No matter how many plug-ins you own, your burden doesn't get any heavier. Naturally, if you're working entirely 'in the box', all the hardware you need is your laptop and an audio interface. The 'portable power' modus operandi of a 500 series rack has enabled musicians and producers to easily ferry their favourite hardware hither and, when necessary, thither, instead of relying on whatever equipment a fellow collaborator or recording studio might already have installed. The 500 series 'lunchbox' hardware has proved very popular over the last decade, with the diminutive proportions of each module making a full 500 rack much more portable, but in no way less powerful, than a traditional 19'-wide multi-unit FX rack. I REALLY wanted SoundToys Effecs Rack to be this way, but alas: I don't think it has a standalone version.MixBox is IK's virtual 500 series-style FX rack. Would consider: Something like MixBox, but from another developer so I can expand my capabilities/variety.

Preferred: Something like MixBox, that functions as an open host.

This isn't huge for what I'm doing with it, but I'm always looking for anything that gets me past limitations, so: What I find slightly limiting about it: really just one thing: it only hosts what it has, which is a subset of a variety of IK effects. Hasn't crashed all afternoon working with it as if it were hardware non-gentle, non-slow interaction - just normal, and it's been smooth and glitch free Relatively clean and intuitive UI: didn't need to look-up how to use most of it so far - just 20 minutes of trial and error has me understanding 80% of how I'm going to use it

I'm thinking there MUST be other apps in the universe that do this type of thing, so I'm asking if anybody could recommend one or have ideas.ĭifferent racks for each input, or input set (if stereo) I've just discovered MixBox, which I'm using to put effects on my audio interface's incoming channels.

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