Mixup.Audio is a new collaborative mix feedback platform for engineers. It’s clever and well thought through but if you’re in a hurry here are two reasons Mixup is interesting:
It’s Free To Everyone
If you are a PureMix Pro member you get free access the the Pro level plan (details below) as part of your PureMix membership. if you’re not a PureMix Pro member then you can access the platform via the Free plan.
You Don’t Have To Leave Your DAW To Use It
Mixup is not just a website, it’s also a FREE AAX, AU and VST plugin that lets you manage music sharing, versioning, commenting and playlisting directly from any DAW.
Add it to your mix bus and you are good to experience all Mixup features:
Compare older versions to your current DAW mix in real time
Transport control your DAW from the Mixup plugin timeline (ReWire protocol) - Reply to your guests from the plugin
Mark comments as solved
Upload new versions directly from your DAW
Invite new guests from the plugin
Why Is Feedback So Important Today?
It’s a common thing to hear people complain that while we all have access to technology and equipment beyond the wildest imaginings of the old school engineers who came up through the studio system, the thing we lack is access to the working environment in which these engineers learned their craft. Not the buildings or the hardware, but the daily access to other working engineers and crucially in many cases, engineers who were more experienced than you!
The democratisation of the technology we use has resulted in even more isolated working. The internet seems a logical place to find the interaction we’re missing but anyone who has spent time on a forum or has scrolled down the comments section of YouTube will know, not all feedback is helpful.
PureMix have launched MixUp.Audio, a service which seeks to provide the constructive, critical feedback we all benefit from. Here’s how it works.
Upload Your Tracks
Create a free account and from there you can upload unlimited versions of your tracks. After level matching and organising into playlists you can then invite your team of peers to comment.
Upload music to the cloud by a simple drag and drop. Guests can then instantly listen to the music anywhere in any browser, any computer or phone. They can make comments on the timeline while they listen: ‘’raise the vocals here’’, ‘’raise drums there’’ etc...
People can track progress by adding the new version of the track and get notifications. Plus the whole interface permits to organise projects by playlists.
Mixup makes it easy for your guests to comment in a zero friction environment: one email, one link, one click-instant-play, mobile & desktop ready, no login required.
What About Security?
Of course, all stored tracks and playlists can be secured via Password Protection (Pro plan only) which can be regenerated at will (Pro plan only).
In VIP access mode, you can achieve another level of protection by sending unique & revocable access per guest (Studio plan only).
Throughout the whole project, you can choose to allow .mp3 only downloads of your work in progress and keep high res files for the end.
Once the final versions are approved by your team, you can formalize delivery of the final high res source material in one unique link and one zip file.
Studio | Pro | Free | |
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Cost Per Month | $29.99 | $9.99 | Free |
Number Of Tracks | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Time Limit Per Track | No limit | No limit | No limit |
No Of Guests | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Level Alignment | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mixup Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HD Streaming | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Download | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Download Manager | Yes | Yes | No |
Password Protection | Yes | Yes | No |
VIP Access Sharing | Yes | No | No |
White Label | Yes | No | No |
Approval Feature | Yes | No | No |