Mixcraft is Now Worth Every Penny

As many of the high priced DAW got shittier and shittier Mixcraft improved. What initially attracted people to Mixcraft is that they were looking for a PC version of Garage Band. Mixcraft is now even better than Garage Band and it has graduated to the big league and is now capable of producing recordings equal to or better than the troublesome high priced DAWS without all the bullshit.

Musician make the best music. Geek music sucks. Mixcraft is not only a good mastering tool it is a good tool for songwriters and composer.

While I will not recommend any DAW or audio gear I will say that since Acoustica has debugged Mixcraft it seems to be the most trouble free DAW out there. Others may not agree. It clearly beats the shit out of Reaper, Audition, Studio One, Cubase 7.5, Sonor, Protools ect..

Based on my recent experience and based on what I have read Acoustica's forum there seems to be very few users having problems with Mixcraft. Let's hope that Acoustica doesn't fuck it up when they release Mixcraft 7.

Based on all the criteria for DAWs Mixcraft is now a winner.

UPDATE:

If you go to Acoustica's Forum you will read very little users there presenting with problems. Other forums are loaded with users crying for help and forum insiders saying shit like, "This has never happened to me" and then picking a fight with the person looking for help. Reaper and KVR forums are loaded with fucking lying shit heads who are insiders.

If a DAW is troublesome chances are it is not the user of the user's computer, it's the DAW. Cubase 7 for instance was not horrible but experienced pro engineers are pulling their hair out because Cubase 7.5 sucks so much now. CLICK HERE FOR REAPERS FORUM If you want to have some fun go there are troll the arrogant turds who defend the indefensible POS that is Reaper.

Mixcraft is not perfect... no DAW is but it is IMO now as good as anything out there at least for my needs. If your capture is good, even a rank beginner can make decent sounding recordings.

I would challenge a good engineer to use an identical capture of guitar, bass, drums, keys and vocals and mix and master them on the top DAWs and then Mixcraft and see which one sounds best.

Why do all DAW's suck?

The following is from GearSlutz Read more here


Why is it that every DAW I try seems to have MAJOR drawbacks and functionality issues:

Pro Tools LE:

• Obvious limitations on track counts, busses, I/O, ADC, etc.

Pro Tools HD:

• Even with PT8, the MIDI is still pretty sub par.... and considering that most modern composers are using MIDI... well.... this pretty much takes both HD and LE off the usable list
• The ADC seems to be the worst out of any app that has it
• Even HD has the ******** I/O limitations on which hardware you can use.

Logic:

• The worst audio editing out there bar none. I.E., no dedicated trim tool... so.. no way to trim a region unless you scroll all the way to the edge, no way to make slip edits, no dedicated fade tool, you're simply STUCK with the "dumb" tool, etc.
• No way to use the fade tool on multiple tracks ?! Amazing!!
• No track based takes (I.E., playlists, layers, etc.)
• No simple MIDI merge command for recording (merge with selected layers doesn't count at all)
• No way to view both the Left and Right sides of a stereo waveform.. what am I even seeing here.. is this a mono summed version??
• Regardless of having "no overlap" selected.. you still get overlapping regions when recording/punching in.. and well... what you see isn't always what you get... MIND ****!
• No way to independently pan an aux send... what the...... is this 1972??

Digital Performer:

• No absolute grid.. makes editing MIDI quite the hassle....
• A "split notes" feature that only works when all the notes of all the chords have quantized attacks
• A different tool for EVERY edit function for MIDI... separate tool for drawing notes.. separate tool for extending lengths.. separate tool for velocity, etc. You can REALLY tell that the bulk of the MIDI features in DP are quite OLD.
• No way to select tracks... or even see which tracks are selected in the mixer
• No MIDI learn function for plugins.. unless the plugin comes with MIDI learn already built in.
• No way to assign the same plugin across multiple tracks simultaneously .. or assign the same send to multiple tracks simultaneously
• All that said.. this is by far the best app for me at the moment..... still frustrating though....

Ableton Live

• No way to create smooth, gradual tempo changes
• No real way to create takes, comp takes, etc. without major workarounds
• No real way to work in a linear fashion unless you're OK only the most basic of commands
• Only the most simple of MIDI commands and edit possibilities
• Built for DJ's and Loop-Junkies.... and I should just accept it......

Studio One

• Again.. no way to create smooth, gradual tempo changes
• A fairly odd way of dealing with automation for busses (who doesn't use busses!)
• Again... only the most simple of MIDI edit commands
• OK... it's a new DAW... so I'll be easy

Reaper

• The worst implementation of rewire,... even though I have to hand it to them for allowing Reaper to work as a Rewire Slave
• Again... only the simple MIDI editing commands as found in Studio One, Live, etc.
• No track based takes

Maybe I should try Cubase???? Ed.... No you shouldn't!!!!

Can someone build a proper DAW... it's 2013...

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How is it that every DAW out there has major flaws and issues.

Pro tools - cpu hog, VSt's don't work, RTAS instruments barely work, no drum pad sampler, not good for produciton, only mixing.

Logic - (haven't used it much) a pain to look at, everything is so small and cluttered

Ableton - horrendous use of CPU, one core per track, track view is laughable, mix view is laughable. Crashes constantly.

FL Studio - again, horrible GUI. Way too small. Way too cluttered. Just sucks.


These are the only ones I've used. But seriously are these manufacturers that hard of hearing? I mean, people complain about their software non-stop and all they do is make stupid updates about things that didn't even bother us in the first place. I'm hearing now that Ableton is coming out with version 9 and they changed the browser (wtf?) and it is even more of a CPU hog and it probably will still wrongly display the CPU % as before, only worse.

Come on developers, get your sh*t together and stop making garbage.


 

Preliminary Review of Presonous Studio One

Stability: So far it has not crashed.

Learning curve: Steep due mostly to the problems with navigation and the lack of a professional tutorial.

Ease of use: Workflow SUCKS! Very geeky due to a poor layout. Hard to find which track have effects on them with a simple click in the track channel like most other DAWS hence the geekiness.

Effects: Some are good, some are bad and some suck.

Value: They have a free version but remember time is money. 

Overall: If you have the time to learn this Rube Goldberg style DAW you may get some good results from it. If you like counter intuitive geekware and mediocre effects and VSTi you will love this DAW. If you are a musician you will find it retarded and frustrating. If you take the time learn which is like have a wisdom tooth removed through your asshole, Studio One may grow on you but don't count on it.

UPDATE:

I may have been a bit harsh I may have been a bit harsh regarding studio one. Compared to other DAWs you don't read about all the crashes and bugs. The plug-ins are is good if not better than what you'll find in other digital audio workstations and when it comes to bang for the buck studio one is a clear winner. It is stable. You rarely read about it crashing and it did not crash on my computer here in with a lot of other applications running. The native plug-ins don't seem to cause the freezes and crashes so common with other DAWs.

The biggest drawback with studio one is a lack of a tutorial and well written manual. With that, it's hard for me to actually describe quality of the workflow. I don't like the GUI very much but perhaps if I can learn it better the workflow may prove to be good. It still has a very high geek factor.