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Hi to all,
I'm an audio engineer in my day (and night) work, but definitely not a

programmer.

Yet there is one endless discussion between friends and colleges of mine

that I usually do not participate in due to the lack of knowledge.

The topic is algorithms of software (DAW) mixers. Some people say that they

can hear a sound difference between several kinds of software mixers (e.g.

Cubase, Protools etc.).

I must say that I never made any serious A\B testing but I didn't notice

that there is any difference. Although I do work with Pro-tools and Cubase

(in other studios), most of the time I'm actually using Ardour (and I'm

loving it).
My questions would be:

1. Is it only me that can't here a difference between different DAWs mixing

algorithms?

2. To the developers out there, what is your opinion? Is there a

better/worse algorithm, or is the whole thing another "pay 600$ for this

software - it has great algorithms!!!" hype?

3. If there is a difference what's the explanation?

4. Analog emulation plugins. How does one "emulate" analog waveforms in a

digital world? That sounds like a paradox to me.
Hope that's not to many questions in one mail.
Thanks for your time

Moshe
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Hi to all, I'm an audio engineer in my day (an=

d night) work, but definitely not a programmer. Yet there is one endles=

s discussion between friends and colleges of mine that I usually do not par=

ticipate in due to the lack of knowledge.

The topic is algorithms of software (DAW) mixers. Some people say that they=

 can hear a sound difference between several kinds of software mixers (e.g.=

 Cubase, Protools etc.).I must say that I never made any serious A\B te=

sting but I didn't notice that there is any difference. Although I do w=

ork with Pro-tools and Cubase (in other studios), most of the time I'm =

actually using Ardour (and I'm loving it).

My questions would be:1. Is it only me that can't here a differ=

ence between different DAWs mixing algorithms?2. To the developers out =

there, what is your opinion? Is there a better/worse algorithm, or is the w=

hole thing another "pay 600$ for this software - it has great algorith=

ms!!!" hype?

3. If there is a difference what's the explanation?4. Analog emulat=

ion plugins. How does one "emulate" analog waveforms in a digital=

 world? That sounds like a paradox to me.Hope that's not to man=

y questions in one mail.

Thanks for your timeMoshe
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