[Yeah, sorry for that headline -- failed to be more precise given the number of letters allowed...]
I've been following the hardware/software - analog/digital etc. debate a few years now, and I come to think that IF it is so hard to build a satisfying emulation of certain things from the hardware sound processing world, why not pack everything software cannot do as well into one piece of hardware, connect it to your DAW and -- voilà!
My questions to seasoned musicians and producers here on KVR would be:
1. What is it that today's software can't do as well as hardware, soundwise?
2. Is there already that magic piece of hardware (or two for that matter) that turns your DAW into gold -- meaning you don't need anything else with your DAW to get that rich "analog" sound?
3. If you dream up one piece of hardware to connect to your DAW for said purpose, what would it have to be like?
I'm not sure if anybody else is interested in that kind of debate, I'm NOT trying to start an analog/digital war (assuming you won't find many people on a vst-forum who completely oppose sound processing software) -- I'd just like to learn from those who have been experiencing the developement of music production for several years.
To everybody who care to share their thoughts on this here, thank you in advance!
Zerobae
Which one piece of hardware to make your DAW sound magic?
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- KVRist
- 86 posts since 20 Apr, 2004 from Vienna, Europe
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- addled muppet weed
- 111308 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
me.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 86 posts since 20 Apr, 2004 from Vienna, Europe
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- KVRist
- 421 posts since 12 Jun, 2004
Maybe the answer is: Use colouring preamps and analog summing. And, i have forgotten: Tape-simulation machines like SPL machine head or empirical labs fatso or upcoming tape machine from
rupert neve
Or you can use a tape recorder, a tape desk for this wit good noise reduction systems or the good old studer/otari ..
So, you have to send your material track for track through these amps and tape sim-machines or the originals.
And summing better with a good mixer or analog summing box. I'm not shure if analog eqs and komps are necessary to get the desired and known sound.
rupert neve
Or you can use a tape recorder, a tape desk for this wit good noise reduction systems or the good old studer/otari ..
So, you have to send your material track for track through these amps and tape sim-machines or the originals.
And summing better with a good mixer or analog summing box. I'm not shure if analog eqs and komps are necessary to get the desired and known sound.
Last edited by JonnySun 2.0 on Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:42 am, edited 3 times in total.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
he said HARDware...why am I not surpised you don't know the difference between hard and soft?...vurt wrote:me.
About the question...my gi-tar....
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