Originally Posted By: cooltouch
lingyai, thanks for that Acoustica link. I just d/l'd and installed the Mixcraft demo and I gotta say that it is a pretty cool DAW. I was disappointed to see that it didn't have any sort of built-in notation capability, but as I was digging around, I noticed it had picked up a couple of rewire programs, one of which is Notion, which I own a license for, and it set itself up automatically to load Notion as a rewire device. So that takes care of my needs for musical notation. This package definitely deserves a closer look. Best of all, it is surprisingly affordable, even the most expensive version.

I loaded one of my midi compositions, and it loaded up just fine, no hickups, and I was able to figure out how to select from a good variety of instruments, which in itself is noteworthy. Yep, I'm gonna have to spend some more time with this DAW. I suspect I'll continue to need Sonar for some things though.


Pardon my late reply, for some reason I'm not getting email alerts when there is a reply to this thread.

I'm glad you're liking your intro to Mixcraft. Three things ...

-- There is a score editor; see this video (it's re Mixcraft 7, but will also apply to Mixcraft 8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQyO_k24LhA

--Now that you've gotten your feet wet, I suggest you do what I did at that stage, which was just to browse these single-screenshot tips and tricks. I found them an easily-digestible way to both ease up the learning curve quickly, and to take in some of the many cool features which lie beneath the rather unassuming GUI.

For Mixcraft 7 (maybe a good place to start)
http://forums.acoustica.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=16646

For Mixcraft 8
http://forums.acoustica.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=20467

They also have very good, short and to-the-point video tutorials, but I find these written tips faster

--Be sure to investigate the "Performance Panel," which gives you basic Ableton Live-like clip launching / loopy song construction capability, if you're into that kind of thing. Works with both audio and midi clips. Acoustica should be marketing it a bit more loudly IMHO!

If you have any questions about Mixcraft, feel free to PM me and /or check their forum or their FB page, kinda like here, smaller crew but helpful folks abound.

Last edited by lingyai; 01/13/19 01:57 PM.
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