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Add to SafariWhen comparing n-Track 8 vs Harrison Mixbus, the Slant community recommends Harrison Mixbus for most people. In the question“What are the best DAWs? ” Harrison Mixbus is ranked 17th while n-Track 8 is ranked 36th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro High quality customer service
Pro A step-sequencer composition mode
Pro Cross-platform
Compatible with Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android devices.
Pro Low CPU usage and light installer
Pro Clear and nice interface
Pro You can share projects with mobile versions
There are Android and iOS versions of this DAW, which allows for composing and playing on the go.
Pro Affordable price
Pro Supports all major plugin formats
Vst, Vst3 and AU.
Pro Has a great overall sound
Pro Great/intuitive interface
Many parts of the interface are designed as one function per control for ease and simplicity, and are modeled after physical consoles and mixer controls to further that end
Pro Based off of Ardour
Modified version of the open source Ardour DAW, with Harrison's proprietary interface and software tweaks
Pro In-Line/Built in analog summing
tube and transistor emulation, based on physical consoles made by Harrison
Pro Proprietary software that contributes to open source
provides features and bugfixes to upstream Ardour project, and also provides a portion of sales revenue to Ardour's development and administrative maintenance.
Pro Crossplatform
has support for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, for 32 and 64 bit. Works with CoreAudio, ASIO, and ALSA, as well as integrated 3rd party/open source routing software support, I.E. jackd on Windows and Linux.
Cons
Con Unreliable effects
When three or more effects are applied, their parameters behave sporadically.
Con Included drum plugin is not very intuitive
Con Can't fully zoom in and see those eq knobs
Con Proprietary software
This software tramples your freedom.
Con Limited/buggy MIDI support
A problem inherited from Ardour dev base.
