Sound library browsing has been improved – there are thousands of loops in there. They’ve revamped the audio routing bringing in side-chaining control from any audio path. VST3 plug-in support has been added and you can now import and export MP4 video.

They’ve created a new “next-generation sound engine” which offers increased flexibility and performance. With version 8 a lot of the development is under the hood. You can now create live looped performances without ever having to stop playback. They’ve built on that by adding support for recording directly into the grid. Version 7’s big feature was the Performance Panel Grid – a clip launching view similar to Ableton Live and Bitwig Studio. Mixcraft has been going something like 20 years – that’s a lot of years in development.

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