Hi ya Greg: I have tried to beta test it, friend. Mixcraft 6 looks fantastic, and offers really, really nice features. From the feedback I've provided, encourage the developer(s) to find out why popular 3rd party VSTIs cause the resource consumption to spike. Version 5.2 didn't do that. I'd even be ...

DOH! Oh well . . . I'm tired of fighting with MC6. Lots of cool features, lots of pretty bling. However, it uses upwards of DOUBLE CPU consumption, compared to ver. 5.2., on my system. I've opened 4 different mx5 projects and EVERY ONE of them loaded into MC6 results in my system exhibiting high CPU...

Howdy Greg: I will try to wrangle up some time over the weekend to isolate the problem. If MC 6 honestly doesn't consume more CPU than ver. 5.x, then we have to assume that it doesn't play nicely, in it's current beta condition, with Guitar Rig 5 Pro, or Kontakt 5. Those are the only (2) "big g...

@Scythe:

No problem, sir. I've been doing this stuff for lots n' lots of years too. I guess I'm what you could call "semi-professional".

Melodyne has become indispensible for me.

Dear Greg: Yessir, it sure does affect playback. Unfortunately, it seriously (obviously) negatively impacts recording performance as well. I've gotten so used to having to export each of EZ Drummer's or Studio Drummer's individual drums to separate tracks that I won't miss what I didn't have. *grin*...

Thanks for your reply, Greg. No, the difference between using EZ drummer in multi-out mode vs. keeping it in standard mode really made no difference. Besides, I'd already rendered the various drums channels as individual audio files anyway. On top of that, I'd rendered the drum tracks AFTER applying...

Nice sounding, low memory requirements, and attractive interface. Great stand-alone application. Unfortunately, it doesn't play nicely in a DAW while using many of the other (industry-leading) VSTIs. Most notably, ToonTrack's EZ Drummer and Native Instruments Guitar Rig 4.x, 5.x or Kontakt 4.x, 5.x....

I'm pretty sure the that the customer already knew that Mixcraft didn't offer this kind of feature. If I'm not mistaken, I think the pointed question he asked was: Is there some other type of software that can accomplish this for him. Yes, there is. Please look into Melodyne. The full version of Mel...

Dear Mr. Greg: Now you're talking straight and not treating me like a novice. I appreciate that. Of course Acoustica is concerned about focusing its resources into enhancing and improving Mixcraft; Mixcraft is Acoustica's flagship product. As such, lowering CPU consumption and incorporating 64bit pr...

Howdy Greg! Being a ToonTrack EZ drummer user, I am totally thanking Acoustica's development team and praising the Lord Jesus for multi-out VST support. That absolutely rocks! I'd gotten really tired of 'soloing' the various drum channels and exporting each one as a new audio file. Now, like users o...

LOL . . . I'm most nearly certain that I articulated well in my previous post(s). What part of 64 bit appeals to me? How about larger memory addressing for starters? I mean no offense, but seriously, if you're going to offer advice as an Acoustica representative, don't ask questions that make it see...

@ Acoustica Greg: I'm pretty sure I mentioned it in the original post, but I will clarify. Direct comparison. My mx5 project loaded - keeping a close watch on the Acoustica cpu/system monitor in lower right corner. Project hits "33%" MAX. Repeat process in the new beta ver. 6 (same project...

I'm in the process of recording a professional-sounding Gospel/Blues album with MC 5.2. However, I'm NOT using the built-in effects nor bundled instruments (I use Kontakt and other HQ VSTIs.) Well, I guess that's not entirely true. On vocals, I make use of G-Sonique Tube emulating EQ, and I do use t...

I really love three of the new features! A) Multiple outputs/channels for Multi-out VSTs such as Kontakt or EZdrummer. B) New shiny, easier to "read" interface. C) New Piano Roll editor is a little easier to work in and more attractive. There are more "cool" features, I'm sure, b...