honestly why do people debate the sound quality of a host?

[MotorMind]

I wouldn't disagree that talent is the final word if your music ix nice or boring.
But to a certain degree, equipment is important too, IMO.
Without the right stuff you are just limited no matter how good you are.

Yes, to some degree. But the point I was trying to make is that most people who complain about the quality of certain DAWs wouldn't be able to make good music anyway, even in a studio filled to the rim with top-notch analogue gear and the latest & greatest Pro Tools. That's all okay in and of itself, since by far the most people on here are mere amateurs, like me. But it makes all these discussions about what DAW is better kinda moot

[derek]

BLING BLING BLING BLING BLING BLING BLING BLING BLING

You win teh internets!!!!!1!1!!11oneoneone

(or teh KvR, ah cannae remember whuch)

hooray i won the internet!

[spirulence]

not that this proves anything, but I just rendered silence in energyXT 1.4 and it was actually silence. Audacity's normalization effect couldn't do anything. Has there been a test of this sort where people've rendered silence from lots of hosts and compared?

[The Chase]

not that this proves anything, but I just rendered silence in energyXT 1.4 and it was actually silence. Audacity's normalization effect couldn't do anything. Has there been a test of this sort where people've rendered silence from lots of hosts and compared?

I'm yet to find a host that comes up with anything when silent output is normalized.

[Kingston]

too much free time. that's the real problem.