
And while I haven’t mixed on a real Harrison console for many years now, this will probably be as close as I’m ever going to get. I’ve wanted a controller that works with Mixbus since version 1.1, and finally I’ve got one that works well. I haven’t gotten the chance to see if this controller will work with any of my other programs, but that doesn’t really matter to me since Mixbus is where I need this most. I’m sure an Avid S3 would be much cooler, but since- at least for me, and at least for now- music mixing is done more for fun that money these days, I’m like many musicians and am forced to keep costs under control. The little rectangular “scribble strip” displays under the top rotary encoders are a huge help… the control surface can scroll through different sections of the program, and these displays tell me at a glance where I’m at and what each encoder does.Ī big plus is the price point. It makes adjusting parameters much faster, and I can concentrate more on the music and less on operating the program. I can’t imagine running Mixbus without it. While I’ve only been using this thing for a few days, I’m already hooked/spoiled. You’ll still need the keyboard and mouse to open files and name tracks- a laptop riser like this is on my radar, or perhaps a sliding tray shelf- but once I hit “play,” I rarely need to reach for the mouse.
MIXBUS CRASH WHILE CHANGING WINDOWS DRIVERS
Note: A clean boot starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs, so that you can determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program. Their application of Mixbus to this particular controller is very intuitive, nearly all of the commands follow the printed legends on the controller, and you can get to just about every adjustment you’ll want to make via the controller. If reset doesn’t fix the issue, place the computer in a clean boot state to check if it crashes while changing local storage location. Most of what you need to know about setting up and using this controller is covered in their videos.

Kudos to Ben Loftis and the other folks on the Mixbus team for their programming efforts. The darned thing works great straight out of the box. The earlier and less-colorful version looks slightly more upscale.īut the biggest question was, “will it work?” The short answer is- oh Hell yes. My new-to-me Behringer Xtouch controller running Mixbus.
