Mixcraft Suggestions!

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Re: USING LOOPS

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samuel wrote:WHEN WRITING A SONG WITH LOOPS CAN YOU CHANGE THE CHORDS OR ADD CHORDS
Hi Samuel - welcome to the forum.

The short answer is - sort of.

You can take an audio sample and pitch shift it in semitones, so if you have a sample of an E chord and you want a G chord you can pitch shift the sample by 3 semitones. Likewise if you have an Em and want a Gm shift by 3 semitones.

Be careful not to go too far with this as you can start to get some strange effects.

What you cant do with the standard Mixcraft tools is take an E chord and change it in to an Em as that requires that you change the 3rd from a Major to a Minor note. There is software out there that can do this with varying levels of success such as Melodyne. I know this sounds obvious and I realise that this isn't always possible but if you are wanting to change loads of chords you might want to do a couple of things, firstly learn to play the instrument that you want to play the chords with (easier said than done - I realise) the other thing is to use midi instruments to create the chords, then you can change them as you want.

If you want further input or suggestions you might want to re ask this question with its own thread as it is likely it will get lost in this thread about suggestions for improvements.

Good luck.

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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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May I ask where the browser update stands on the hierarchy??

Don't mean to bring it up again but the limited drag and drop functionality (mostly importing into 3rd party plugins) and importing into the library and the tree structure have rendered my Mixcraft usage to recording vocals only.

I really love the DAW just hope there's some added midi functionality and enhanced library access.
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mick wrote:So, my suggestion is more of a question because of the complexity that may be involved, as you can see it can be done by adding new tracks but being able to do this in the one track would be slicker.
Q. is it possible to apply effects to an isolated section while it resides in the original track and not have to be placed into a fresh one? 8) The star (bottom left) indicates the missing section so would not be editable/stretchable with the rest of the track so this would be another reason.
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This. I know I can do send tracks but something like this, or what Mark suggested would be optimal.

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How about being able to copy and paste sections from one project directly into another open project in another instance of Mixcraft?
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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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Mike2GuysTalking wrote:How about being able to copy and paste sections from one project directly into another open project in another instance of Mixcraft?
For others reading this, here's how you can do this now: Copying clips from one Mixcraft project to another.
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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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Hobbs wrote:May I ask where the browser update stands on the hierarchy??

Don't mean to bring it up again but the limited drag and drop functionality (mostly importing into 3rd party plugins) and importing into the library and the tree structure have rendered my Mixcraft usage to recording vocals only.

I really love the DAW just hope there's some added midi functionality and enhanced library access.
Hi,

What features would you look for in a browser, exactly? What would be different from browsing with file explorer and dragging and dropping? Previewing the audio? What else?

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Unique file names when recording. This would avoid all those loading incorrect file issues.
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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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Hobbs wrote:May I ask where the browser update stands on the hierarchy??
Hi Hobbs. Based on previous experience, Acoustica will understandably be fairly tight lipped about new features right up to the release of a new version. I think we can consider this thread just an open discussion and wish list, with assurance they read it and consider our input. Which is pretty cool IMO.
Acoustica Greg wrote:What would be different from browsing with file explorer and dragging and dropping? Previewing the audio? What else?
I admit my observations would be based on limited exposure, but I have and do look at some of the competitions features, often just to compare.
It seems to me the most common approach is what appears to be almost integration of the OS filing system right into the DAW. Advantage boiling down to 1: Not having to open an outside program window, and 2: convenience of the preview function.
Perhaps the primary disadvantage IMO is that it potentially takes up more real estate within the DAW when many users have limited or no need for the feature whatsoever.

My personal opinion is that it is so very simple to set up my own filing system for samples, loops, what have you, that I would be just fine with a decision to dump the library function within Mixcraft altogether and just provide the content folders for those who wish to have it......
But I realize that's just me, and I am likely in the minority on this. I would prefer Mixcraft focused on raising the bar on recording, arranging and mixing audio personally. Other programs more focused on loops and libraries are widely available.

Dont hate, its just an opinion. 8)
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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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Mark wrote: Is that what you are looking for Mick
Sorry Mark I've replied twice and just noticed none of them are here, they must have gone to the interplanetary Mixcraft in the sky as sometime happens. :shock:
The short answer is yes! The long answer is my suggestion is about editing an audio track in a linear fashion along the track length. A chosen section of the track is cut where it becomes "isolated" and able to accept effects to that section only whilst remaining on the main track.
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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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for acoustica greg.. i also would like a browser that incorporates, not onlt the loops in mixcraft, but also my personal loops, and a list of my plug ins that can be dragged and dropped like in studio one professional, reaper, tracktion, etc. every other daw i use has this feature. it makes creating a project, personally more easy, and more organized. also the ability to dock it anywhere on the screen is a nice feature too!
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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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carllackey wrote:for acoustica greg.. i also would like a browser that incorporates, not onlt the loops in mixcraft, but also my personal loops, and a list of my plug ins that can be dragged and dropped like in studio one professional, reaper, tracktion, etc. every other daw i use has this feature. it makes creating a project, personally more easy, and more organized. also the ability to dock it anywhere on the screen is a nice feature too!
Hi,

Right, but my question is what makes this different from using File Explorer to drag and drop files into Mixcraft? Is it just difficult for you to manage two windows? Difficult to figure out where your loops are? Is it that you can preview the audio before you drag and drop it? How would a built-in browser be that much better than File Explorer for you?

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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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In re-reading my previous comment I realized it could be taken as disrespectful to those who use loops heavily and I want to clarify that thats not how I meant it. I agree completely that the library structure as it is is lacking. And I've tried integrating 3rd party content and editing the library and, well life is too short.

What I meant was that rather than having the Mixcraft content in one place and third party in another, I would be fine with just putting it all in my own folder hierarchy rather than how it is now. And yeah, most of the loops are of little use to me anyway.

But for me, its such a minor issue as opposed to moving stems from a preferred DAW that (for example) has superior MIDI arranging and editing tools, to a DAW that has preferred track arranging and editing then moving those stems to a DAW that has preferred mixing tools.......

That is what I am getting at, and that is what I hope is the focus with MC-8's development.
If the focus is on more loops, library/browser improvements, vst's and vsti's, etc..... I am facing no improvement for my needs, and I am betting I am not alone on this.
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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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to be honest greg, i have only used file explorer with mixcraft. i like the ability to preview one of my loops, then a mixcraft loop. i downloaded all of my loops into mixcraft, but, and i assume it was my own ignorance,but i could'nt keep them in the folders i had when they downloaded.
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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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fredfish wrote:I would like to be able to set a "do noting" value for cells in the performance panel. Currently if there isn't a sample associated with a cell selecting it stops playback of any other samples in that row. In the main this is great - however it would be very useful if it is possible to select a "do nothing" option for empty cells so that if the cell is accidentally selected then it doesn't do anything.

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John
Hi John,

Select the empty cells, right-click on them and select Remove Stop Button.

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Re: Mixcraft Suggestions!

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ZEN wrote:The ability to bring up a VSTi interface without having to open the dialog and then clicking edit.
Hi,

Just right-click on the "Change Instruments" button to pop up the interface for the VSTi. Ctrl-Right-click puts it away.

You can do the same thing with the FX button.

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