Overview

Mixcraft 5 is a powerful yet easy-to-use multi-track recording studio that enables you to record audio, arrange loops, remix tracks, compose with virtual instruments, score and edit video, and add effects to create stunningly professional compositions. Easy enough for everyone and powerful enough for the pros. Get a studio for a song with Mixcraft 5!

From our partner Acoustica.

Features

(Click images to enlarge)	Audio and Music Production Features Record multiple MIDI and audio tracks simultaneously. Run as many tracks and instances of instruments and effects as your computer can handle! Notation tools allow you to create, edit and print your MIDI data in standard music notation. Add VSTi™ instruments, VST™ and DirectX™ effects. Includes plug-in delay compensation. Video Track allows loading and editing of video files. Easily crossfade from one video clip to another. Remix the audio, add a soundtrack, and effortlessly render your video project to a new video file. Import WAV, AIF, OGG, WMA, MP3, and standard MIDI files. Mix down to MP3, WAV, high-quality compressed OGG, and other audio file types. OGG files in Mixcraft 5. OGG files can take up 1/10th of the hard drive space of uncompressed WAV recordings. This is ideal for collaborators exchanging projects over the internet, laptop users, schools, and anyone recording long speeches or conferences. Wave (WDM), ASIO™, WaveRT and WaveRT Exclusive Mode low latency audio support. WaveRT Exclusive Mode (available in Windows 7) provides ultra-low-latency, solid audio performance on most audio hardware without any special sound card drivers. With WaveRT Exclusive Mode, Mixcraft can now interface directly with the audio hardware, bypassing the operating system for truly stunning audio performance. 32-bit sound engine supports recording and playback of audio with sampling rates up to 192 kHz. Automatically detects beat locations, keys and tempos of imported songs. Time stretch any sound from 25% to 400% with FlexAudio™ without affecting the pitch. Pitch shift sounds from -24 to +12 semitones! Noise reduction technology will automatically find and analyze a section of noise, so you can reduce the noise level or eliminate it entirely! Works with USB MIDI keyboards and MIDI interfaces. High performance features include multi-processor support and zero-CPU track muting. Mixcraft 5 is fast and powerful! Automation features provide automated control of all parameters in any VST effect, VSTi instrument, Acoustica effect, track volume, panning and more. The Master Track allows you to smoothly automate the global effects parameters and master volume, for smooth and easy fade-ins and fade-outs for your mixes. The Mixer window provides access to volume, pan, mute, solo, a 3-band EQ, as well as plug-in effects and instruments. Send Tracks (e.g, auxiliary busses) let you, for example, use one reverb effect on multiple tracks. Send Track audio can be routed pre-fader or post-fader. Mix To New Audio Track (aka, Bounce) tracks to free up CPU processing power. Burn CDs of your mix with just one click. Make a loop from any sound. Mixcraft 5’s seamless looping mode lets you smoothly loop sections of your project with no audio gapping. Archive your entire project to a ZIP file or new folder. Create custom instrument presets which combine multiple virtual instruments and effects. Set the key range, velocity sensitivity, transposition, pan and volume for each instrument.
(Click image to enlarge)	Effects and Loops Custom loop library includes over 3000 royalty-free sounds in dozens of musical styles. Over 1000 new loops, including the following song kits: 70’s Funk, Cool Jazz, Surf Rock, Reggae, and Vegas Rock. Works with Acid™ and Apple GarageBand® loops. Record multiple MIDI and audio tracks simultaneously.
(Click image to enlarge)	Virtual Instruments Mixcraft 5 features 8 powerful virtual instruments, including the Acoustica Instruments General MIDI sample library, Acoustica Expanded Instruments sample library, Lounge Lizard Session vintage electric piano, VB3 tonewheel organ, MiniMogueVA monophonic analog synthesizer, Messiah polyphonic analog synthesizer, Alien303 Bass Synthesizer, and Impulse polyphonic analog synthesizer. Create mega presets that layer and split multiple virtual synthesizers and effects. Set the key range, velocity sensitivity, transposition, pan and volume for each instrument.
(Click image to enlarge)	High-Quality Effects 22 high quality effects include the Pultronic Tube EQ, which models the classic tube equalizer found in studios throughout the world.
(Click image to enlarge)	Guitar Amp/Cabinet Effects Mixcraft 5 comes bundled with the amazing Shred Amp Simulator — a complete suite of 5 classic amp heads, 17 cabinet models, and 6 powerful effects!
Mixcraft 5 is developed by Acoustica.

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Reviews

What Reviewers are Saying...

"An inspiring and ideal introduction to recording."

– Tony Cliff, Music Teacher Magazine

"This new version blurs the distinction between 'entry-level' and 'full-featured' DAWs."

– Recording Magazine

"Mixcraft continues to be both good value for money and, as promised, easy to use."

– Sound On Sound Magazine

"Packed with a staggering array of features."

– Music Tech Magazine

"Mixcraft continues to be both good value for money and, as promised, easy to use."

– Craig Anderton, Keyboard Magazine

"Mixcraft remains an accessible , affordable and stable application that enables you to make music quickly."

– Computer Music Magazine

"Mixcraft is an overacheiver."

– Craig Anderton, EQ Magazine

9 out of 10 stars!
"If Acoustica keeps improving Mixcraft at the current rate, its users may not feel like they need to go anywhere else."

– MusicRadar

"If you find yourself pulling your hair with the complexities of your more expensive DAW - spare yourself the trouble and give Mixcraft a spin!"

– A. Dorian, Houston Music Reviews

"$75 for a program that has a variety of pro-quality track and mastering FX, eight virtual instruments, rock-solid recording and editing, [...] a sound library and notation? Get outta town."

– Jon L. Jacobi, PC World

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Video Tutorials

	Optimize Your PC For Use With Mixcraft How to optimize your computer for the best audio recording and playback it can provide. Including tips for resolving issues such as crackling, gapping and other audio recording issues.
	Adjusting Vocal Pitch This tutorial shows how to adjust the pitch of recorded vocals up or down to match the tune of other instruments within a musical project using the pitch controls within Mixcraft 5.
	How to Create Beats This two part Mini-Tip demonstrates three different ways to create a beat within Mixcraft 5 for use with hip-hop, country, rock, blues or any other style of music. Part 1/2 demonstrates using virtual instruments to arrange percussion samples for creating a simple beat.
	Noise Reduction Learn how to remove hum or background noise from your recordings or audio files. Great for cleaning up constant background noise such as air conditioners, fans, hum, guitar amp noise, etc.
	ALT Drag to Copy Simply hold down the ALT key in Mixcraft 5, select any type of clip and move the mouse. A copy will be instantly created. Move the mouse to position the clip. Very handy and fast if you do a lot of copying and pasting!
	Linking Clips In Mixcraft 5, you can link sound and video clips together so that they retain their relative offsets. Very useful.
	How to add effects to a part of a track (SEND tracks) This is a mini tip that shows how to add an effect such as delay or echo to a part of a track or sound. The trick is to use the new Send track feature in Mixcraft 5. You can route audio from any track to a Send Track in Mixcraft 5.
	How To Make/Create The T-Pain effect on your voice You can use Mixcraft 5 to add the T-Pain auto-tune vocal pitch correction to your voice. Watch the video, download the GSnap VST effect and add it to a track with your voice on it. In no time, you’ll have that famous T-Pain auto-tune effect.
	How To Setup And Use MIDI and Virtual Instruments How to use MIDI in Mixcraft 5 and how to get rid of latency and delays from when you press a key to when you hear the sound. Also shows how to use the new built in Musical Typing Keyboard (MTK). Always use ASIO or WaveRT over WAVE. WAVE is the worst. Use WaveRT or ASIO which you can find in the Preferences under “Sound Device.”
	How to Connect to Your Guitar This tutorial demonstrates three different methods for connecting a guitar to your computer for recording within Mixcraft 5 and also hearing the guitar playback in real time at low or zero latency, enabling you to use plugins like “shred” in real time.
	Shred Amp Simulator This video shows how to use the “Shred” plugin that ships with Acoustica Mixcraft 5, then goes into a full blown song created with real drums, real bass, guitar running through shred and no guitar amp and all recorded with Mixcraft 5. No loops, midi or virtual instruments used. Thanks to Eric Vanlandingham! Learn how to make your guitar squeal without an actual real live amp.
	How To Share Projects Between Computers How to save your Mixcraft project and all associated audio files to a zip archive for moving to another computer.
	GTune Guitar Tuner How to tune your guitar, bass or keyboard using the GTune pluigin that comes with Mixcraft 5. GTune is now included with the Mixcraft 5.1 download.
	Installing VST Effects This tutorial explains how to add third party VST effects for use with Mixcraft 5.
	Record Your Guitar in Stereo Demonstrating how to record your guitar on two tracks simulataneously for a great stereo sound using two completely different sounds by choosing different presets within the Shred Guitar Amp Simulation plugin that ships with Mixcraft 5.
	Creating Mixcraft Presets A tutorial on how to create presets from multiple instruments in Mixcraft 5.
	Mix an Entire Song Start to Finish How to create an entire song within Mixcraft 5 from start to finish. Includes recording drums, guitars, vocals, bass, equalizing, editing, effects and mastering.
	Mastering or Mixing down Without Distortion Many people create audio that is too hot or is distorting on mix down. Here are some quick tips to avoid distortion. Lower the volume on tracks, use a Master Limiter on the Master track. In addition, you can EQ tracks using the new mixer view.