Exactly What I Needed!

I am a sound arts student and I spend many hours a day at my desk turning knobs and fader and other parameters with my mouse. My workflow was slow and using a mouse all day was time consuming and exhausting. I purchased the Avid Artist Mix in december and have loved every minute of using it. I use it along with Logic Pro and it works in perfect unison with the DAW. I love mixing now, it feels as if I am on a bigger board console and really improves my workflow. The motorized faders work amazingly well and are quite fun to watch when you have many automations on tracks. I highly recommend this product for anyone who wants to make using a DAW more fun and productive.

Does what it says... very well

The biggest advantage of this unit is added speed and efficiency to workflow... I cannot imagine trying to mix and master without it at this point. The small green screens above each channel are very helpful, the faders are smooth and accurate, it makes automation a breeze, and, while it takes a little bit to learn how to manipulate plugins and use the transport controls effectively, after a half hour it becomes second nature and blows point-and-click editing away.

I do wish the shell was somewhat sturdier and the fader knobs not so light-weight, but I've had mine for about 14 months now, have used it heavily, and everything is still in perfect working order.

Would recommend to anyone

Great Piece of Gear

Very happy with this controller... it was just what I was looking for... nice low profile, doesn't take up much desk real estate and works great with PT 9. My only minor gripe is that it doesn't always connect up with PT upon launch of an initial session. There's times where I have to go into the Eucon settings and click a few things to initialize it but other than that its great.. definitely would recommend.

Exactly What A Control Surface Should Be

It really is what the title says. 8 motorized faders and knobs work everytime. Never had a problem with the unit itself. It is a little expensive, but I feel that is the same of almost all control surfaces. The ethernet connectivity is great and really allows for instant communication between the unit and the computer. You really can do everything on this little unit after a quick tutorial: mix, EQ, compress, add reverb, and adjust parameters on almost every plugin we use in Logic.

Over Priced and Over Rated!

This product is VERY Over rated and Over priced. It does work fairly well with Logic Pro, but is lacking good transport control support. You need the MC Control for that. The cheap plastic fader buttons are not secured to the posts and easily come off and they're also using the cheap soft silicon buttons for channel strip functions. There's also way too much function OVERLAP with this product and the MC Mix. Keep in mind that it's another "Made In China" product. I've returned both units to get my $3300 back. It may do what it's supposed to do, but for how long?

Way over priced

This unit is way overpriced a $1000+ for some motorized faders that you don't need, this unit hums in your monitors and all the fancy access to your plugin effects you'll never use. If you are mixing in your DAW and you want to control multiple faders, a cheaper option that does the job fine is the KORG nanoKontrol 2 for $59. Save your money for a good preamp or an old starcraft mixing board.

Flimsy, glitchy and way over-priced

Too often need to unplug, power off and on, reboot, etc. To get it recognized. The displays are tiny, and the overall construction has the look and feel of a toy. This thing is worth about half the asking price.

Great concept, poor hardware

Pots feel terrible, touch screen sensitivity is terrible, transport job wheel feels terrible, plastic is extremely brittle. I've seen multiple unit with broken legs/body due to broken, brittle plastic. Software never connects to device automatically. The concept is fantastic, but hardware execution is a complete failure.

CHEAP build quality

The MC Mix is just about the tightest integration I've ever found with Logic and an Apogee Ensemble. Unfortunately, the MC Mix has a build quality on par with a cheap child's toy.

I've owned 4 MC Mixes and ALL 4 have developed massive cracks in the PLASTIC case around the fader mounting screws. 2 went straight back for refunds. 2 developed cracks after the warranty expired. When the cracks get bad enough the case warps and the faders drag on the top of the case rendering the motor function unusable.

I disassembled one to super-glue the cracks back together and what I found was SHOCKING. The whole build quality of the product is cheap. Cheap rubber conductive switches, cheap (and I mean CHEAP) plastic frame, cheap pots, cheap faders. I couldn't find a single thing about the unit that looked like it was built to last. The profit margin on this product must be enormous because I've never seen anything built this cheaply at this price point.

I switched to the Euphonix from a Yamaha 01v96 and WOW am I surprised. The 01v96 was older technology but it worked and was built out of quality parts and road-rugged all metal construction. The MC Mix is nearly all plastic and really flimsy brittle plastic at that.

Integration and software wise the MC Mis is a solid 8.5 (there are still bugs in the software). Just don't breathe on it too heavy because it'll break. Build quality wise it is garbage. Avid/Euphonix should be ashamed of it. They aren't of course because they are about maximizing profits. I've run a professional studio for over 30 years and this this really is a CRAP build.

I'm not a hater. I completely retooled my studio around the marketing hype of the Euphonix, Apogee, Apple trilogy. Software wise it exceeds expectations. My disappointment stems solely from the utter structural failure of 4 MC Mix units in less than a year.

Overpriced cheap plastic

This thing works when it wants to and for 1200 bones it should be made of something of higher quality than pvc plastic. The faders feel cheap as do the buttons and pots. Compatibility is sub par. Having used one of these at school for 9 months I can say that I'd rather just stick with my mouse.