The standard version of Mixcraft 6 costs an inflation-busting $74.95 (about £47) when bought as a download, just as version 5 did before it, while a boxed edition is available for 10 dollars more. Mixcraft is available for Windows only (XP, Vista and 7), with a 1GHz CPU and 2GB RAM as minimum hardware requirements. The aim is to provide a user-friendly, self-contained virtual studio equipped for all but the most elaborate production tasks.
It provides built-in tools for manipulating the pitch and tempo of sampled loops, similar to those pioneered by Sony's Acid and included in Abelton's Live and Apple's GarageBand, among others. To recap, Mixcraft is an audio and MIDI sequencing application capable of hosting third-party effects and instrument plug-ins, a number of which are included. Now version 6 has arrived, on offer both as a standard package and as part of a larger Pro Studio bundle. Version 6 builds on these strengths but also adds a new Pro Studio edition.Īcoustica's Mixcraft has made several previous appearances in SOS, most recently in September 2010 ( /sos/sep10/articles/mixcraft-5.htm), when version 5 came under scrutiny. The key features of Acoustica's Mixcraft have always been affordability and ease of use.
