Assisting a Pro Tools mix job for neo-classical cello music at Berlin's Calyx Mastering.
Assisting a Pro Tools mix job for neo-classical cello music at Berlin's Calyx Mastering.
Assisting a Pro Tools mix job for neo-classical cello music at Berlin's Calyx Mastering.
Steep learning curve, discovering great features, and some completely obnoxious constraints of proprietary commercial DAW software. However, on macos and Windows audio engines of proprietary software outperform even sthg. only half commercial such as Reaper. Can't say anything about Linux-based audio, though. As much as i wish otherwise PT, Cubase, Nuendo (WaveLab) and Logic deliver depth, width, exactness and overall body of sound much more naturally, than even Reaper, which overall sounds glassy, slightly thin, a little flat.
Ableton and BitWig don't get there, sounding generally foggy, smearing transients.
As a musician i prefer to pay for sound, if that's the current option, rather than going for a cheap compromise or sthg. under-developed.
Checked on modified Genelec 1038a and Genelec 8030, all eq'd to room acoustics.
Although within those high end realms the gains seem minimal today - compared to audio engines 10 or 15 years ago - there is still a very noticeable lead of the 4/5 DAW mentioned above.
If anyone should do actual direct comparisons of Linux-based DAW with commercial DAW (mostly macos/Windows) I'd be HIGHLY interested in exchanging experience.
Thanx!
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@avlap Yeah, am aware of that. Sadly Linux doesn't seem to support any AD/DA (Lavry, RME etc.) so a decent comparison seems difficult.
@avlap That would be typical for a non-ideal listening situation. No pun intended.
@jrp I think you don't need any ears for it. 'Just' the theory behind digital audio.
@avlap2 @jrp _jayrope is right. The burden would be on you to prove, in a blind test, w/same room, monitors, converters, mix position, and amplitude, that there were differences between e.g. Logic/Pro Tools vs Reaper. There’s some chatter about DAW’s internal (software) summing mixers but if you can hear the difference between the major 64 bit DAWs, you might have bionic ears. The clock, audio drivers, monitors, room, all matter much more nowadays.
@jonbutter2 Agreed, they are subtle today - and depending on listening habits as well as fine ears. Obviously a mastering studio should be commited to allow only the best. I just posted results from those circumstances, and i do enjoy their findings in my own music making since many years. Has drastically simplified my - otherwise one-person - decision making.