MixBox vs. T-RackS

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MixBox vs. T-RackS

Postby juergen_b » Fri Sep 10, 2021 11:42 am

Hi,

T-RackS 5 and CE are already in my arsenal of mix plugins. I wonder if I would benefit from getting MixBox. I'd appreciate any help with my questions:

  1. Most obviously MixBox provides processors of T-RackS and AmpliTube and SampleTank. If I'm only interested in T-RackS processors, does MixBox provide additional value compared to the TR5 Suite (e.g. routing)?
  2. I assume that the processors have the same sonic behaviour. Do some MixBox processors have reduced features due to the smaller GUI size?
  3. Is it possible to reuse T-RackS processor presets within MixBox?
  4. What about performance? Do corresponding processors consume similar CPU/memory or is one more lightweight than the other?
  5. Does the MixBox rack feature allow to have one plugin instance and using different racks from different tracks?

Thank you!
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Re: MixBox vs. T-RackS

Postby DarkStar » Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:12 pm

My understanding:

No
Yes
No
Don't know
No - you would put a separate MixBox instance on each track, then load whatever modules you want into each.

The best thing to do is install MixBox as a demo and compare it with T-RackS.
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Re: MixBox vs. T-RackS

Postby juergen_b » Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:17 pm

DarkStar wrote:[...]
The best thing to do is install MixBox as a demo and compare it with T-RackS.


Thank you for answering and pointing me to the demo. I'll check it out.
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Re: MixBox vs. T-RackS

Postby juergen_b » Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:34 pm

baumann.juergen wrote:[...]
Thank you for answering and pointing me to the demo. I'll check it out.

Immediately found a significant difference in favour of MixBox: it provides external sidechain processing while T-RackS doesn't.
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Re: MixBox vs. T-RackS

Postby DarkStar » Fri Sep 10, 2021 3:28 pm

Oops, I did not notice that, sorry.
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