not to click on the fade in out lines which would cause the fade grab to be ignored This has been fixed Import of filenames with certain characters such as in the filename or file path would fail The file could be auditioned before importing but the import to Mixbus would fail This has been fixed IMPROVEMENTS e Mac OSX 10 7 Lion is now supported e When Mixbus strips are narrowed show the name instead of mixbus
54. automation the parameter is put into a record mode The moves are recorded while the user moves the knob There is an automation button next to the fader because this is a very commonly automated control You can automate nearly every mixer parameter by showing the automation track for that parameter and setting the mode Here is a description of the modes Manual Automation is ignored Whenever you locate the parameter will jump to the value that is recorded in the automation You can Play not change the value manually When locating the value will stay as it is no playback of automation During playback only the cur Write rent value will be written to automation You can move the control manually and your move will be writ ten to the automation The parameter will act like it is in Play unless you touch it with the mouse Then it will record your moves until you release the mouse button The mouse wheel has a slightly different automation mechanism When the wheel is turned it touches the param eter and begins recording the move The automation continues to record until the transport stops This is some times called Latch mode Section 14 0 Mixbus Automation 29 Mixbus User Guide 14 0 Mixbus Automation Automation Thinning When automation is recorded in realtime the Tip Write automation is a quick automation is thinned so that only enough control points are created to way to copy settings fr
55. c enter it and click OK amp a asen When updating to a new version of Jack you should first uninstall the previous version using the uninstaller in Applications Jack You can also find additional Jack documentation in this folder You can download new versions of Jack or learn more about it at http www jackosx com Note Once installed you do NOT have to use the included Jack control application JackPilot Mixbus can control Jack directly via the Audio Setup tab Installing Mixbus To install Mixbus simply drag the Mixbus icon to the Applications folder If you would like Mixbus to be shown in the Dock then you should open the Applications folder and drag Mixbus to the Dock Audio Input and Output and Aggregate devices Mixbus is designed to work with professional I O cards connected via USB Firewire or PCI cards If you are using the internal soundcard on an Intel Mac you must first create an Aggregate Device which combines the internal microphone and the internal speakers into a single I O device While these directions are slightly different for each Apple product you can follow the directions on the Apple website OS X 10 5 http support apple com kb HT1215 OS X 10 6 http support apple com kb HT3956 Aggregate devices also provide a method to use multiple soundcards as a single device For example you can aggregate 2 different 8 channel devices so that you can record 16 channels into Mi
56. cal music project you might send the drums to mix bus 1 the vocals to mix bus 2 instruments to mix bus 3 and use mix bus 4 as a parallel effects bus like reverb This allows you to easily adjust the relative levels of these groups and apply processing to them The master channel is the final mixer strip on the right Typically the master channel will be connected to your moni toring system speaker outputs The output of the Master channel is the final output of your project i e your 2 track master file This output is rendered to the final wav file when you export the session Section 6 0 Overview 14 Mixbus User Guide 7 0 Signal Flow While it is possible to add additional utility buses using the Mixbus editor most users will find that the built in Mixbus signal flow is adequate for all but the most complicated projects Hard disk Hardware Hard disk Hardware Playback Input Playback Input Input Input Input Meter Point Meter Point __ Meter Point Ch
57. ch can include information about the project including the composer s engi neers etc Metadata is stored inside the session file in a simple XML format The Metadata dialog is launched from the Session menu User Track Album People School Name Email Web Organization Country The User page includes information about the primary user of Mixbus This includes the Name Email Web Organization and Country information This information is purely for convenience and for documentation purposes There are 3 specific ways that this information is used within Mixbus Email automatically entered into the Freesound entry box in the Export dialog Organization This text is stored in broadcast wave file metadata Country This text is stored in broadcast wave file metadata The User information is stored outside the session file and is persistent across sessions The remaining tabs Track Album People and School record data that is stored in the session file The data is stored in an industry standard XML format and can be easily read and manipulated by 3rd party applications or scripts Contact Harrison if you are interested in further development of Mixbus metadata 43 20 0 Clocks amp Synchronization Clocks Mixbus provides two clocks which display the current position of the playhead Having 2 clocks is a convenience you can leave one clock showing musical time such as bars beats while the other clock shows time
58. channel The input for this strip comes directly from the mix buses and or the input channels Plug in Controls Controls from the plug ins can be mapped here for quick access The number of control slots avail able depends upon the resolution of the computer screen A higher resolution will yeld more slots K meter This meter designed with input by Bob Katz indi cates the average level of the stereo audio signal The meter is calibrated to 14dBFS See http www digido com level practices part 2 includes the k system html for more information Master Bus Limiter The limiter for the main bus can be engaged by clicking the left button The right button engages the look ahead function of the limiter Gain reduc tion is shown in yellow by the meter above the slate Mute and Master Bus Slate Displays the bus name and values as knobs are adjusted Use Name button to change Input Trim The input trim knob can adjust the input level with 20dB to 10dB of gain Fader Automation Allows the user to select the fader automation mode Manual Play Write or Touch Fader Level Display Fader level can also be set by entering a value Mix Group Grp and Meter Controls The Grp button allows faders to be assigned to Mix Groups which links fader solo and mute controls The meter point button selects between input pre fader and post fader Section 10 0 Master Channel 18 Pre and Post fader redirects Right click
59. ctivated MIDI feed back and your control surface supports it it should reflect changes you do with the mouse Note The assignments of the MIDI controls are saved with the Mixbus project For each new project you have to assign every control manually To avoid this you can use a session template Mixbus accepts Change Control CC MIDI commands Those commands can be sent on arbitrary MIDI channels Faders and other continuously moved controls are controlled with CC commands with a range of 0 127 Buttons e g Mute buttons are also controlled with CC commands where a value of 0 63 switches the button off and a value of 64 127 switches the button on Mixbus also receives and sends some MMC commands such as play stop locate punch in and punch out To receive simple MMC transport commands from an external device enable Options gt Sync gt Use MMC and con nect your device to Ardour s control input port To use Mixbus as an MTC master enable Options gt Sync gt Send MMC and connect your device to Ardour s control output port Normally you will want the digital recorder player Mixbus to be the sync Master If you want Mixbus to act as an MTC slave route your MTC signal into the Ardour control port Then switch Ardour s sync source to MTC at the top of the edit window next to the main clock Section 28 0 Generic MIDI Control Surfaces 58 Mixbus User Guide 28 0 Logic Control Protocol OSX Linux Only Controls Each Mix
60. d Mixbus will leave the Input un assigned and the user must assign it manually before trying to record Monitoring See section 21 0 Monitoring Metering Fall Off Rate The decay rate of audio meters ranging from Off instant decay to Slowest 6 6dB sec decay rate Metering Hold Time The hold time for the peak hold indicators Ranges from Off no display to Slowest 5 second hold Note This is only shown in Mixbus for compatibility with Ardour Solo Soloing a track will mute all non soloed tracks e Latched default ON If this is on then multiple tracks may be soloed at once If this is OFF then Soloing a track will un solo previously soloed tracks only one solo allowed at a time e Solo In Place default ON e Solo Via Bus default OFF The Solo signal will appear at the Control Output if one is configured note only shown in Mixbus for compatibility with Ardour e Show Solo Muting default OFF If this is ON then when a solo is engaged non soloed tracks will show a mute indication e Solo Overrides Mute default OFF This allows the track to be heard when soloed even if the track s Mute is engaged Crossfades See section 15 0 Editing Tools amp Modes for more information about crossfades e Crossfades Active default ON This is only provided for compatibility with old sessions Mixbus no longer uses separate crossfades e Crossfades Auto default ON This is only provided for compatibility with old sessions M
61. dard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 select all Control a deselect all Escape export selection Control Alt e invert selection Shift i select all after edit point Shift u Control Shift p select all before edit point Shift y Control p select all overlapping edit range Control select all inside edit range Editing Features Most edit functions operate on a single Edit Point The edit point can be defined as the playhead default or the mouse The choice of Edit Point is by default linked to the Zoom Focus Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 cycle to next edit mode 1 cycle to next grid snap 2 cycle to next grid unit 3 cycle edit point 4 insert time Alt t cut time Shift x trim back k trim front j trim region end to edit point Shift trim region start to edit point Shift set EP e tab to transient backwards Control leftarrow Shift or Alt or Ctl Tab tab to transient forward Control rightarrow Tab Markers and Locations The move commands all move the active marker s Jump to the first 9 markers using the keypad digits 1 9 requires numlock Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 add marker at playhead grave NumPad Enter remove marker at playhead Ctri grave Ctri NumPad Enter playhead to previous mark q playhead to next mark w go to marker 1 period NumPad 1 per
62. der Mixbus 1 CutEnable Mixbus 2 Mixbus 3 Mixbus 4 HiPass LowPass EQEnable 4 s TAPE 5 TAPE SAT U TAPE SA i 5 To Yi nd i gu MSi 10 Digg mon Mixbus 1 5 to L5 1 Update zip This document describes the Mixbus analog console which Harrison developed for the Ardour DAW It assumes that you are comfortable with typical Digital Audio Workstation DAW conventions and terminology and Ardour in particular For more general information about Ardour please visit http www ardour org Additional online resources are available from the Mixbus Help menu Section 1 0 Introduction 3 Mixbus User Guide 2 0 Features amp Specifications Mixer Features e Precision DSP algorithms developed by Harrison and used on their world renowned large format digital mixing consoles Mixbus also incorporates elements from the rich history of Harrison analog designs Mixbus has been optimized to provide a classic Harrison analog sound e Straightforward what you see is what you get mixer layout based on Harrison s renowned 32 series and MR series music consoles e Unlimited stereo or mono input channels based on available CPU power featuring EQ filter compression 8 mix bus sends and mappable plug in controls on every channel 8 Stereo mix buses can be used for groups or auxes featuring tone control compression and tape satura tion Stereo Master that features tone control compression tape satu
63. e Command exclusive solo Control Alt left click temporary latched solo Shift left click Mouse Ops on Faders 8 Plug in Controls Mixbus Function Mouse Command adjust left drag fine drag control Control left drag finest drag control Control Alt left drag learn MIDI control Control middle click reset to default Shift left click Section 30 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Linux Windows 66 Mixbus User Guide 30 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts Mac Mixbus has a standard keyboard shortcut layout that provides alternate keystrokes that are available in other digital audio workstations In the following tables NumPad is used to reference the number pad on the right side of the keyboard Session and File Handling Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 start a new session Command n open an existing session Command o open a recent session Command Shift o save session Command s save session as Command Alt s save session snapshot Command Shift s add track s bus ses Alt n import audio files Alt i export session Alt e quit Command q Common Functions Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 copy Command c cut Command x delete Delete BackSpace paste Command v redo Command r Command S
64. e Crash in JACK gt Reconnect with older versions of JACK have been fixed e Mixbuses 5 8 did not recall properly This has been fixed e Rubberband select of regions was deselecting existing selection This has been fixed IMPROVEMENTS e Changed app name to Mixbus2 so it can coexist with existing Mixbus installation Mixbus 2 0 NEW FEATURES e 8 Mix Bus Sends from every track e Plug in Effect Control Sliders allow you to map plug in controls directly to controls on the mixer strip e Improved Mixer navigation and display including narrow mixer strip and the ability to show hide Mix Buses as needed e Brought controls to the mixer screen that were previously available in popup dialogs Smart Object Mode Allows a combination of object and range mode see Quickstart guide e Ripple Edit Mode allows faster editing of song sections and spoken word recordings e New Correlation phase meter on the Master Bus displays mono compatibility of the stereo mix FIXES e Record delay compensation sometimes recordings were not aligned correctly with existing material This has been fixed e Many operational and crash fixes for automation e Many operational fixes to editing covered above and in the Quick Start Manual e TimeFX stretch would sometimes fail to update the region s displayed length This has been fixed e Refinements to the mix engine providing less CPU usage and more resistance to plug ins that generate denormals or NANs e Renam
65. e Delete was implemented as a cut operation which replaced any contents in the Paste buffer This has been changed so that Delete does not modify what is in the Paste buffer When clicking to add a gain point hold Cmd Ctrl to add the new point on the existing line e Mixbus automatically creates multiple backup files automatically A maximum of one session file per hour is stored This operates in addition to the existing backup file e Selecting a region in the editor will now highlight it in the region list KNOWN ISSUES e Sometimes closing a session will cause a crash This affects operations like Open and Recent and snap shot switching when a session is already open This has been fixed in Ardour3 but will not appear in Mixbus until we adopt the Ardour3 platform In the interim we suggest that you always Quit Mixbus before opening a new session or snapshot e On Mac OSX Intel Mixbus crashes if you try to enter a metadata Tag on a file in the Import dialog On systems with 2 monitors the primary monitor the one with the OSX menu must be on the left or some Section 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 83 Mixbus User Guide 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes plug in windows will display outside of their enclosing windows e Some third party AudioUnit plug ins may cause crashes strange noises or other problems We strive to sup port plug ins as thoroughly as possible but due to the many variables Computer platform OS version M
66. e cases Clocks no longer cease updating when reverse playback is used Keyboard event forwarding now works better for plug in windows A benign problem that caused an error at startup the object for a history XML node can t be found has been fixed e Disallow de activation of master and mixbus DSP This fixes a howling feedback sound when the master bus is made inactive When you split a stereo region into mono they will now show up together in the region list e Menu item Sync editor amp mixer order now works e Fix GUI glitch when switching editor s mixer strip from stereo to mono channels IMPROVEMENTS Mono audio files loaded into a stereo track will now play back on both channels e Reinstate the ALL group for editing e Rationalize track and range selection modes so they follow more established conventions e Automation correctly drops back to playback value when touch ends e Write mode should not pick up the underlying automation settings during a locate When editing automation make sure the edits never affect the sound outside of the edit range Section 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 88 Mixbus User Guide 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes e You can now choose the merge files option when importing 2 same length audio files and they will import to a stereo track e Add a shortcut to Volumes in the Open Session dialog This makes it easier to find sessions on a removable drive Add a switch to turn OFF internation
67. e on all the selected regions simultane ously Section 16 0 Object Region Editing 34 Mixbus User Guide 16 0 Object Editing Region Layers Tip By default regions are Regions may be stacked on the same location in the timeline This is called opaque Opaque regions are visi layering Normally only the top region is heard it covers the audio regions bly and audibly opaque meaning you below it However there are cases where the region below can be heard can t see of hear the region underneath One example is the top region s fade in or fade out Region fades operate except during the crossfade area The right click menu allows you to disable the u Opaque flag and make the region s transparent Transparent regions are visibly transparent allowing you to see as crossfades If a region is stacked on top of another region then the region underneath will audibly fade out while the topmost region fades in across the length of the crossfade The second way to hear a region below the topmost region is if the topmost region is not opaque the Opaque flag any waveforms beneath the region can be turned off in the Region menu and or the right click Region context They are also audibly transparent menu meaning that their sound is mixed with the regions underneath instead of Region layering can be changed on the fly by the user Try right clicking on replacing it This is an excellent way to a region to change its la
68. elected tracks Alt s mute selected tracks Alt u consolidate track Alt c toggle track active Alt a select next track bus Alt downarrow select previous track bus Alt uparrow move selected tracks down Control downarrow move selected tracks up Control uparrow Section 30 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Linux Windows 64 Mixbus User Guide 29 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Linux Defining Loop Punch Range and Tempo Changes Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 start edit range comma finish edit range period set loop start Alt set loop end Alt set loop range from edit range set loop range from region s Alt set punch start Control set punch end Control set punch range from edit range set punch range from region s Alt set tempo 1 bar from edit range 0 Mouse Object Mode This mode provides many different operations on both regions and control points partially depending on where you click drag with the mouse The body of a region is the area where the waveform is displayed Mixbus Function Mouse Command add control point left click in auto track add remove selection Control left click on body adjust region edges left drag near ends of trim bar copy move region s Control left drag on body extend selection Shift left click on body fixed time adjust middle drag on point fixed t
69. emove Disconnect All ardour system out can a in Note Inserts are created deactivated you must Activate the insert before it will work e Measure Latency Once your insert is connected to a Jack aware program or an external piece of gear then click this button to measure the latency If the Insert is used on a track or Mix Bus this delay will be accommo dated automatically Outputs e Add Remove adds removes a Jack port to the insert send e Disconnect All disconnects all Jack sending ports does not remove ports e Available connections This is a list of all the available Jack connection ports with one tab for each Jack appli cation and one for the system sound I O system Inputs Add Remove adds removes a Jack port to the insert return e Disconnect All disconnects all Jack return ports does not remove ports e Available connections This is a list of all the available Jack connection ports with one tab for each Jack appli cation and one for the system sound I O system Section 12 0 Redirects Plug ins Sends amp Inserts 24 Mixbus User Guide 13 0 Edit Window Overview Basic Editing Concepts Users familiar with other DAW conventions will quickly adapt to the recording and editing features of Mixbus Transport Toolbar Edit Mode 8 Grid Optio aka DI AA NG AID A PA A IG PAPA ka payo a yota trgyi yote cyanes ai rypa ai ilbA kt Atiib II aiii ELEI IERA LAI RLI wi M RA pk Lk
70. ename Rename the redirect yes even plug ins e Clear Remove all redirects from this track bus e Activate Deactivate All Activate deactivate all redirects on this track bus e Edit Pop open the editor for the selected redirect you can also double click on any redirect to edit it Section 12 0 Redirects Plug ins Sends amp Inserts 20 Mixbus User Guide 12 0 Redirects Plug ins sends amp Inserts Plug ins Mixbus can load plug ins in several formats Mixbus can only use plug ins that meet these criteria The plug in must be a supported format on your platform see below The plug in must be installed in the standard folder for your platform e The plug in must be compiled for your platform Intel PPC OSX Linux 32 bit 64 bit e The plug in must support either 1 gt 1 I O for mono channels or 2 gt 2 I O for stereo channels Note Instrument plug ins plug ins that take MIDI input and convert them it into audio are currently not sup ported A summary of plug in support in Mixbus Plugin input output configurations for all formats Mixbus loads mono plugins into mono tracks and stereo plugins into stereo tracks buses Plugins with an unequal number of inputs and outputs such as a mono plugin with a sidechain input or a mono in stereo out effect some times cannot be loaded into Mixbus tracks or buses However starting with 2 5 this is largely alleviated Mixbus will load a plugin into mono or stereo tracks
71. entries to reset your keybindings Section 25 0 Preferences 51 Mixbus User Guide 25 0 Preferences Window the level of the audition The auditioner is stereo by default it is connected to the first two physical outputs of your soundcard The Audition does not appear in the master bus or in the exported audio unless you re route it into a track bus manually Misc e Edit Audition Preroll only active when Join Playhead option is enabled When Join Playhead is enabled many editing operations will automatically locate the playhead so that the recent edit can be auditioned This defines the time in seconds that the playhead will pre roll before the edit is heard e Font scaling Linux only This allows all the text of the Mixbus screen to be scaled larger or smaller on the fly Very small text will allow more features to be shown on a very small screen such as a netbook Alternatively very large text might be useful for those with poor vision or who use a computer monitor that is far away e Short crossfade length When 2 regions are overlapped this defines the length of the crossfade on the top most region that is automatically generated to minimize the sound of the junction e Destructive crossfade length When using destructive tape tracks this defines the amount of crossfade when a new sound is punched in over the old sound in a wave file e Limit Undo History This should be enabled to limit the memory and disk space that M
72. eo rates Sync Subframes OSX Linux only SMPTE clocks may be separated into 80 or 100 subframes for display purposes only Control Surfaces Remote ID OSX Linux only e Remote User Defined Remote controls such as MMC will number the tracks according to the user specified Remote Control ID chosen for each track bus e Remote Mixer Defined Remote controls such as MMC will number the tracks according to their order in the Mixer window e Remote Editor Defined Remote controls such as MMC will number the tracks according to their order in the Edit window Control Surfaces Auto Rebinding OSX Linux only If using a MIDI fader controller this should be ON Control Surfaces Feedback OSX Linux only Some generic MIDI controllers have indications for the current setting of a Knob If you controller has this feature then this should be ON Section 27 0 Mixbus Options 54 Mixbus User Guide 26 0 Options Menu Control Surfaces Mackie OSX Linux only If you are using a Mackie Logic protocol control surface then this should be ON Control Surfaces Generic MIDI OSX Linux only If you are using a generic MIDI controller to control Mixbus knobs then this should be ON AutoConnect OSX Linux only e Auto connect Inputs to Physical Inputs When a new track is created Mixbus will automatically connect the next available physical input to the track e Manually Connect Inputs When a new track is create
73. er Strip features control of the channel s fader stereo pan rec enable mute and solo The Jog wheel has various modes Scroll mode Part of the Scrub button cycle The default Scrolls the playhead Displays SC in the 2 character LED Scrub mode Part of the Scrub button cycle Rate of rotation of the Jog wheel controls the direction and speed of the transport Displays Sb in the 2 character LED Shuttle mode Part of the Scrub button cycle Jog wheel controls speed and direction of transport Displays Sh in the 2 character LED e Zoom mode Toggled by the Zoom button Mutually exclusive with the Scrub cycle Jog wheel controls zoom level Displays Zm in the 2 character LED When holding ffwd or rew the Jog wheel will adjust the speed frm_next and frm_prev will jump to next or previous markers Markers can be set at the current playhead position with the marker button Section 29 0 Logic Control Protocol 59 Mixbus User Guide 29 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Linux Mixbus has a standard keyboard shortcut layout that provides alternate keystrokes that are available in other digital audio workstations In the following tables NumPad is used to reference the number pad on the right side of the keyboard Session and File Handling Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 A
74. es to the whole region The Region s level can be modified by the Region menu or from the right click context menu e Increase Decrease Region Gain Increase is limited to 10dB e Reset Region Gain to Unity e Normalize Raises or lowers gain so that the highest value in the region is OdBFS limited to 10dB max gain The Normalize entry will say Denormalize if the region is already normalized This will return the region gain to unity Note If you normalize a region it will raise the region gain so that V Tip Simply point the mouse at the region and use the gain up down key to quickly adjust region gain You can also select multiple regions at once the waveform shown in the region reaches OdBFS If the region is extended to represent more of the underlying audio file this audio may reach above OdBFS a and then use the region gain key com Note Mixbus has 5 built in gain stages in a track Region Gain mands to raise or lower all the regions Region Envelope Input Trim Fader and Makeup Gain when com simultaneously pressor is enabled Each gain stage serves an important purpose and the combination of these stages makes it easy and fun to mix in Mixbus For a detailed demonstration of region editing and crossfades watch this video at our YouTube Channel http www youtube com watch v aFWiLfrn vU Section 16 0 Object Region Editing 36 Mixbus User Guide 17 0 Importing Files Importing Files
75. ese E pese pake pekeaoa os 22 0 ONA ONIVO n no kt ok a e a kk e a oo aa 23 0 Locations Window 24 0 Rhythm Ferret Window 25 0 Preferences 26 0 Mixbus Options 5 5228 Pic klete kt list enb l ti la pa os ane kasse sea anne 27 0 Generic MIDI Control Surfaces ooo ccsssssscsssssssssssessusssssseceesesssssesesescessseeeees 28 0 Logic CGRWOLE FOITCAN ke a Sea oP ah oe ete ee Cet te 29 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Linux Windows atavretetieeeatvaaeatvtaeaasiasaaseasaaeoaaaace 30 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Mac 31 0 Appendix A Known Issues 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 33 0 Contact Information aeie ke a kk de Mon a ao ceca ened Harrison Consoles Copyright Information 2012 Page Number No part of this publication may be copied reproduced transmitted stored on a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of an authorized officer of Harrison Consoles 1024 Firestone Parkway La Vergne TN 37086 Disclaimer Harrison Consoles makes no representations or warranties whatsoever with respect to the content of this document and specifi cally disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose We reserve the right to make alter ations as technical progress may warrant at the discretion of Harrison Consoles Harrison Consoles has no obligation to notify any person or entity of any cha
76. ession Finally Session gt Export gt Export Session to audio file will export the entire session as you hear it to a stereo wav file It is also possible to export individual track stems from this dialog for processing in another workstation The Export Session operation depends on the session having correct start end times You can drag the start end markers in the marker bar or open the Locations dialog to edit them and other markers including CD markers manually When exporting a project as a CD you will want to use CD markers so Mixbus will generate a TOC table of contents text file for the CD An alternative method is to make range markers and then use Session gt Export gt Export range markers to audio file This allows you to export ranges that are non contiguous overlapping or even nested Exporting to a File Once a mix is ready for delivery you will need to generate a final output from Mixbus Initiating an Export There are several ways to initiate an Export from Mixbus The different ways of initiating an export define the start and end times of the session will be the choice of which tracks buses to export will come later e Export Session to Audio File the most common option This exports the entire range from the Start marker to the End marker e Export Selected Range to Audio File This exports the current Range selection to an audio file Note this can also be triggered by right clicking on the selected
77. ested tweaks to menus which move the most used functions to the top areas of the menu e Regions are transparent when moving but switch to opaque when you drop them in place Range selection behavior now allows you to drag down across multiple tracks at once while also supporting edit groups e Recording automation in realtime is much more stable and allows recording automation in a loop it also thins the data when recorded so it is easier to edit Editing automation is more Range y Mouse wheel does latch You can now grab a range of time and drag all the control points without having to click on the line e Edit and Mix groups now default to active when they are created e Refined operation of join play range Region trims and fades should locate the playhead for auditioning if join_play_range is engaged Preroll time is configurable in Preferences gt Misc e Refined editing of crossfades See Region Editing in the User Manual e Significant fixes to realtime touch write automation First switch to Touch now uses the current value rather than changing to the default value automation punch ins now work correctly and allow recording automation in a loop Automation only records in forward motion and is added more checks to make sure automation lists are maintained in correct order The mouse wheel will now trigger touch and works like latch see Automation in the User Manual e Rationalize Gain mode and Automation editing Gain curves
78. f the physical input that feeds the track For example if you have 8 tracks but only a 2 input soundcard you must route the inputs to the tracks as needed Another way to manage track inputs and out Section 13 0 Edit Window Overview 25 Mixbus User Guide 13 0 Edit Window Overview puts from a single interface is the Track Bus Inspector From this window you can arbitrarily route tracks and busses between Mixbus I O s soundcard I O s and other application O s The right side of the screen is a pull out drawer which accommodates several different functions Most panels have a right click context menu for additional features Tracks Buses drag amp drop to reorder tracks or click to show hide them e Regions shows all of the recorded or imported regions Drag amp drop from here into the editor e Snapshots Click a snapshot to recall all of the settings in the snapshot e Edit Groups Click the buttons to create edit groups and enable them Note Normally snapshots are used as backup states You store the snapshot and continue working on the main session Future save operations will apply to the selected session not the snapshots If you prefer that future save operations go into the newly created snapshot then you ll want to do a Save As Mixbus supports persistent undo When you close your editing session the undo information is saved with the session Upon reopening the sessio
79. gion does not change it s layering and the only changes to layering must be done manually Performance e Stop Plug ins With Transport Plug ins will be disabled when the transport is not rolling This reduces cpu load when you are not actively playing Not recommended e Do Not Run Plug ins While Recording Reduces CPU load when recording but plug ins cannot be heard Not recommended e Denormal Handling These options are sometimes used to fix and or troubleshoot troublesome plug ins Only use this option when directed to by Harrison Consoles Misc Options Seamless Looping Seamless looping creates a crossfade on all tracks between the end and the start of the loop This causes a CPU spike at the end of a loop but it is recommended if clicks during loops are troublesome Use OSC OSX Linux only Accept commands via OSC Open Sound Control an ethernet based remote control protocol New Plugins are Active If this is enabled then a newly added plug in will be immediately active after instantiation Rec enable stays engaged at stop Normally the master Rec enable is disengaged when the Transport is stoped and it must be re enabled before recording again If this option is enabled the Master Rec enable will not be disengaged by Mixbus Region Equivalents overlap Normally if two tracks are put in an Edit group and you grab a region on one track you will only select a region on the grouped track s if they have EXACTLY the same star
80. gions menu were only available if there were keybindings assigned to the menu action This has been fixed e The knobs on the editor mixer strip would sometimes show the automation of another channel s knobs when the strip is switched between channels This has been fixed e It is now possible to delete a range of automation when in Object mode not just Smart mode e Reinstated the mouse edit point cursor so Mixbus changes the cursor when it is over a region to show that the current edit point is set to Mouse e Cleanup will now ignore snapshots that were generated by the auto backup The auto backup files were pre venting the cleanup from deleting audio that is not used in any user stored snapshots e Fixed an error in the region gain line drag functionality that caused a problem with undo redo and save recall The last point in the gain change would not be recalled correctly causing a ramp to the following point This has been fixed When in narrow mode the channel EQs would not automatically engage the EQ This has been fixed e The online search for announcements could cause a long startup delay if the user s network is enabled but no DNS server is available This has been fixed e International characters in session names became __ double underscores and sometimes prevented Mixbus from finding audio files inside the session This has been fixed Some button selections in the Export dialog would fail when an alternate language
81. he Time master When JACK sync is used the timelines of the synchronized programs are located using the sample clock offset Since differ ent programs may have different tempo maps or methods of handling musical time the time master identifies the machine that will define the musical time bars beats position of the song This is for advanced users only Section 19 0 Clocks amp Synchronization 44 Mixbus User Guide 27 0 Tempo Click amp 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 transport buttons and check the boxes for the Meter and Tempo rulers Alternatively you can use the View menu to hide show the rulers There are 2 reasons that you might want to set the Meter Tempo for your song 1 To record with a click or metronome to help maintain consistent time among different performers and parts 2 To use the Grid to facilitate editing if the audio follows the tempo map of the song By default Mixbus starts with the tempo set to 120bpm and 4 4 time signature In Mais many cases you will use a single tempo for the entire song In this case you will right click on the existing markers and set the tempo to the desired tempo and time signature Right clicking in the Meter Tempo rulers allow you to create new
82. he previously recorded audio This is best used on systems that work well with very low buffer sizes 256 at 44 or 48KHz or 128 at 96KHz Very small buffer sizes are used to minimize the monitoring latency JACK Does Monitoring Linux Systems Only On some systems JACK is able to directly route the audio inputs to the audio outputs This combines the low laten cy of hardware monitoring with the features of software monitoring Tape Machine Monitoring This mode applies when using Mixbus or JACK to control the monitoring Mixbus Monitoring Modes Chart The chart on the next page shows how the monitoring interacts with various settings in Mixbus Section 21 0 Monitoring 47 Mixbus User Guide 22 0 Monitoring Monitor Mode Is The Track Rec Enabled Is The Master Rec Enable On Auto Input Status Transport Mode Meter Monitor Normal No No On Stop Input Input Normal No No Off Stop Track silence Track silence Normal No No On Play Track Audio Track Audio Normal No No Off Play Track Audio Track Audio Normal No On Stop Input Input Normal No Off Stop Track silence Track silence Normal No On Play Track Audio Track Audio Normal No Off Play Track Audio Track Audio Normal On Stop Input Input Normal Off Stop Input
83. here to add or remove redirects Redirects may be sends insert paths or plug ins Redirects positioned above the Fader are pre fader and those positioned below are post fader Correlation Phase Meter Indicates mono compatibility of a stereo signal When the left and right main buses are in phase the meter deviates to the right Complete deflec tion to the left side of the meter indicates 180 degrees out of phase Tone section The lighted button in the the top left corner is used to enable or disable the tone controls Mixbus pro vides 3 bands of tone control low shelving mid bell and high shelving Tape Saturation The pointer meter indicates the amount of satura tion that is applied to the signal Use the Tape Saturation knob to adjust the signal for the pre ferred analog tone Compressor Section There are 5 controls for the Harrison channel com pressor The lighted button enables disables the compressor The triangular slider next to the fader adjusts the threshold of the compressor The speed knob adjusts attack release time A knob is provided for make up gain The Mode selector M may be one of 3 selections Level Compress or Limit These modes accommodate the most common compression techniques The bar to the right of the threshold slider shows gain reduction in red Master Peak Meters Unlike the track and mixbus meters which can exceed OdBFS safely the master output meter w
84. hift z Command y undo Command z quit Command q Transport and Recording Control Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 roll playhead spacebar NumPad 0 roll record Shift space NumPad 3 stop and destroy Command space destroy last recording Command Delete rewind Shift leftarrow NumPad 1 fast forward Shift rightarrow NumPad 2 transition to reverse Shift downarrow transition to Play SsS S S Shift uparrow toggle auto play 5 toggle auto return 6 toggle click 7 toggle auto input 8 toggle follow playhead Command f toggle track rec enable Alt r toggle master rec enable Shift r set playhead p play selected region s h loop play the loop range l NumPad 4 key focus on main clock NumPad Section 31 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Macintosh 67 Section 31 0 Appendix A FAQ 30 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts Mac Changing What s Visible Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 fit tracks vertically f scroll down page Page Down scroll down step downarrow scroll up page Page Up scroll up step uparrow toggle edit mix window Alt m Command show editor mixer Shift e toggle zoom Shift z zoom x to selected region s Command Alt z zoom x y to selected region s Alt z zoom in zoom out zoom to session save visual state 1 Command F 1 save visual state 2 Command F2 save visual state 3 Com
85. hysically plugged in If you plan to record with Mixbus you must plug a device into the soundcard s input _before_ you launch the audio engine If you d like to use Mixbus without a capture device choose None for the Input device Mixbus does not provide a None option for the playback device If you have no devices for playback then you can choose the Dummy device which runs Mixbus without any sound I O When you select an ASIO device the Buffer size setting will be automatically changed to the current preferred buffersize of your ASIO device normally set in the device s manufacturer supplied control panel It is important to use the device s preferred buffersize Otherwise you will incur a buffersize adaptation process which reduces effi ciency and may affect latency delay through Mixbus Non ASIO devices will default to a buffersize of 1024 for stable operation Changing this setting is possible but is unlikely to have much effect on the performance because of the Windows sound infrastructure A note about VST plugins on Windows On Windows Mixbus will load and use VST plugins Please note that we cannot guarantee that all 3rd party plugins will work properly in Mixbus Mixbus is currently a 32 bit only application on Windows so it can only load 32 bit VST plugins When you launch the Plugin Manager for the first time Mixbus will prompt you to scan for VST plugins This process can take several minutes if y
86. ill turn yellow when the peak signal approaches 2 dBFS The built in limiter is activated at 1 dBFS Peak Hold Value Double click on the peak hold value to clear it Mixbus User Guide 17 0 Mixer Conventions 6 Tips Mixbus Knobs and Faders When a knob is in the default position the indicator is very dim This allows you to scan the mixer for set tings that are not at default e Mixer strip knobs can be double clicked to instantly return them to their default value e Holding Ctrl Cmd while turning the knob provides a fine adjust mode while Shift Ctrl Cmd allows super fine adjustments e Mixbus knobs and sliders incorporate an in on change feature When any knob or fader is clicked and re changed it will automatically enable the control by also setting the in or on control for that section Default Signal Routing When you make new tracks they are automatically assigned to the master channel to allow the signal to be moni tored quickly Floating Point processing Mixbus uses a floating point internal architecture it is possible to exceed 0 dBFS on the channel and mix bus strip meters without ill effects For this reason there is no colored indication of overly loud signals on input and mix bus strips Unlike the channel and mix bus strip meters which can exceed OdBFS safely the master output meter will turn yel low when the peak signal approaches 2 dBFS This is an indication that the signal
87. ill be filled with the parameters of the plug in starting with the first parameter of the plug in and continuing to the last Right clicking on a plug in control will provide a menu that allows the slider to be unassigned or you can choose any plug in parameter to map to the slider This allows you to build a control panel for the most used parameters of the plug in and make them available directly from the mixer strip CS Note The number of plug in sliders will differ depending on your screen s vertical resolution The number of sliders cannot be selected by the user The Redirect Menu Right clicking in a redirect box will launch the redirect menu These choices are available in the menu e New Plug in Favorites a list of favorite plug ins pre selected from the Plug in Manager see below e New Plug in Manager launch the Plug in Manager see below e New Plug in By Creator a list of plug ins sorted by their creator e New Plug in By Category a list of plug ins sorted by type note this is only useful for plug in formats that support this e New Insert create a new Insert Send and Return e New Send create a new Send Activate Deactivate activate deactivate the selected redirect you can also middle click ctri alt click on OSX any redirect to activate deactivate it e Delete delete the selected redirect you can also shift left click any redirect to delete it e Cut Copy Paste Cut Copy Paste the selected redirect e R
88. ime copy move Control middle drag on body fixed time move middle drag on body fixed time move Control middle drag on point lower region Alt Shift middle on body move control point left drag on point move line segment left drag on line segment move point later points Control left drag on point move region s left drag on body raise region Shift middle on body rubber band select Control Alt left drag on regions rubber band select left drag on empty space rubber band select left drag in auto track select left click on body set region end middle in trim bar set region start left click in trim bar slip audio in region Control left drag in trim bar Section 30 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Linux Windows 65 Mixbus User Guide 29 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Linux Mouse Zoom Mode Mixbus Function Mouse Command define the new visible area left drag zoom in left click zoom out middle click zoom to session Control middle Mouse Ops on Solo Mute Rec enable Mixbus Function Mouse Command apply to all tracks busses Control Shift left click apply to group Control left click apply to track or active group left click learn MIDI control Control middle click momentary switch middle click Mouse Ops on Solo Buttons Only Mixbus Function Mous
89. in Tool The Gain tool allows the user to edit the gain curve associated with audio regions a e Click on a region to edit the region s gain line For more details see Region Gain and Automation Drag on a region to select a range of the region s gain line e Click on an automation track to edit the automation data Drag on a region to define a range of automation TimeFX Tool The TimeFX stretch tool allows the user to stretch regions to be longer or shorter without changing the region s pitch To use the TimeFX tool drag on a region to lengthen or shorten the region This will launch a dialog e Strict Linear Click this to force Mixbus to use a simple resampling method that works equally poorly on all material not used normally e SEA Contents Choose an advanced resampling mode that best matches the sound of the region e Stretch Shrink Initiates the stretch operation Strict Linear Contents Crisp monophonic instrumental Audition Tool e Click on a region to hear the region through the auditioner path this means without processing a Drag on a region to scrub the audio in the direction of mouse movement Smart Editing When Smart Mode is engaged the Object Mouse mode takes on some of the features of the Range mode The top half of a track operates in range mode allowing the user to drag select a time range on one or multiple tracks The bottom half of the track operates like Object mode a
90. in hours min utes seconds internal 4l4 Right click on a clock to change the mode of the clock A menu 074 0110126 45 90 02 26 00 mn appears with the available options Bars Beats SMPTE Frames Minutes Seconds Samples Note There are several other clocks in Mixbus such as the Nudge clock and the SMPTE offset clock These clocks can also be set to any mode so you can for example set the nudge clock to advance in bars beats instead of minutes seconds Some clock modes have smaller sub displays which show the current meter tempo SMPTE format or sample rate in applicable modes It is possible to click on a clock and directly enter a timecode location directly Pressing Enter will locate the play head to the new time Synchronization Mixbus allows selection of several synchronization sources Internal MTC and JACK e Internal The playhead position is defined by Mixbus all transport commands come from Mixbus 074 10110128 00 02 26 033 pci 120 00 e MTC The playhead position and transport state will be deter mined from incoming MIDI Time Code SMPTE Frames e JACK The playhead position and transport state will be determined from JACK Transport commands initiated from Mixbus will be applied to all JACK synchronized programs CS Note A list of JACK aware programs is listed at http jackaudio org applications Time Master JACK only Only one JACK synchronized program can be t
91. ing Automation tracks You hide and show automation lanes using the A button on the track header Show all automation Automation appears in a separate track from the audio Multiple automation tracks Show existing automation may be shown simultaneously If the automation track is associated with an audio E eae an sa track a ghost of the region s audio will appear in the track Buses do not show ae waveforms in the automation tracks e Click anywhere in the region to create a new control point and con nect it to the points on either side Tip Automation may be edited e Click a control point to grab it and move it using elie the Object tool orthe e Click a line to move the gain points on either side of the line e Click in the region and drag to create a range Now click inside the range and you can drag the entire range up down Gain tool Note Remember that in order for the automation to be auditioned the parameter must be in Play mode You do NOT have to be in write or Touch mode to graphically edit the automation though Note The Play value outside of the automation is the first when before or last when after value For a more detailed explanation of the automation in Mixbus watch this video from our YouTube Channel http www youtube com watch v UJbjPbpoWik Section 14 0 Mixbus Automation 30 Mixbus User Guide 15 0 Editing Tools amp Modes Edit Modes There are 4 different editing
92. ing a Marker will now mark the session as dirty and allow saving IMPROVEMENTS e Polarity phase buttons on the top of every mixer strip e Plug ins sends inserts and the fader now appear in a single redirect box at the top of the mixer strip This allows easier signal reordering and allows more space for Mixbus controls e Some controls that were hidden in popup display are now shown on mixer Master Limiter controls are now shown on the Master Strip Input trim and makeup gain are now shown on tracks trips The sidechain enable and master bus assign are now shown on Mix Bus strips e LADSPA plug ins with invalid I O for the current track will be disabled in the Favorites menu and will display invalid I O on the plug in manager So you don t get the invalid plug in window e Add selected track mute solo bindings e Taller higher contrast faders on the mixer strips e For Macbooks the Backspace labeled Delete on macbooks now operates like the regular Delete key Users of Mixbus 1 5 1 or before must enable this feature by binding the button to Delete Backspace You can also click Preferences gt Keybd Mouse gt Keyboard Layout and choose one of the available bindings The system Section 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 85 Mixbus User Guide 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes default is mnemonic us which implements all of these new features Note this will overwrite any custom key bindings you have done e Many user sugg
93. ins that expect the host to terminate the parameter names after 8 char acters e Fixed crashes when editing fades after an undo OSX specific changes e Fixed key command for moving tracks up and down in the editor and moved several key commands so that they are no longer hidden by OSX key commands Linux specific changes e Gtk updated to support CALF LV2 plugins 77 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes Mixbus 2 2 New Features all platforms e Pre installed Essentials plugin Pack To use these plugins customers must purchase the Essentials license at http mixbus harrisonconsoles com e Cut Time deletes a portion of the session timeline optionally including markers tempo and meter changes e Color Tracks Together allows user to quickly select tracks and make them share a color Improvements amp Fixes all platforms e Region gain is now stepped in 1dB increments and allows unlimited gain attenuation e Drag Drop region inserts and pasting of regions will now ripple when in Ripple Edit mode e Region trims no longer ripple their changes when in Ripple Edit e A secondary keybinding for Add Marker at Playhead was added to accomodate keyboards without number pads This action is bound to m in the mnemonic us and default us keymaps Select All ctrl cmd A now selects all regions AND tracks e The display of the range selection has become very slow in 2 1 This has been fixed e Scroli
94. iod go to marker 2 period NumPad 2 period go to marker 3 period NumPad 3 period go to marker 4 period NumPad 4 period go to marker 5 period NumPad 5 period go to marker 6 period NumPad 6 period go to marker 7 period NumPad 7 period go to marker 8 period NumPad 8 period go to marker 9 period NumPad 9 period Section 30 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Linux Windows 63 Mixbus User Guide 29 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Linux Region Operations Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 mute unmute region lock region toggle region transparency Q reverse region naturalize region transpose region Yo boost region gain A cut region gain 8 normalize region l raise region lower region align sync point relative a align stack sync point relative Shift a duplicate region once d duplicate region multi Shift d export selected region s Shift Alt e insert region from list i split separate S b Alt x crop c set region sync point v remove region sync point Shift v nudge backward y NumPad nudge forward u NumPad set fade in length set fade out length toggle fade in active Control toggle fade out active Control Track Operations Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 rec enable selected tracks Alt r solo s
95. is has been fixed The moving mixer strips bug introduced in v1 3 is resolved e Mono regions in a stereo track will now play on both sides of the stereo track this was listed as a fix in v1 3 but not implemented IMPROVEMENTS e Mixbus and Master buses are now handled and ordered separately from the tracks and buses in the Edit win dow This more accurately matches the layout in the Mix window Spacebar and Numpad Enter are now handled correctly in the keybindings window e Removed a few features from the Region List such as remove and hide which had confusing implementa Section 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 87 Mixbus User Guide 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes tions e Minor change to the popup window editor so that the compressor mode is a menu selection instead of a slid er KNOWN ISSUES e Sessions opened in 1 3 then re opened in 1 2 may display the Mix buses in the wrong order Sound will be correct though e Some users have problems with plug in windows the window frame and the contents of the plug in display are separated This problem can be alleviated by changing the monitor arrangement If you have this problem please contact us at http mixbus harrisonconsoles com e Many plug ins including some versions of Celemony s Melodyne Bridge will cause Mixbus to crash at start up If you have problems crashing at startup please copy paste the text of the crash report
96. is selected This has been fixed e Region dragging while in Ripple mode were not undo able This has been fixed OSX SPECIFIC FIXES e Ripple edit doesn t work with range Delete you have to use Cut This has been fixed only affected OSX Intel e Mixbus on OSX can now load LV2 plugins for testing purposes only LINUX SPECIFIC FIXES e Fixed installer to work with non English words for Desktop Also improves support for systems without sup port for sudo e Added ability to disable hardware accelerated gradients which causes problems with some proprietary video Section 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes 82 Mixbus User Guide 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes card drivers e LV2 plugins should recall the port symbols such as wet dry mix instead of the port index This improves support of old plugins that have added or removed controls from the previous version IMPROVEMENTS e Flush Wastebasket is now available without having to re open the session KNOWN ISSUES e On Mac OSX Intel Mixbus crashes if you try to enter a metadata Tag on a file in the Import dialog On systems with 2 monitors the primary monitor the one with the OSX menu must be on the left or some plug in windows will display outside of their enclosing windows e Some third party AudioUnit plug ins may cause crashes strange noises or other problems We strive to sup port plug ins as thoroughly as possible but due to the many variables Computer pl
97. ith the user defined pre roll e When a fade in or fade out is adjusted the playhead will be located before the fade with the user defined preroll Tip The combination of Join e When a region is start or end trimmed the playhead will be located Playhead Auto Return Auto Play before the start or end with the user defined preroll options give a wide variety of possible operations If you are familiar with another workstation s conventions you should experiment with these settings to see if one of them matches your expec tations Preroll You can also start playback with pre roll at any time by using the Transport Play with Preroll command Behaviors with Join Playhead off e Editing clicks such as object grabs or range selections will have no effect on the playhead location Operation Priority When an editing operation occurs Mixbus must determine where the operation applies This depends on many fac tors including the type of operation the location of the Edit point the existence of a selected Range Track Selections or the Implied Range Most of the time Mixbus will do exactly what you expect it to If it doesn t do what you expect then it might be due to an unexpected operation priority See the table below Object Region Editing Functions Edit Point Functions Range Editing Functions Example Mute Normalize Examples Split Trim Align Nudge Examples Separate Crop Cut Reverse Trans
98. ixbus version plug in version etc it is not possible to guarantee that all 3rd party plug ins will work as expected on your system e Mixbus on OSX reports a generic can t load session message instead of the more explicit out of ports mes sage that appears on Linux If you get the can t load session dialog check the Audio Setup tab under Options Number of Ports verify that the number is higher than 128 512 is a good number Time alignment when recording is not always correct especially when there are plugins with latency on the mixbuses When recording plugins with long latency should be avoided on the mixbuses until we resolve this problem e Ripple Edit does not work on automation Mixbus 2 0 3 NEW FEATURES None FIXES e Fixed timestamp locations when importing multiple BWAVs e Fixed timestamp location when importing files that are sample rate converted Screen size was being detected wrong in vertically stacked monitors or when using different sized monitors Now the graphical elements will be sized based on the smallest monitor in your setup IMPROVEMENTS e Crossfades Overlap has been changed to Automatic mode in name only the operation is still the same Options Crossfades Short has been replaced by Options Crossfade Manual See description of new operation in Section 26 0 Mixbus Options e Toggle able Plugin parameters i e boolean switches now show more clearly that they are switches and not sliders
99. ixbus no longer uses separate crossfades e Use Region Fades default ON If this is off then region fades will be ignored and all regions will start and end abruptly e Automatic default OFF When 2 regions are overlapped the top region will have a fade in out assigned that covers the entire length of the overlap If you trim a region to create more or less overlap the fade length will automatically change to cover the whole overlap e Manual default ON Fade lengths don t change when an overlap is created The user can trim the topmost region without snapping to the full crossfade lengths Section 27 0 Mixbus Options 55 Mixbus User Guide 26 0 Options Menu Layering Every region in a playlist has a layering order which defines the stacking order of regions The topmost region is the one that is seen and heard See section 15 0 Editing Tools amp Modes for more information on layering e Automatic Later is Higher default OFF This is the most automatic mode In this mode the later region in time is always a higher layer This works well for simple cases but does not allow manual tweaks when layering does not work for you e Semi Auto Last Moved Added is Higher default OFF In this mode the last added or moved region is always brought to the top layer Additional changes may be done manually e Manual Most Recently Added is Higher default ON This is the most manual method Newest regions are always highest dragging a re
100. ixbus will use to store Undo information Select a number of operations that you d like Mixbus to remember e Save Undo History This should be enabled if you would like Mixbus to remember your Undo history for each snapshot file so that when you open a session or snapshot the Undo history is preserved from the last time you were using it MIDI NOTE Linux and OSX only Although at this time Ardour does not support MIDI sequencing it does support a fairly rich set of interactions via MIDI with other devices in particular e Ardour can function as MIDI Time Code MTC master or slave MTC is used to transfer the actual time loca tion so the connected MIDI devices will stay in sync even when using fast forward and such e Ardour can control or be controlled by other devices using MIDI Machine Control MMC MMC commands include start stop punch in punch out and others e In Ardour virtually any parameter can be controlled by MIDI Continuous Controller CC messages which is called MIDI Parameter Control In addition Ardour can send MIDI feedback so that external motorized control surfaces can reflect parameter changes caused by automation etc MIDI Ports Mixbus does not attempt to discover what physical MIDI ports exist on your system Instead Mixbus publishes ports which can be connected to any other system MIDI port using a 3rd party MIDI router By default three MIDI ports will be available One for MTC timecode in out one fo
101. k in Mixbus and what is JACK Jack is a very advanced program that lives in between your soundcard driver and your audio applications Jack allows you to route the inputs and outputs of Mixbus into your soundcard It also allows you to route the audio inputs and outputs of your other applications to each other and to Mixbus One thing to know about Jack because of its special position between your soundcard and other audio software it runs at a fixed sample rate once it is started If you want to run a session at a different sample rate you must first stop change the settings and restart Jack Most users will ignore JACK and allow Mixbus to start and stop Jack for you Mixbus will prompt you for the Jack settings when it starts in the Audio Setup tab Mixbus will automatically stop Jack when you quit Mixbus Mixbus will also remember your settings for you Note however that Mixbus does not stop Jack when a session is Closed Instead you must completely Quit Mixbus and restart it if you want to open a session at a different sample rate Add this many Creating Tracks for recording When you are ready to record you must create tracks Use the Add Track Bus function which can be found in the Session and Track menus You can also create tracks by right clicking in the grey track area under the track headers or by Importing new tracks from exist ing audio files You can create as many tracks as needed Mixbus
102. l selector on the Bass Character plugin was controlling the high band as well This has been fixed e Fast moves on the XT EQ and XT ME will not skip some of the control bands OSX only windows and linux did not have this issue 75 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes Mixbus 2 4 New Features all platforms e Pre installed XTools for Mixbus XT BC Bass Character plug in To use these plugins you must purchase a license at http mixbus harrisonconsoles com Improvements amp Fixes all platforms e Added new alternate keybindings to the keymap Alt x to split Cubasish and Cmd Control to switch between the mix edit windows ProToolish Added links to our YouTube tutorials and User Forum in the Help Menu Ranges now disappear after deleting a range in ripple mode Removed the Master item from the master bus output Removed EditAtMarker selection removed Splice editing Renamed Tape Mode to Destructive Ripple Edit now functions on automation tracks 3D Triple Delay now works with buffer sizes smaller than 256 samples Fixed intermittent bug causing the 3D Triple Delay to go silent Exporting ranges to multiple wave files processing now stops between exports so latency compensation can get set e Fixed crash bug from locating on the timeline with a plug in parameter in write to an area without automation data e Fixed cannot save message caused by too many open files This most often affected OSX users wi
103. llowing the user to grab a single region or rubberband select a group of regions Other features of Object mode such as trimming regions or adjusting fade lengths are still possible in this mode The cursor will change to show either Range or Object tools when the user transitions from the top of the track to the bottom of the track Smart mode is only lighted when the Object hand tool is engaged but the Smart setting is remembered at all times The Edit Menu Most items in the Edit Menu are self explanatory For details about specific features click Help gt Reference Section 15 0 Editing Tools amp Modes 32 Mixbus User Guide 15 0 Editing Tools amp Modes Join Playhead Mode Join Playhead is the horizontal button under the play range and play buttons Join Playhead automatically moves the playhead to allow quick auditioning of selected ranges and or the most recently edited Region Behaviors with Join Playhead on e Starting playback with the spacebar or any other means will play the Vv Tip The pre roll length for Join Range selection if there is one Playhead operations is changed in Preferences gt Misc gt Edit Audition e A single click in Range or Smart Range mode will locate the play head to that location e When a Range selection is made the playhead will be located to the beginning of the range e When a region is selected with Object mode the playhead will be located before the region w
104. lternate 2 start a new session Control n open an existing session Control o open a recent session Control Shift o save session Control s save session as Control Alt s save session snapshot Control Shift s add track s bus ses Alt n import audio files Alt i export session Alt e quit Control q Common Functions Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 copy Control c cut Control x delete Delete BackSpace paste Control v redo Control r Control Shift z Control y undo Control z quit Control q Transport and Recording Control Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 roll playhead spacebar NumPad 0 roll record Shift space NumPad 3 stop and destroy Control space destroy last recording Control Delete rewind Shift leftarrow NumPad 1 fast forward Shift rightarrow NumPad 2 transition to reverse Shift downarrow transition to play Shift uparrow toggle auto play 5 toggle auto return 6 toggle click 7 toggle auto input 8 toggle follow playhead Control f toggle track rec enable Alt r toggle master rec enable Shift r set playhead p play selected region s h loop play the loop range l NumPad 4 key focus on main clock NumPad Section 30 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Linux Windows 60 Mixbus User Guide 29 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Linux Changing What s Visible Standard Mixbus Layout Al
105. mand F3 save visual state 4 Command F4 save visual state 5 Command F5 save visual state 6 Command F6 save visual state 7 Command F7 save visual state 8 Command F8 save visual state 9 Command F9 save visual state 10 Command F10 save visual state 11 Command F11 Save visual state 12 Command F12 go to visual state 1 FI go to visual state 2 F2 go to visual state 3 F3 go to visual state 4 F4 go to visual state 5 F5 go to visual state 6 F6 go to visual state 7 F7 go to visual state 8 F8 go to visual state 9 FQ go to visual state 10 F10 go to visual state 11 F11 go to visual state 12 F12 Section 31 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Macintosh 68 Mixbus User Guide 30 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts Mac Window Visibility Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 toggle marker locations Alt l toggle big clock Alt b toggle preferences window Alt o toggle rhythm ferret window Alt f toggle metadata window Alt d toggle options window Alt o toggle export window Alt e toggle import window Alt i add new track bus Alt n Mouse Modes Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 object mode o range mode r region gain mode g timefx mode t zoom mode Z step mouse mode 4 toggle edit mode 1 Moving The Playhead A left click in the rulers positions the playhead unless Mixbus is recording You can use period gt Num gt period to move the
106. may be affected by the built in limiter Master Bus Volume Normally you will use the volume knob provided by your computer or I O device to control the loudness of your speakers If you are using the fader of the Master strip to control speaker volume remember to set the fader to the correct level before you export your project to a wav file since the master fader level is applied to the export Use the K 14 meter to verify that the export volume is at a reasonable level Right click Mixbus uses the right mouse button for many many features Try right clicking on tracks regions mute buttons solo buttons group panes regions selected ranges markers mixer redirects clocks the region list and the marker bar area Each will launch a context menu that provides useful features If you asked a hundred engineers mixers and producers to define the perfect console you would proba bly get a hundred answers The answers however would all contain the same salient points The perfect console would have totally transparent sound capturing the true musical quality of all per formances It would have unlimited features facilities and functions It would perform all required tasks with a minimum of operator effort It would be totally reliable and require no preventive or corrective mainte nance You can spend the rest of your life looking for the perfect console You ll never find it You will find how ever that we have what
107. modes when moving regions Slide Lock and Ripple The edit mode selector is to the far left directly underneath the transport controls Slide allows arbitrary movement Lock allows trimming fades and track shuffling but does not allow the region to be moved in time In Ripple mode changes to a region are rippled to other regions on that track in the future Moving trimming and deleting regions will slip the regions later in time accordingly In addition there are multiple Grid snap options which are described below Slide Edit S Smat w eH oe Ki No Grid S Region starts Si Playhead Mine Care Editing Tools The Edit Tools bar allows selection between several different editing tools Each tool also has an associated shortcut key and can be changed via the Edit gt Editing Modes gt Mouse Mode menu Object Tool The Object tool allows editing of object properties on audio regions such as position length and fade in out The object tool also allows manipulation of automation control points in fader or plug in automation Just a few of the operations of the Object tool include e Click on a region to select it for editing or drag a region to move it e Click inside the colored bar of a region to trim the start or end points e Click on a regions fade in or fade out handle to adjust the fade length e Click inside an automation track to edit the automation data Drag on a region to define a range of automation See
108. n you can still undo the edits that happened prior to your closing it The main session file and each of the snapshot files in the session folder have their own persistent undo storage file Track and Bus Management in the Editor On the right side of the edit screen there is an adjustable shelf with tabs The Tracks Buses tab is used to manage tracks You can click on the checkboxes to hide show tracks and you can drag drop the tracks to change their order A right click menu provides these options e Hide Show all e Hide Show all tracks e Hide show all buses e Show tracks with regions under playhead only shows the tracks that have active audio regions right now Below the track bus area there is a list of the 8 Mixbuses which can be shown or hidden Track and Bus Management in the Mixer On the left side of the mix screen there is an adjustable shelf with tabs The Tracks Buses tab is used to manage tracks You can click on the checkbox to hide show tracks and you can drag drop the tracks to change their order A right click menu provides these options e Hide Show all e Hide Show all tracks e Hide show all buses e Show tracks with regions under playhead only shows the tracks that have active audio regions right now Below the track bus area there is a list of the 8 Mixbuses which can be shown or hidden Section 13 0 Edit Window Overview 26 Lead Vox Bass AG Pad Perc Rock Organ Kick Snare To
109. n 2 e Add Remove adds removes a Jack port to the send e Disconnect All disconnects all Jack ports does not remove ports e Available connections This is a list of all the available Jack connection ports with one tab for each Jack appli cation and one for the system sound I O system Note The number of ports created will define the channels of the send Sends can have 1 mono 2 stereo or more multichannel ports assigned After a send has been configured a double click on the send will launch the Send Editor Outputs Available connections Add Remove Disconnect All ardour system Note Sends are created deactivated you A A ardour verb bus in 1 must Activate the send before it will work In addition to the output management The Send Editor also has a volume slider and a panner if the number of outputs is gt 1 Section 12 0 Redirects Plug ins Sends amp Inserts 23 Mixbus User Guide 12 0 Redirects Plug ins Sends amp Inserts Inserts An Insert incorporates a Jack send output and a Jack return input The Insert send return allows the audio signal to be routed out of a channel and back into it after performing some external processing Inserts are often used to patch in a piece of outboard gear that is not available as a plug in Measure Latency 32 000 frames 0 726 ms Outputs LS Available connections inputs Available connections Add Remove Disconnect Al ardour system Add R
110. n Mixbus will reduce the master output level during varispeed playback that is more than 2x speed in forward or backwards direction Primary Secondary Clock Delta to Edit Cursor Selecting this option will make the Primary Secondary clock show the Delta difference distance between the edit cursors see implicit ranges Always Copy Imported Files If this is selected then a drag drop operation will always result in the file being imported with any needed SRC or bit depth change If this is off then drag drop files will be used in place Link Region Track Selection If enabled selecting a region will also select the track where the region is located However this will disable any other tracks that were selected for editing Name New Markers By default markers are created with a number and may be renamed manually later If enabled new markers will be immediately prompted for a new name Rubberbanding Snaps to Grid Rubberband selecting will auto snap to the nearest grid Auto Analyze New Audio If this is checked any imported or recorded audio will be analyzed so that the region can be navigated using jump to transient operations If this is not checked then the user will be prompted to analyze a file whenever jump to tran sient is used Section 27 0 Mixbus Options 57 Mixbus User Guide 27 0 MIDI Control Surfaces OSX Linux Only Mixbus can utilize generic MIDI control messages to control some common editor and mixer parameters
111. n automation e Master bus lookahead latency is not compensated It should be disabled when recording or bouncing tracks Mixbus 2 0 6 Changes all platforms e Improved layout of the plugin selector dialog Allows user to double click plugins to remove them e Views may now be saved with ctri Fn keys and recalled with the Fn key e Added 176 4kHz sampling rate e Fixed crash on session load caused by plugin fx sliders e Fixed problem with Russian sample rate translation that kept Audio Engine from starting on systems using Russian language Linux specific changes e Fixed crash when deleting Invada LV2 plugins OSX specific changes e Includes JACK 0 89 which provides support for ProTools software and improves support for older Protools hardware such as MBox and other devices ProTools and MBox are trademarks of Avid Technology Inc Windows specific changes e Added a full featured VST plugin path manager in Windows gt Preferences gt Plugins e Added missing bindings files Cubasish and ProToolish e Dramatically improved file import speed e Several improvements to VST plugin loading caching and cache management VST plugins which cause a crash during scanning are now kept in a blacklist and will not be scanned after the first failure e Some VSTs would freeze the Mixbus editor GUI while knobs were held This has been fixed e When scanning VST folders a dialog apears to show each plugin as it is scanned e
112. nal Pre and Post fader redirects Right click here to add or remove redirects Redirects may be sends insert paths or plug ins Redirects positioned above the Fader are pre fader and those positioned below are post fader Mix bus Sends Each send may be enabled or disabled with the lighted button The level of each send is adjustable from 90 to 15 dB Note Mixbus sends are post fader and post pan Compressor Section There are 5 controls for the Harrison channel com pressor The lighted button enables disables the compressor A triangular slider next to the fader adjusts the threshold of the compressor The speed knob adjusts attack release time A knob for make up gain is provided The Mode selector L may be one of 3 selections Level Compress or Limit These modes accommodate the most common compression techniques The bar to the right of the threshold slider shows gain reduction in red Peak Meter A single bar is shown for Mono channels dual bars for stereo Peak Hold Value Double click on the peak hold value to clear it Mixbus User Guide 9 0 Mix Bus Channels There are 8 mix bus channels These are fed from the mix bus sends of the input channels Name button Click to rename or other utility functions Sidechain SC input button Click to select an audio signal which will be routed into the compressor sidechain Plug in Controls Controls from the plug ins can be m
113. nch it directly If this does not work then use a Terminal window to cd to the folder and execute the script manually The installer will detect your system type 32 or 64 bit and install the correct version of Mixbus as well as install any needed menu and desktop links to Mixbus Finally the installer will check the suitability of your system for real time audio and report any problems that it finds Continue to Download and Install the License File on the next page Section 3 0 Installation 7 Mixbus User Guide 3 0 Installation Installation All Platforms Download and Install the License file When you complete your purchase through the Mixbus store you should receive an email with a download link for your license key Please download the file and save it to your Desktop the Home folder and Downloads folder will work too When launched Mixbus will find the license file and convert it to a hidden file in your home folder The license file is used to display your name in the New Session dialog when Mixbus launches If Mixbus reports that your copy is UNLICENSED please contact Harrison for support Unlicensed copies of Mixbus will generate occasional noise hiss from each track Additional tracks will increase the volume of this noise Section 3 0 Installation 8 Mixbus User Guide 4 0 Getting Started Getting Started When Mixbus is first started you will be presented with the Audio Setup dialog
114. ng has become very slow with multiple automation tracks even when they are hidden Scrolling speed will now be unaffected if the automation tracks are hidden e Picking a color for a track would sometimes not immediately update the regions in the track This has been fixed e Solo Clear now clears mixbus solos as well as tracks e Knob sensitivity has been increased in some cases e LV2 plugins now allow multi mono instantiation so you can put a mono LV2 plugin in a stereo track it will operate in dual mono e Recording grouped fader automation now works in Touch as well as Write The dialog for Export Region was showing the track source selector This has been fixed e Potentially fixed an intermittent crash that occurred during heavy fader automation Windows specific changes e Clicking on the timebar ruler to locate the playhead while playing might cause an offset of 1 2 buffer periods between tracks This has been fixed e If multiple monitors were used in the past the Mixer 8 Edit windows have their position stored in that location which would make them unavailable when only one monitor is connected This has been fixed OSX specific changes e KP_Enter Enter on the number pad was the default key to create a new marker However this key was unmappable in previous versions of Mixbus on OSX This has been fixed so now KP_Enter will create a new mark er at the playhead as intended Linux specific changes e MFixed sever
115. nges and or revisions to this publication We reserve the right to change materials and specifications without notice Proprietary Information The information contained in this document is the property of Harrison Consoles and is proprietary to and a trade secret of Harrison Consoles This document and the information contained herein and derived therefrom are not to be disclosed to any per son without the express written consent of an duly authorized officer of Harrison Consoles 2 Mixbus User Guide 1 0 Introduction Mixbus Bringing real console mixing to the DAW Welcome to Mixbus Mixbus is an analog console that has been incorporated into a Digital Audio Workstation The Mixbus engine was developed in house at Harrison Consoles where we have been designing high end digital and analog consoles for over 30 years Many influential works such as Michael Jackson s Thriller the best selling aloum of all time were recorded and or mixed on Harrison consoles Harrison continues to be a major force in the ultra high end professional audio community World class film post and music facilities use Harrison consoles For more information about Harrison visit our website at http www harrisonconsoles com a la n 00 00 54 03 2387139 E Franch Ou auto return MAN MOME lt 4 R o d jo Grid c c c v kick UAD Harrison 32C by Universal Audio assng sy2e1 suolGay CutEnable HiPa LowPass EQEnable EQ UAD Harrison Fa
116. om one adequately capture the moves The points will appear very sparse if the place to another Locate the playhead control is unmoving or slow and will get created very close together during while the parameter is in play to pick fast moves The aggressiveness of thinning can be adjusted via a configu up the value you want to apply some ration file if necessary where else Now change the mode to Write and locate to the new place Then play through the desired section to Punching In When you punch in a change 2 points are created one to apply the setting hold the previous value and one to start the new changes Similarly when you release the control or stop a pass in Write mode then 2 points are cre ated one which ends the new changes and one to hold the previously existing value Currently there is no ramp time when you release a parameter This will be added in the future You can add a ramp when needed using the graphical editor Note Automation is only recorded during forward playback However it is possible to record automation while the transport is looping Using this feature you can audition several different passes of the automation When playback is stopped the most recently recorded moves will be kept For example if you loop 3 times and then stop halfway through the looped section the resulting automation will be the first half of the 4th pass and the last half of the 3rd pass Graphical Automation Edit
117. ou have many plugins If the scan completes succesfully then Mixbus will auto scan for plugins when it starts up in the future This process is much faster than the initial scan If a plugin causes Mixbus to crash during the scan procedure then this plugin will be placed on a blacklist which prevents that version of the plugin from loading in the future Please see the Preferences gt Plugin dialog for more information about VST plugins 3 0 Installation Installation OSX Because Mixbus is a professional product which is intended to be interconnected with other professional products it requires attention to your system setup before it is ready for use Installing JACK Before running Mixbus you must install the Jack package Jack is a system service that allows for the interconnec tion of audio between applications For example you can use Jack to record the output of Apple Logic directly into a Mixbus track for live processing or recording Mixbus requires that Jack be installed Jack is included in your Mixbus application download If you already have Jack installed on your system then you can skip the first step of the installer Double click the appropriate version of Jack to install for your system jack0sK0 87 64 3261 jackox 0 87 26K As part of the installation process you will need to provide the Administrator Step 2 Install Mixbus by dragging it to the Applications folder password for your Ma
118. outeable with JACK routing The mixbus and master sends are an inherent part of the Mixbus engine By default all tracks are connected to the Master bus The Jack Menu The Jack menu provides some global controls over Mixbus s connection to Jack e Disconnect Reconnect Mixbus can be disconnected and reconnected with the Jack server Normally this is only used for troubleshooting e Latency On systems that support it the latency buffersize of the soundcard can be adjusted on the fly with these menu entries A smaller latency setting makes Mixbus feel more responsive and reduces the delay from soundcard input to soundcard output A larger latency setting provides less DSP usage and a more stable sys tem with fewer clicks or glitches even with a high CPU load Section 5 0 Jack I O 12 Mixbus User Guide 6 0 Overview Mixbus Editor and Mixer Windows This document will reference the Editor Window the Mixer Window and the Editor Mixer The image below indicates the areas that are being referred to Manch in BEUTI Aust SD kick UAD Harrison 32C by Universal an 7 CAR IBYUVETTOTFOFIVTersTOreTerievPitit itr LA LA 1 LowPass EQEnabie rQ A Mixer Strip is a vertically aligned group of controls which affect a single track or bus The Editor Window can show a single mixer strip in the Editor Mixer while the Mixer Window shows all of the mixer strips side by side like a traditional mixing desk The Mi
119. p Hat Oheads Y v Vi y v Y Y v y v vy Snare Btm Mixbus 1 Mixbus 2 Mixbus 3 Mixbus 4 Mixbus 5 KA in L SdnoJ9 py sjousdeus suolbay sassng s oeln Tip You can also select tracks in the editor and use the Move tracks Up Down command from the track menu Tip Ctri Alt Click Cmd Opt Click on a track s Mute Solo or Rec enable to toggle ALL the tracks in a session Tip You can Ctri Cmd click on the track s name slate and make the track wide or narrow Shift Ctrl Cmd click to make ALL the tracks or ALL the buses narrow wide Mixbus User Guide 13 0 Edit Window Overview Using Tracks To the left of the editing canvas are the track headers You can select or deselect a track by clicking on the empty area You may shift click to select a range of tracks or Ctri Cmd click to select and deselect individual tracks Right clicking the empty track area will open the track context menu Certain functions such as mute solo and record arm can be applied to ALL tracks simultaneously by Ctrl Alt Shift clicking Cmd Opt Shift click You can manipulate multiple tracks at once by selecting them and then using operations from the Track menu in the main application The 3 horizontal lines in the bottom corner of the track allows it to be resized vertically The P key on each track allows selection of the track s playlist Playlists Iv Tip Ctri Alt Shift click Cmd Opt can be
120. playhead to the n th marker Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 to start marker Home Enter Return to end marker End nudge backward Alt leftarrow nudge forward Alt rightarrow nudge backward to grid Command Shift leftarrow nudge forward to grid Command Shift rightarrow to previous region edge leftarrow to next region edge rightarrow to previous region edge ignore selection Shift Alt leftarrow to next region edge ignore selection Shift Alt rightarrow to previous region sync Command Alt leftarrow to next region sync Command Alt rightarrow to previous transient Command leftarrow Shift or Alt or Cmd Tab to next transient Command rightarrow Tab to previous mark q to next mark w Section 31 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Macintosh 69 Mixbus User Guide 30 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts Mac Selecting Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 select all Command a deselect all Escape export selection Command Alt e invert selection Shift i select all after edit point Shift u Command Shift p select all before edit point Shift y Command p select all overlapping edit range Command select all inside edit range l Editing Features Most edit functions operate on a single Edit Point The edit point can be defined as the playhead default or the mouse The choice of Edit Point is by default linked to the
121. pose Nudge Cut Priority 1 Any Selected Regions Priority 1 Any Selected Regions Priority The selected Range 2 Any regions on selected tracks at the Edit point 2 Any regions on under the edit point 3 A region selected tracks under the edit point directly under the mouse even if the 3 All regions under the edit point if edit point is Playhead no tracks or regions are selected 4 The region directly under the mouse Note Some operations such as Nudge and Cut Delete are special cases that can apply in multiple ways The Edit Point Functions on regions such as splitting trimming and pasting will happen at the currently defined edit point The edit point can be the mouse cursor or the playhead Mixbus allows you to choose between the two modes on the fly using the edit point button in the picture below Playhead is selected as the edit point No Grid Region starts Ci Playhead Section 15 0 Editing Tools amp Modes 33 Mixbus User Guide 16 0 Object Editing 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 be moved stacked trimmed copied deleted and otherwise edited The maximum length of a region is the length of the file that it uses as a source but it can be much shorter A region might represent just a small
122. pply across the edit group Edit groups are created and enabled in the pullout drawer to the right of the screen Note In addition to edit groups you can create mix groups from the mixer window Mix groups allow the same sort of features as edit groups but they apply to mixing functions such as fader mute solo and record arm This is another convenient feature for multitracked instruments Tip Holding Alt will temporarily override a mix group assignment for the fader and mute For example if you have 2 tracks in a mix group the faders will move together if you move one But if you d like to move a single fader without dis abling the mix group you can hold Alt while you move the fader and it won t cause the other grouped fader s to move Recording Loops and Punch Ranges Above the recording tracks is the ruler bar area Left click anywhere in the ruler bars to locate the playhead You can also locate the playhead to the current mouse location with the p key Right clicking in each of the ruler bar areas will allow you to create location markers cue points CD markers tempo markers or meter markers Clicking and dragging in the range or loop punch ruler bars will allow you to define song ranges loop ranges or punch in out ranges Right clicking on the ruler bar names will allow you to show or hide the various rulers Section 13 0 Edit Window Overview 27 Mixbus User Guide 13 0
123. r by category shortcut menus e Search the search bar allows you to instantly find plug ins by Name Type Category Author Library Favorites or Hidden properties e Add This will add the selected plug in to the list at the bottom Continue adding plug ins to the list if you d like to add more than one plug in at a time e Remove This will remove the selected plug in from the list at the bot Vi Tip You should always use the tom Search bar when looking for a plug e Refresh This will reload the list of plug ins if you ve added or in Just type the first few letters of the removed plug ins from your system since the dialog was first shown name of your plug in and your plug in e Insert Plug in s This will insert the list of plug ins in the bottom pane will be sorted to the top window instantly to the mixer strip that launched the Plug in Manager Window Section 12 0 Redirects Plug ins Sends amp Inserts 22 Mixbus User Guide 12 0 Redirects Plug ins sends amp Inserts Sends When a new send is create a window for configuring the Send will immediately appear By default Sends have no outputs and must be configured as needed Click add to add ports and connect them to the destination that should receive the output of the send shown in the second picture below Outputs Available connections Outputs Available connections Add Remove Disconnect A ardour system Add Remove Disconnect Al ardour system ardour verb bus i
124. r Mackie MCU fader controllers and one for Generic MIDI control surfaces e Online Setting a port to offline will not cause a port to disappear rather Ardour will simply no longer send any data on it nor will it process data received on it Online ports work normally e Trace Input Trace Output When checked for a port the sent Output or received Input MIDI data will be displayed on the console This is a troubleshooting tool if you aren t sure that you are sending or receiving MIDI messages e MTC MMC MIDI Parameter Control You can choose which port is used for which kind of MIDI information For each kind MTC MMC and MIDI Parameter Control one MIDI port have to be assigned The same MIDI port can be used for several kinds of information e Remove This button will remove the associated MIDI port Note that you cannot remove a port that is assigned to a task e Add New MIDI port Create a new virtual port which can be assigned to one of the tasks above This is rarely used Inbound MMC Device ID Each MMC command includes a device ID Ardour listens only for MMC commands with a specific device ID You can configure for which device ID Ardour listens The default of 0 should be safe Section 25 0 Preferences 52 Mixbus User Guide 25 0 Preferences Window e Outbound MMC Device ID Each MMC command includes a device ID You can configure which Device ID Ardour uses when it sends MMC commands The default of 127 should be
125. r Modified Date by clicking on the headers at the top of the columns Underneath is a selector to show Audio Files files with recog nized audio file extensions such as wav or it can show All Files To the right of the file selector is the file information area When a file is selected in the browser you get a report of the number of channels sample rate and in the case of broadcast wave files the timestamp when it was recorded There is also an area to enter metadata tags for the file Tagging files this way makes it very easy to find them in the future Finally there are options to Audition the files You can click Play to play the file Stop to stop playing or choose auto play so that files automatically start playing when you click on them By default files will play when you double click on them There is also a level fader on the right side that allows you to trim the audition level The most important buttons are underneath These buttons control the modes that will dictate how files are import ed Add Files e As New Tracks Each file will be imported to a new track e To Region List The imported files will be imported to the region list but no tracks will be created This is use ful if you are importing individual hits or effects into the region list where you will use them to replace existing sounds e As New Tape Tracks Creates destructive tape tracks which can be recorded into This is not recommended for most users
126. r and those positioned below are post fader Dry Wet Delay Depth Rate Phase Shape Tape Saturation The pointer meter indicates the amount of satura tion that is applied to the signal Use the Tape Sat knob to adjust the signal for the preferred ana log tone Compressor Section There are 6 controls for the Harrison mix bus com pressor The upper lighted button enables disables the compressor while the lower engages the sidechain The triangular slider next to the fader adjusts the threshold of the compressor The speed knob adjusts attack release time A knob for make up gain is provided A Mode selector L may be one of 3 options Level Compress or Limit These modes accommodate the most com mon compression techniques The bar to the right of the threshold slider shows gain reduction in red Peak Meter Mix bus channels are stereo and show dual meter bars Peak Hold Value Double click on the peak hold value to clear it 17 Mixbus User Guide 10 0 Master Channel Mixbus provides a single Master channel The Master channel provides the final output signal for listening via speakers or exporting to wav files In addition to the features listed below the Master channel has a built in trans parent signal limiter to avoid the distortion that occurs in overly loud digital signals Name button Click to rename or other utility functions Note There is no input button for the Master
127. ration and final limiting K meter on master output helps you make dynamic polished sounding mixes e Stereo phase correlation meter indicates mono compatibility of your mix e Plug in delay compensation to support effects such as parallel compression e Sidechain input on mix bus compressors e Comprehensive metering with peak peak hold and compressor gain reduction visible on every track and bus Editor DAW Features Every track bus has unlimited pre and post fader inserts sends and plug ins Non destructive non linear editing with unlimited undo Fast and intuitive audio editing with smart mouse editing modes Dynamic automation of fader pan and plug in parameters Pitch time stretching transient detection and varispeed playback Object oriented per region volume dynamic volume crossfade in out and mute functions Standard file formats BWF WAV WAV64 AIFF CAF amp more Supports induystry standard plugin formats and I O devices on each supported platform Transport control via Level 2 MMC or MTC master or slave currently OSX and Linux only MIDI CC control with 1 click currently OSX and Linux only e e e e e e e e e System Requirements e OSX Intel or PPC Running 10 4 11 or newer e Windows XP Pro or newer e Linux system x86 or x86 64 with working sound and JACK e Two or more processors cores See our website for the latest details on OS compatibility plugin compatibility
128. reen A higher resolution will yeld more slots EQ Section 3 Band EQ The lighted button at the top left enables or disables the EQ Each band has 15 dB of boost or cut with a sweepable center fre quency High Pass Filter HPF 12 dB oct filter with a Frequency range of 20Hz to 1kHz Master Assign MSTR and Pan Click MSTR button to assign this signal directly to the master channel Pan control adjusts Left Right image Mix Buses and Master Bus Pan is balance for stereo inputs Mute Solo and Track Slate Displays the track name and values as knobs are adjusted Use Track Name to change the slate Ctri Cmd click on slate to change channel width between narrow wide in the mixer window Input Trim The input trim knob can adjust the input level with 20dB of gain Fader Automation Allows the user to select the fader automation mode Manual Play Write or Touch Fader Level Display Fader level can also be set by entering a value Mix Group Grp and Meter Controls The Grp button allows faders to be assigned to Mix Groups which link fader solo and mute controls The meter point button selects between input pre fader and post fader Section 8 0 Input Channels UAD Nige Fader Gte Thresh Gte Speed aa 0 Oak MID LOW HPF 16 02 T k HIGH ik Record Button Click to arm disarm the track for recording Polarity Invert Button Click to invert the polarity of the sig
129. rol when assembling a crossfade between two regions With these operations you can find the per ing one drum sound with another trim or fade them all at the same time fect location and length of a crossfade with a minimum of effort Additional mouse commands on regions include Drag the region overriding the edit mode If the mode is Slide then the region will be locked in time and will only move up down across tracks If the edit mode is Lock then this will override the lock and allow the region to slide side to side in time middle click drag Ctrl Cmd click drag Drag the region while making a copy left click on trim bar Trim the start of the region to this point middle click on trim bar Trim the end of the region to this point Slide the contents of the audio file inside the region leaving the region Ctrl Cmd left click on trim bar d endito inant right click anywhere in a region Pop up the Region Context menu see below right click in the yellow crossfade area Change the shape of the fade in out Ce Note For many region operations you don t have to actually select the region Just hover the mouse over the region and use the short cut key The shortcut keys are listed in the Region menu This is a fast way to mute unmute regions in a session for example v Tip When one or more regions are selected you can use the oper ations in the main Region menu to oper at
130. rulers of the Editor window This window allows you to see all of the existing markers in one window with all of the parameters displayed e Go Moves the Playhead to the associated Marker or the start end of the associated Range e Use PH Assign the current playhead location to the marker or the start end of the associated Range e Hidden Markers and ranges may be shown or hidden e CD For locations this is CD Indexes For ranges this indicates that the range represents a CD Track Items with the CD box checked will also get the ISRC SCMS Pre emphasis Performer and Composer entry boxes which will be incorporated into the CUE TOC file during session export and can be imported by CD burning software gt 00 00 00 00 UsePH Go 00 05 00 00 oo 00 05 00 00 00 Use PH Go 00 05 00 00 Use PH 00 05 00 00 v 00 00 00 00 Use PH Remove 00 00 42 19 Use PH 00 05 00 00 Use PH 00 UsePH Go 00 00 49 00 UsePH 00 00 05 00 W Remove se 00 00 05 00 Section 22 0 Locations Window 49 Mixbus User Guide 24 0 Rhythm Ferret Window The Rhythm Ferret dialog provides a method to quickly split an audio region or selection of regions based on events This can be useful when separating a recorded performance into its component strikes or notes for further editing e Mode Determines whether the Ferret will trigger on percussive onsets for wee unpitched percussion instruments or note onsets for pitched instrument
131. s A Fe net Threshold Sensitivity adjust these parameters to refine the detection of Threshold 8 0 events e Trigger gap the shortest distance between events that the Ferret will allow Increase this number if you get multiple triggers on a single note f Trigger gap msecs 3 e Analyze displays the results of the analysis on the selected track s Analyze Once you are satisfied with the points that the Ferret has chosen to split you can click Split on Onsets to automatically split the selected regions on the marks IETS Rhythm Ferret Split On Onsets Section 23 0 Rhythm Ferret Window 50 Mixbus User Guide 25 0 Preferences Window On OSX you will find the Preferences window under the menu item Mixbus gt Preferences On Linux amp Windows you will find it under Windows gt Preferences The preferences window has several tabs Each is described below Plugins Windows Only e VST Path the VST path is a list of directories that Mixbus will use to scan for plugins This path may not be directly edited by the user but can be cleared added to and set to defaults with the buttons below it e Clear Paths 8 Cache Clicking this button will erase the VST path box It also clears the cache which is a list of plugins that have been scanned Mixbus will only load plugins that have been scanned and are in the cache So clicking this button will VST plugins in Mixbus until paths have been scanned e Clear Blacklist
132. s Number of Ports verify that the number is higher than 128 512 is a good number Linux specific issues On some systems with proprietary opengl drivers ATI and NVIDIA some users have reported extremely slow drawing speed A workaround is to set the environment variable FORCE BUGGY GRADIENTS which will tell Mixbus to draw color gradients in software rather than hardware accelerated For more details contact Harrison via email mixbus harrisonconsoles com 74 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes Mixbus 2 5 New Features all platforms e 3 new Pre installed XTools for Mixbus XT EG Expander Gate XT DS De Esser and XT VC Vocal Character To use these plugins you must purchase a license at http mixbus harrisonconsoles com Improvements amp Fixes all platforms e Some limitations of VST plugins have been lifted Plugins with more than 1 1 I O can now be used in mono chan nelstrips Plugins with more than 2 2 I O can now be used in stereo channelstrips e Dither selector menu was disabled for 24 bit exports This has been fixed e Side scrolling is now ignored for channelstrip knobs and faders This should make it easier for magic mouse users to side scroll the mixer window e Sessions are no longer saved with every new track instead Mixbus waits until all tracks are created before saving the session This alleviates some problems when running from a networked drive Plugin specific changes The low band shelf bel
133. ser may use the comma and period buttons to set the start and end points of the edit range This combined with a complete overhaul of keybindings provides an editing workflow that will be very comfortable to users of other audio and video editors Improvements amp Fixes all platforms e Refined keymap Keymap is no longer able to be edited by users but it now incorporates alternative bindings for major functions so that users of other popular DAWs will have their keys available at the same time as the existing Mixbus functions Alt m toggles edit window and mix window more reliably and handles multi monitor setups better Master tape saturation can now go down to 40dB Holding Alt while adjusting a fader with the mousewheel will now override the group Importing audio defaults to highest quality SRC Backup files now have their own directory in the session folder Separate and split now share the same key command Transparent regions were double summing the underlying region during crossfade This has been fixed e Selecting a plugin preset will now mark the session as dirty so it will prompt the user to save when quitting This will solve some problems where plugins did not seem to remember their settings e e e e e e e Windows specific changes e Better support for non power of 2 ASIO buffer sizes This will fix many strange issues with ASIO drivers e Fixed a bug when recalling older VST plug
134. st have either a NO tracks selected which means that Mixbus will snap to regions on any track or b several tracks selected and Mixbus will only snap to regions on those selected tracks If you are moving items on a track and only the current track is selected then you will only be able to snap to other regions on the same track This means that the Option Sync Track Selection to Region Selection will make the Region grid units unusable Avoid the use of this option if you are going to use any of the Region grid units Section 20 0 Tempo Click amp Grid 46 Mixbus User Guide 22 0 Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring is the process of hearing the prerecorded tracks and or yourself while the transport is playing There are several options that control how Mixbus should monitor the inputs of each track Audio Hardware Does Monitoring This option is best used with audio interfaces that have the ability to monitor the inputs to the interface Some inter faces come with a software application to control this while others may have a knob or button on the interface to allow direct monitoring Additionally other interfaces may need to be configured using the operating system s vol ume control application Mixbus Does Monitoring This setting is also Known as software monitoring With this setting wnen Mixbus is recording audio it will route the inputs of the record enabled tracks through the tracks instead of playing back t
135. supports Mono and Stereo tracks only If Section 4 0 Getting Started 9 Mixbus User Guide 4 0 Getting Started you have created some track templates the templates will appear as additional choices in the Channel Configuration menu Mixbus also allows the creation of busses which may be used to combine tracks together into groups for further pro cessing or utilitarian tasks such as headphone cue feeds Busses do not have the processing or delay compensa tion features of the Harrison Mix Bus Channels In general the built in Mixbus summing engine is sufficient for most bussing needs But if your project is large enough to need additional bussing they are available here The Tape track mode creates tracks which may not be edited and in which the underlying file is overwritten with new data when recorded into i e destructive recording NOTE due to the underlying file system this feature is not available on Windows Need Help Getting started with a new DAW can be a challenging task While Mixbus shares conventions with many other popu lar DAWs it can still be a little difficult at the beginning Rest assured that it is worth your time and effort to learn Mixbus For technical issues bug reports and feature requests email support is available from Harrison Consoles mixbus harrisonconsoles com If you d like to chat with other users of Mixbus you can visit our internet chat area The easiest way to visit the ch
136. t the edit screen quickly e Ctrl Cmd scroll Increase decrease the zoom note this always uses Zoom to Region This zooms the the Mouse as zoom focus timeline to fit the length of the selected region s Zoom to Region W8H This fills the entire edit window with a single region Toggle Zoom state Toggles to The Transport Menu and Toolbar the previous zoom command Many items in the Transport Menu and Toolbar are self explanatory For more details click Help gt Reference Alt Option scroll Increase decrease the height of the track that is currently under the mouse Section 13 0 Edit Window Overview 28 Mixbus User Guide 14 0 Mixbus Automation Region Gain and Automation Mixbus has 2 separate types of automation Region Gain and Automation Region Gain envelopes are often used for repair work such as reducing unwanted breaths accentuating syllables or reducing noise Automation is often used for creative changes such as fading elements in and out during a song Region Gain only adjusts the volume level of the region across time Automation can be applied to many different mixing parameters including the input trim fader panning or plug in parameters Region Gain Region Gain is a volume envelope that extends for the length of the region By default the region envelope is unity i e no change across the entire region and it is hidden To adjust region gain with the mouse you must use the Gain
137. t and stop times i e the tracks have been edited identical ly If this option is enabled then a click in one track will select any regions that overlap that time on the grouped tracks Periodic Safety backups If this option is enabled then Mixbus will store a backup of your session approximately every 5 minutes There is only one backup file Verify Remove Last Capture If this is turned on Mixbus will prompt to make sure you want to delete the last capture a destructive event Stop Recording on Xrun Xruns are caused by the computer being unable to keep up with the soundcard If this option is ON Mixbus will stop recording whenever an xrun is encountered so that the user can re take the recording without glitches For long form recordings it is probably more important to catch as much as possible so this option should be left OFF Section 27 0 Mixbus Options 56 Mixbus User Guide 26 0 Options Menu Create marker on Xrun If this option is ON then Mixbus will put a marker at each xrun encountered during a recording This is useful when making a long form recording The user can examine the xruns after the fact and try to fix and or hide them Stop Transport at Session End If this option is ON then the transport will automatically stop when it hits the session End marker Note that this does not affect recording When recording the End marker will be pushed farther out 12dB gain reduce during ffwd rewd If this option is ON the
138. ternate 1 Alternate 2 fit tracks vertically f scroll down page Page_Down scroll down step downarrow scroll up page Page Up scroll up step uparrow toggle edit mix window Alt m Control show editor mixer Shift e toggle zoom Shift z zoom x to selected region s Control Alt z zoom x y to selected region s Alt z zoom in zoom out zoom to session save visual state 1 Control F 1 save visual state 2 Control F2 save visual state 3 Control F3 save visual state 4 Control F4 save visual state 5 Control F5 save visual state 6 Control F6 save visual state 7 Control F7 save visual state 8 Control F8 save visual state 9 Control F9 save visual state 10 Control F10 save visual state 11 Control F 11 save visual state 12 Control F12 go to visual state 1 F1 go to visual state 2 F2 go to visual state 3 F3 go to visual state 4 F4 go to visual state 5 F5 go to visual state 6 F6 go to visual state 7 F7 go to visual state 8 F8 go to visual state 9 F9 go to visual state 10 F10 go to visual state 11 F11 go to visual state 12 F12 Section 30 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Linux Windows Mixbus User Guide 29 0 Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Linux Window Visibility Standard Mixbus Layout Alternate 1 Alternate 2 toggle marker locations Alt l toggle big clock Alt b toggle preferences window Alt o toggle rhythm ferret window Alt f toggle metadata window Alt d toggle
139. th lots of AU plug in presets but the general fix applies to all platforms and users e Fixed bug in gain or plug in automation that would cause points to swap causing a shape that was drawn as a square wave to go sawtoothed e e e e e e e e Windows specific changes e It is no longer necessary to uninstall the program when updating OSX specific changes e Interpolated mouse moves so fast moves don t get missed by the Harrison EQ plug ins e Harrison plug ins use about 50 of the processing power compared to the previous version Linux specific changes e Harrison plug ins use about 50 of the processing power compared to the previous version 76 32 0 Appendix B Release Notes Mixbus 2 3 New Features all platforms e Pre installed Xtools for Mixbus XT ME Mastering Equalizer XT MC Multi band Compressor XT EQ Equalizer To use these plugins you must purchase a license at http mixbus harrisonconsoles com e New features for Essentials plugins GVerb now has input high pass filter and adjustable predelay up to 150ms 3D Delay now has a tap tempo button and a selectable oversampling value to balance modulation quality vs CPU load e Major bussing workflow improvements Hover over a track s bus assignment buttons to see the list of new fea tures see video attached to the update email e Major editing workflow improvements The implicit range no longer exists Instead the u
140. tion can require significant latency time delay from the input to the output This can cause problems if the delayed signal is mixed with a signal that is not delayed Along delay can cause the tracks to sound out of time while a very short delay can cause comb filtering Mixbus can automatically accommodate plug in and insert latencies for you To do this Mixbus delays the non affected tracks to match the track with the longest latency Please be aware of these facts e Tracks can accommodate unlimited latency by buffering the audio from disk earlier than it is needed e Mix Buses are limited to 8192 samples of latency compensation If the total latency of all plug ins in a Mix Bus exceeds 8192 samples then a time offset will occur e Buses created with the Add Track Bus dialog we call these utility buses do not support latency compensa tion Inserts are also latency compensated if they are inserted on a track or Mix Bus Please see Insert gt Measure Latency below Plug in Manager The Plug in Manager Window provides a rich set of controls for managing your installed plug ins and making them quickly available when needed Inputs Output Bi sztof Foltman Remove Refresh Plugins to be connected Plat verb Insert Plugin s e Fav If this column is checked the plug in will appear in the favorites shortcut in the redirect menu e Hid If this column is checked the plug in will NOT appear in the by creator o
141. to use with highly correlated signals for a smooth Deactivate transition Equal Power Used as a crossfade between 2 audio regions The signals are each attenuated 3dB at the midpoint This is the correct crossfade to use when editing unlike audio together Slow Fade EE Symmetric This is not mathematically correct like the Equal Power or ENN k Linear curves but it provides a slower fade out at low volumes This is sometimes useful when editing 2 entire music works together so that the kok eaaa en ik ank transition is more gradual E E ANA Fast Normally used as a region fade in or out The level is reduced at a constant dB rate so it sounds very smooth Slow Normally used as a region fade in or fade out Similar to Fast except it has a less abrupt transition near unity top of the fade This curve is most similar to gradually lowering a fader It is well suited to fading out the end of a song Linear Const Power Symmetric Region Context Menu The region context menu launched by right clicking a region has many of the same operations as the main Region menu The Region context menu always operates on the single region that was right clicked on while the Region menu operates on all selected tracks Many items in the Region Menu are self explanatory Section 16 0 Object Region Editing 35 Mixbus User Guide 16 0 Object Editing Region Gain Every region in Mixbus has a level control called Region Gain in some menus that appli
142. uch easier for new users to set up Fixed crash caused by 2 tracks with fader automation in a mix group Faders move in realtime when playing back automation fixes a bug introduced in 2 0 7 Post fader plugin output is no no longer muted when the fader is set at inf Fixed a bug that caused crashes when opening sessions with plugin sliders attached to nonexistent plugins Fixed an automation editing bug that caused sawtooth automation to be created unexpectedly Fix crash when user releases a touched control after transport is stopped Several other fixes to realtime automation and graphical automation editing e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Windows specific changes e VSTplugins are now sent correct transport position and state fixes plugins with transport e Improved CPU performance with VST plugins Shell Waves plugins can now be loaded without using shell2vst e Canceling an export will no longer cause the transport to become unresponsive OSX specific changes e Fix for AU plugin window locations when hidden plugin windows are now more likely to re appear where you last had them e On systems with a specific monitor setup the plugin window and container would be separated onto 2 different monitors This has been fixed e Some versions of Apple AU plugins would not allow mouse to control parameters This is fixed e Fix for AU plugins that lost the right ch
143. used to enable multiple takes in a single track or the sharing of Shift click on a track header will playlist data across multiple tracks Some users create a new playlist for apply the click to ALL tracks If you click each recording take while others use Layers to manage takes on the track background it will de select all tracks If you click on the Record Mute or Solo button it will apply that operation to ALL tracks Tracks also support automation of the fader panner and other processing parameters including those of plug ins The A button in each track opens the automation menu which allows editing of automation data Each param eter has multiple dynamic automation states Manual Play Write and Touch These control whether dynamic automation will play back or be recorded while playing Automation lines can be created and edited with the Object mouse mode You may also select a Range of automation for deletion or to raise lower the selected range Groups Tracks may be assigned to edit groups using the G button When tracks are assigned to an edit group and the regions align exactly on the start and end times then all changes to one track will be applied to all other tracks in the edit group regardless of whether the grouped tracks and regions are selected for editing This is very convenient for editing multitracked instruments Another convenience is that some playlist operations such as New will a
144. uts Macintosh 73 Mixbus User Guide 31 0 Appendix A Known Issues All Platforms Some third party plugins may cause crashes strange noises or other problems We strive to support plug ins as thoroughly as possible but due to the many variables Computer platform OS version Mixbus version plug in ver sion etc it is not possible to guarantee that all 3rd party plug ins will work as expected on your system e Pressing Tab when editing a track name will advance to the next track so you can name it However this will simultaneously do a Tab to Transient This is annoying but non destructive e On systems with the minimum supported screen height 800 pixels you may have significant problems with track sizing drawing and even lockups or other serious issues with the editor 2 workarounds exist Do not show the Editor Mixer shift e by default Or minimize auto hide move to the side your desktop s Taskbar Dock launch bar to maximize screen height e Master bus lookahead latency is not compensated It should be disabled when recording or bouncing tracks Windows specific issues e Mouse disappears on some VST plugin windows Clicking the mouse button normally displays it OSX specific issues e Mixbus reports a generic can t load session message instead of the more explicit out of ports mes sage that appears on Linux If you get the can t load session dialog check the Audio Setup tab under Option
145. xbus Note PowerPC G4 and G5 users who wish to use the built in soundcard do not have to create an aggre gate device Users with external soundcards USB firewire PCI etc do not have to create an aggregate device Note The first time you launch Mixbus it may take several seconds while it caches the available fonts and plug ins After this initial instance future launches will be much faster Continue to Download and Install the License File on the following pages Section 3 0 Installation 6 Mixbus User Guide 3 0 Installation Installation Linux A note about Linux distributions While an expert system administrator can adapt nearly any distribution for use with Mixbus it is easier for most users to start with a distro that is designed for use in high performance audio Some distributions that are designed for audio include AVLinux UbuntuStudio and 64Studio Mixbus has been test ed on these distributions as well as vanilla Ubuntu and Fedora A further list of distributions is at http www linux sound org distro html It is beyond the scope of this document to compare these distributions Soundcard I O support Support for professional sound I O is limited on Linux However there are some excellent options available at vari ous price ranges Normally no driver or configuration is needed to use a soundcard if it is supported by your distri bution It is important to choose a distribution that has good pro
146. xer Window may be shown using selections under Window or the keyboard shortcut ex Alt Opt M The Editor Mixer may be shown and hidden from within the View menu or the keyboard shortcut Shift E by default Section 6 0 Overview 13 Mixbus User Guide 6 0 Overview Mixer Window When viewed in the Mixer Window Mixbus resembles a traditional analog console Input Channels are on the left while the busses and master are located on the right side The audio signal flow is generally left to right The signal starts at the input channels which might be live inputs or playback tracks progresses through the mix buses and into the master The channel s EQ Filter Compressor panning bus summing and master bus processing are performed inside the proprietary Harrison channel plug in Input Strips 7 In Mixbus like other audio workstations each recording track has its own mixer strip These mixer strips resemble the input channels of a traditional analog mixing console Input channels can be configured to be mono or stereo and by default include all the DSP processing that makes up a real console channel This is the major difference between Mixbus and other DAW mixers No time is wasted searching for and adding the necessary high quality mix ing tools Just to the right of the input channels are the 8 mix bus channels Mix bus channels are used to collect the outputs from the input channels into groups For example in a typi
147. y Imported Files is enabled then this option will be grayed out Note Ifa file is linked into the session without being copied into the session then the sound won t be avail able if the file is moved or deleted For example if the file is on a removable hard drive then it might not be available next time the session is used Use this at your own risk Tags If you have used the Tag feature to tag files that are used in the past then you can use the Search Tags tab to find those files quickly In this case we searched for the term shout which was added to the files on the previ ous page They instantly appear in the file area to be auditioned and imported Browse Files Search Tags Vox 1 wav shout Channels 1 Sample rate 44100 Hz Format WAV 32 bit float Paths Length 00 00 06 966 Timestamp 00 00 00 00 Tags Play double click Stop Auto play Add files as new tracks Insert use file timestamp Mapping one track per file Conversion Quality Best v Copy files to session Cancel Apply OK Section 17 0 Importing Files 38 Mixbus User Guide 17 0 Importing Files Search Freesound http www freesound org is an online repository of searchable sound files The Search Freesound tab allows you to search the Freesound database download amp audition files from within the Import dialog Browse Files Search Tags Search Freesound Tags drums Sort None w Search ID Filename Duration g 3285
148. yering Layering is one way to manage multiple work when you are assembling sound takes of a performance Each time a track is recorded a new region is effects that may overlap but do not need written onto the topmost layer But the layers underneath still exist ka each other or create cross There are global options that define the default behavior of crossfades and layers While the defaults are suitable for most users understanding these options can be very important for advanced users see Crossfade and Layer Modes in Section 26 0 Mixbus Options Region Fades Every Region has a fade in and fade out By default the region fade is very short and serves to de click the transi tions at the start and end of the region By adjusting the region s fade length a more gradual transition can be accomplished Important In Mixbus each region s fade is a crossfade with the audio below it In other words if the beginning of a region overlays a region s below it you will hear a gradual fade from the underlying region s and a fade in of the topmost region You may right click on a region s fade in or fade out to choose the shape of the fade Deactivate The fade is completely deactivated The audio in the region will be heard exactly as is Linear Cuts off abrubptly at lower levels Used as a crossfade between 2 audio regions The signals are each 6dB attenuated at the midpoint This is the correct crossfade
149. you need Harrison MR20 brochure circa 1982 Section 11 0 Conventions amp Tips 19 Mixbus User Guide 12 0 Redirects Plug ins Sends amp Inserts Redirects The black box at the top of each channel strip is the redirect box Mixbus uses the term redirect for the items that can be inserted into a channel strip plug ins sends and inserts In the picture to the right the track has a reverb plug in an insert and a send The reverb and the insert are pre fader because they are above the fader entry while the send is post fader The signal flow of Mixbus is very flexible you can order sends inserts plug ins and the fader arbitrari New Plugin Favorites ly New Insert Piygin Manager New Send 1 a Plate reverb By Cr Note The Fader entry actually encompasses the chan Activate By Category nel s fader compressor filter and EQ See the signal flow dia Jy gee Deactivate gram for more details DFs Delete Note By default plug ins and inserts will be created pre fader a if WID e Cut while sends will be post fader But you can drag them into any 3 pd order you choose ast Rename Select All Deselect All Plug in Control Sliders i Clear Below the redirect list there is an area for Plug in Control Sliders Poz Activate all Each Slider controls a single parameter from a single plug in R Deactivate all Edit When a plug in is instantiated on a track bus all unassigned sliders w

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