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Bayside
by Gary E. Andrews - 10/19/26 10:48 PM
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 7,997
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I use a standalone recorder and an analog mixer so I am way out of the loop. Logic tells me, not the program but my mind lol that ALL hard drives sound the same. So how does sound as in your voice your guitar, your drums, your whatever get into the computer and the chosen software? Through converters... Cubase, Nuendo, Pro Tools Logic they dont have a sound... A Studer, an Atari, Teac, Neve, various reel to reels have a sound. So do mixers... So I guess SOUND wise only the converters and sound cards make the difference.. Just like mic pre's rack mount or on a mixing board. Pro Tools has no sound. Now once your music/wav files are in a program the sound coming out can vary greatly... But aside from a software's main screen, it's mixing board and EQ's there are plug ins... Plug ins work the same basically for EVERY music software they are compatable with... So really isn't the ins then eventually the output of your computer what really make the difference. I mean using the best computer that works with the best plugins would seem to give the best results... Some plugins like the few UAD ones I have work off there own card.. They require that so right there is a $600 sound card in the computer just for effects and plug ins... The analog card that sits in the back of my Tascam 24 track recorder costs $1,500 then the three 8 channel cables cost $150 a piece... The mic pre I use to by pass the mixing board even cost $2,000 All this before a single sound is recorded... The hard drive in my machine has ZERO to do with the sound... So the software becomes an after the fact sound wise, unless your printing eq's or compression or some effect, nothing is permanent on your recording.. Now after you've tracked bit rates and ram and rom all start play into it, then the POWER of your software and computer set up factor in... editing is the same on any software basically... So which software SOUNDS better? They have sound?  or which is the more professional grade overall... What do the top people use? For as long as I can remember it's been Pro Tools.. Boring as it looks lol... I know my Tascam deck sounded better than my Fostex deck And my digital standalone better than ADAT Jody would know alot about this... Mike
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