

The only complaint is that VST3 isn't supported in Mixbus. I don't see myself moving away from Mixbus for mixing to any other solution out there. That's the built-in saturation (and one reason why it takes more CPU out of the box). I like that it helps thicken iOS (and other) virtual synths that can come out a bit thin and digital. I absolutely use it for mixing duties - it makes a killer combo with Waveform9 (or Gadget), in that I create in the one and mix in the other. I own Mixbus 32C - got it for one of the $99 specials after trying it out for awhile. I LOVE the 'Leveller' compressor that the channel compressors default to, and sidechain implementation is soooooo easy (and also incredibly flexible, if you dig into the 'pin controls'). You honestly don't need many plugins though as the propriety DSP has you mostly covered and is embedded directly into the channel GUI.
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I haven't had any issues with stability when running these Windows VSTs in Linux too and could run plenty of instances of Pro Q 2 and Pro C 2 at lower buffer settings without stability problems. I haven't really used the built in plugins, mainly just stuck with the 'core' tools by Fabfilter along with a Valhalla VST for reverbs.

I'm using it on Linux if that's of any consideration. Maybe it was a 'bedding in period'? I've (slightly rarely, but sometimes) heard people mention they've had crashes though, so I guess it's something to consider. I haven't had one crash through 2-3 projects like this, so as far as I'm concerned it's stable. I did have a few crashes when I first started working with it, but I've actually finished a few BIG end to end projects with it now (some pushing it to the point at 4096 buffer where the track won't even play in realtime with all possible CPU performance optimisations active and even crazy stuff like spectre/meltdown patches disabled). You won’t want to mix anywhere else once you try it, and I love the workflow. The polarity optimiser should be worth a few hundred euro on it's own. Oh yeah I love the K-Metering for optimum loudness too. It's also massively midi controllable (can also be pretty much fully controlled with OSC using TouchOSC or Lemur on iOS, and templates are provided) and for the real technically inclined, pretty much EVERY POSSIBLE functionality can be automated using the Lua programming language for scripting. I should have jumped in sooner! I can't speak highly enough about it. A long term colleague in production who was a long time Pro Tools user also raves about it and turned me onto it over a period of a few years. It's built on top of the Ardour open source DAW which it exceptional in itself but the really killer feature is the propriety DSP modelled on their legendary consoles as well as the 'console emulated workflow', which is just unbelievably fluid, fast and powerful (you can break out of it too but just have to be a little careful as it won't hold your hand in terms of latency compensation if you get experimental). The Harrison message board and facebook user groups are also a very great place to be - customer support is exceptional across the board. V5 only just hit so that'll be valid for a long while and future updates will be $20. That's a FANTASTIC price for a product that I'm massively enthusiastic about.
