It is reasonably light on CPU use with the “rack” itself using about 0.2% CPU resource on my machine, and many of the simpler (but still effective) modules adding less than 0.1% CPU resource, while a few modules push 1% CPU. This processor collection can be used on tracks, buses and even a full mix. And both front and back views include a switch to access a Wet-Dry control for every slot.Ĭlicking the window above any slot opens the selection window with ten processor categories. There is a back panel with a fader for every module (which controls the module's output level) as well as solo buttons and a sidechain switch for processors that use sidechain control. There are nine guitar amp emulations, three channel strips, three delays, five distortion FX, seven dynamics processors, four EQs, ten filters, seventeen modulators, nine reverbs and three saturation modules! And the rack has a few tricks up its. The eight bay view fully populated although you can use any number of modules up to eight (64 in the standalone version!). And there are many modules new to me, some with fascinating capabilities. The familiar modules are simplified from the full blown processors which I actually found helpful to rapidly focus in on a sound. And if you don’t already have 64 different IKM processing modules, don’t worry, MixBox comes with its own “plugins” (a plug-in with plug-ins!) – in fact, seventy (yes 70) of them! Many are based on modules you may already have if you have T-RackS, AmpliTube or SampleTank, but they are not those modules (although I’d bet some of the code is being used from the previous modules). The standalone version has an additional feature that enables it to house up to eight sets of eight bays for a whopping 64 slots. I looked at the standalone version briefly, but since I have no need for it myself, my comments apply to what I tested in the plug-in format (VST3).īoth versions default to a small four bay rack and can be switched to eight bays at the flick of an icon (let’s see a 500 Series Lunchbox Enclosure do that!).
The MixBox is a virtual “lunchbox” style channel strip and comes as both a plug-in (all the usual formats) and a standalone version. I was mistaken! What I found when I installed the modest 260 MB of code rather surprised me.
They just announced a new software “lunchbox” collection of audio processors, and from what I first heard I expected it to be just a “housing” for some of their current modules from T-RackS, AmpliTube or SampleTank, and thought I’d need those modules in my system to use the MixBox.
IK Multimedia have been on a roll this year with both hardware and software introductions popping up regularly.
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