Yeah for sure, it can be a great learning to use the same features in a different layout/UI.
That is some solid advice with the rack plugs, noted and will check those out, thanks!
Yup, even if you choose the path of finishing mpc mixes in mpc software, a second daw can be a good idea for other tasks.
Mind elaborating a bit on what you found inconvenient when mixing with bitwig?
Btw I really agree with this. Bitwig looks gorgeous, and the interaction design seems pretty good as well. Like there are lots of nifty little elements and shortcuts
Take a look at izotope ozone.
Stand alone mastering. Just drop your wav into that, master it, export. No need for daw.
Bitwig is very cool (and got much better fx), but I cannot mostly cannot get used to its envelopes. And overall workflow. Reaper feels super fast and precise for the task of mixing/mastering, very intuitive interface and easier to concentrate on mixing.
Freeze/render and track grouping - Bitwig is not that mature in this regard. Also itās slower and slower with each update on my machine.
But itās just me, can imagine the opposite opinions.
Bitwig should be fine. Iāll use studio one 4 because the integration of a project/final mix user interface that shows the rendered mix from the song interface with all the tools for metering, the pipeline plugin (to use external processors with latency compensation) and a lot of export functions.
The latest studio one offers the option to save and recall the whole mixer setting area including plugins and their settings so you can try different mixes without saving the same song as version 1,2 etc. Thatās quite handy imo.
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Itās also a tiny download, works on the three major OSes, runs very smoothly, almost never crashes, and starts up wicked fast. Runs on old crappy hardware just fine too, good for the environment. Also you can edit a lot of the plugins. And the authors push incremental updates so often itās almost annoying.
Yes indeed !
Thanks for all the replies so far everyone!
As far as reaper goes, it was the very first daw I ever used, but I never really clicked with it. I didnāt need the customization back then and the lack of stock plugins and a nice looking UI when I was first starting out made my life a bit difficult. So maybe I have a little bit of reaper PTSD that has prevented me from going back.
I think what I am going to do is try to get a basic mix with the MPC itself, probably just approximate levels, and then import all the tracks into bitwig to mix/master. Maybe do a few mixes in bitwig and then a few in logic and see if I like one or the other better. I like to try to keep everything in one daw though, so some of the features that I like in bitwig may prevent me from switching to logic even if it is a bit better at mixdown.
Thats a great tipp, i did use old exports and imported them to self reference my changes, studio one seems to be perfect for this stage. I even have a license as it came bundeld with the quantum interface. (which is a really great interface, the best i ever had.) I will try it out.
As i think about it - there is the free max for live Kapture device from Richi HawtinĀ“s Plastikman crew, which can take mixer snapshots - this might work too.
Update: Studio One v4 does not yet have this mixing scenes? Not sure about it, just installed it and looked around for 10 minutes, Is a complete different beast it seems. Ok got it, only the pro version supports it, not the artist version, that came with the interface, what a bummer.
Hate to be the guy but itās not, unfortunately.
Or perhaps for the better.
It is also my DAW of choice for linear / multitrack stuff.
A DAW for mixing and mastering? Harrison Mixbus is designed specifically for this. Sounds very good, having WYSIWYG mixing console feels right and itās multiplatform. They do have nice discounts from time to time.