![]() ![]() At just $89, it still features plenty of useful tools including the music notation, step and piano-roll editors unlimited tracks 28 effects, and 15 virtual instruments, plus those 7,500 loops. Recording StudioĮven cheaper! Mixcraft 8 Recording Studio is the cut-down version of Pro Studio, aimed at home and project- studio users. Add a bundle of iZotope Mastering Essentials plug-ins and Celemony’s Melodyne Essentials and it seems that Acoustica has done a great job as a kind of software farmer, gathering a fantastic flock of titles to its Pro Studio farm. Then there’s the ME80 and Memorymoon vintage synths, both based on classic Yamaha and Moog synths respectively.Ī jewel in the crown has to be the Pianissimo piano instrument a physically modelled piano that also combines Steinway samples. The latest update includes Kastelheimer Veldberg XD, a synth described as having a ‘cold, heavy and ultra-sharp sound, with analogue-sounding liquid filters and hard oscillators’. But it’s that claimed $1,250 of plug-ins where it gets really interesting. ![]() ![]() Turning to the features in more detail, Pro Studio has unlimited audio tracks three types of editing (piano roll, notation and step) video-editing facilities and a not inconsiderable 7,500 samples (hits, loops and effects). Mixcraft 8: Up on features, Down on Price And with this top-end Pro Studio version selling for just $179, it already seems like the DAW deal of the century. This is a PC-only DAW but, on the face of it, it comes with a staggering featureset that not only includes a list of pro features, but also bundles $1,250 worth of extras. We last looked at Mixcraft a couple of years ago, so it’s high time that we gave it another in-depth look. All top notch utilities.Most recently, we looked at Tracktion Waveform, a fantastically neat DAW that pretty much does everything you could need on any machine, and there are plenty more contenders from the likes of Bitwig, PreSonus and this – the latest update to Mixcraft from Acoustica. The ReaPlugs package from Cockos has some excellent stuff, especially ReaEQ and ReaFir OrilRiver is my favorite reverb, I use it on pretty much every project: Sonalksis FreeG Stereo fader is on my master bus in every project: Their HBC bus compressor and Bass Professor are also used on most of my projects. Sonic Anomaly's Unlimited mastering limiter/maximizer is my current go-to for that task. Put this in between your other effect plug-ins to make sure that you are not clipping your signal. Here is a list of freeware VST effects and utilities that I have used extensively with Mixcraft.Īll of them come in both 64 and 32 bit versions.Īudio Damage's Rough Rider compressors are ferocious, and the Fuzz Plus is pretty cool, too.īitter, a nice utility for monitoring of interstage digital clipping, is a real eye-opener. Some people use the stomps and effects for uses outside of Amplitube as well. It includes- a digital chromatic tuner, 9 stomps, 4 amps, 5 cabs, 3 mics, and 2 rack effects. If guitar amp emulations are of interest, you might be interested in the free CS version of Amplitube: (All available via the sources at the beginning of this post.) Melda productions free bundle contains some very useful tools that tend to be highly flexible and configurable.Īlso, the Tal reverb and chorus are popular and frequently recommended freebies, as is the Acon delay. Hofa 4U meter, fader, side pan tool is something new (to me) I am finding useful Offers some free plug in tools worth checking out. VOS EQ, and the Kotelnikov bus compressor are both quite good too.Īnother heavily used and highly recommended tool, this is a free upgrade replacement to the frequency analyzer included in Mixcraft, with added features and utility. Their other free plug ins might be of interest as well. I have used this heavily since it was first introduced and am still amazed that such an amazing plug in is free! It can save a lot of headaches and help find better quality plugins by sticking with reputable and known brands, and sourcing them from either the companies website or well known sources such as:īeware of flaky sites and companies who often attach bloat/malware to downloads of plug ins that aren't worth even the free price tag. I'll start this with the recommendation that you should seek reliable sources when considering free plug ins. ![]()
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