MixBox Explained

Eli Krantzberg delivers in-depth IK Multimedia MixBox video tutorials! Learn all about this amazing collection of 500-Series-like module plug-ins and how to use them on your instruments and tracks. You also get the wav files of the tracks Eli is using the MixBox modules on, so you can follow along on your system. These videos are designed for new MixBox users.

Videos

• Getting Around the MixBox Plug-In (06:07) - Learn about what MixBox is, and how to navigate the plug-in version of the interface.

• Getting Around the Stand Alone Version (09:07) - See how the multi-rack stand-alone version of MixBox is configured and managed for live use with multiple output audio interfaces.

• MixBox On the Drum Bus (05:26) - See the British EQ, EQ-PG, White 2A, Sat X, and Plate Reverb modules put to work on a drum bus, processing a full, dry, acoustic drum kit.

• MixBox On Kick & Snare Drum (05:44) - Hear how the Cabinet processor module, combined with some EQ and compression is used to bring out the character and ambiance of a kick drum. The Fairchild compressor with both pre and post EQ is used to enhance the snare drum and hi hats.

• MixBox On Female Lead Vocal (07:48) - Watch as all the modules and settings in a full 8 slot rack, used to process a modern tight sounding female lead vocal, are unpacked and examined.

• MixBox On Rhythm Guitar (07:51) - Explore how an 8 slot MixBox rack is set up to add tone and modulation to a rhythm guitar track that was recorded direct, with no outboard processing.

• MixBox On Lead Guitar (07:45) - Hear two different approaches to using MixBox on the same guitar solo.

• MixBox on Electric Bass (03:30) - Hear the SVT Classic module in all its glory, and see how the MixBox side chain feature is used to tailor the compression around the kick drum.

• MixBox On Clav & Synths (08:29) - Unpack some extreme timbre shifting racks that make use of modulation to add movement to the filter and wah modules on a variety of synth sounds.

• MixBox on Rhodes (03:56) - Explore two different approaches to processing a Fender Rhodes with various MixBox modules.

• MixBox On Fretless Bass (02:30) - See how automation is created to modulate the Filter Phaser depth parameter in real-time.

• MixBox On Acoustic Piano & Viola (04:12) - Hear MixBox in action creating a warm sculpted ambiance on a bus processing two acoustic instruments.

• MixBox On the Stereo Bus (08:29) - Hear a couple of examples of MixBox in action sweetening the full mix on the stereo bus, and then I?ll end off by identifying a few of my personal favorite MixBox modules.