Musical.Alchemy wrote:marclaclear wrote: if I have mixbox are the t-racks versions of the effects different in audio?
I was thinking the same thing, is it really necessary to go full T-Racks if you have Mixbox ?
For what it's worth, I heard on a UTube video that the fx on Mixbox are the 'updated' versions
of the fx as compared to TRacks. Though unless I hear it from IK themselves I usually file it under speculation...
I haven't heard any such thing from IK and I strongly suspect the basic algorithms of the shared FX are the same. The interfaces and functionality differ somewhat (No M/S on Mixbox, no sidechaining on T-Racks, and some individual modules are slightly function-limited on Mixbox due to simple UI space constraints) but my impression is that on an audio level they are basically the same processors. Maybe there are differences in the oversampling, or the higher-sample-rate performance, but MixBox is certainly not a 'toy version' or anything, it's a serious and very capable platform on its own.
Myself, I have ended up replicating some of the MB units that I didn't previously have in TR but that's partly because I'm a bit of a completist by nature, and partly because I have started to run out of other things to get as the bonus rounds have progressed. I'm happy to have a somewhat bigger interface for some of them (EQs, particularly) if I'm trying to dial in something that needs attention to detail.
That said, I imagine Mixbox will get more use on a day-to-day mixing and sound design level just because it's such a big suite and it's so quick and convenient to drop things in and move them around, and plus there are a lot more presets to play with and mine for ideas... but TR is an old friend and I will likely use it when I need more precise control, metering etc.