Harrison Consoles Mixbus vs Non DAW

This DAW has an intuitive layout that is quite easy to grasp and learn.

works great as a mixer for stems exported from another DAW; this is arguably one of it's best uses. Otherwise, the general UI is a vast improvement over vanilla Ardour.

All of the best parts of Ardour, with the great included plugins, plus improved UI for track routing and EQ, along with built in analog summing. This does add some proprietary code to the otherwise open-source foundation, though.

Their customers support is fast and personal, absolutely unmatched in the industry. They also listne to their customers, take feature suggestions which really make it into one of the next versions (if feasible).

Great built in summing on mixbusses and final output bus. Use with an actual console for the double whammy, if you can afford it.

Non comes in 4 different modules that can be connected with JACK

Each module is very streamlined and light on system resources, even when they are used altogether. So it is much better than Ardour for systems that are limited in memory or processing power.

You use what you need, when you need it. Need to record? Pull up the timeline. Need to edit, mix or master? Add the mixer. Doing anything with midi? Add the sequencer in. Or just use the sequencer alone if you are primarily an eMusician using VI's.

Want to instantly save and recall full sessions, including outboard apps? Use the session manager.

Ignore what you don't need rather than having to clear the clutter.