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tmelram · Post by **tmelram** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:16 pm

Do you personally feel that using a particular DAW results in a song that's different sounding than if it was produced using a different DAW on no? (like a song Produced using ACID sound different than one made with FL Studio? Or even if the same exact artist/composer made songs in different DAWS would they sound different?)
Because I feel like all the songs I've heard made with ACID (so far) sound different than than ones made with FL Studio?

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:24 pm

Would two different songs sound different using the same DAW?

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:28 pm

trusampler · Post by **trusampler** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:33 pm

I definitely feel that certain daw features invoke different methods of creation.
For example: Produce standalone vs. daw , there will different feelings when trying to do this for me personally.

I may choose a different style. If I'm working specifically in Pro Tools ,I'm less likely to work with loops, as I don't like it's browser like I like the mediabay in say Cubase or the MPC's browser,so just that alone, we're talking a different vibe.. The best way to find out, is to try it yourself, and for the love of God, don't let a forum, or google determine your creativity!

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:36 pm

Think he is more in ballpark of recognizable sound, like he can tell which song is made in FL, which in ACID and so on.

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 12:09 am

I don’t think the outcome will be any different to the dozens of other threads with the same premise...

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 12:34 am

DAWs that don't let you record or import audio are going to give different results than DAWs which do -- and the difference will be precisely the presence or absence of such audio. Other than that: Nope.

replicant X · Post by **replicant X** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 1:14 am

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cron · Post by **cron** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 1:33 am

Yes, but I don't think it really has any impact in a creative or technical quality sense. If we're talking pure summing, I don't think any DAW would sound more different than, say, the difference between your left and right speaker. But as soon as you start applying creative decisions, you can expect DAWs to implement those decisions differently (e.g., what shape is a simple volume fade.) So yes, different in the strictest sense, but certainly not better or worse. I remember having to use simple gain VST effects to get around EnergyXT's pure shit mixer automation, but we're well past that point now. Paraphrasing Mark E Smith, focusing on the summing engine or pan laws or similar is paying very careful attention to the wrong detail.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 3:11 am

In terms of sound quality, no, not directly.

But I believe every tool that you use can have an impact on your music, DAWs certainly among them. When I first switched to Maschine I got heavy into beat-oriented stuff for a while. The arrival of other tools (modular synth) eventually led me to other techniques.

I'm sure things changed about my music when I went from Maschine to Bitwig, but it would be much harder for me to identify. Bitwig is definitely more aligned with the way I want to work, but I was making do with Maschine pretty well anyway. Although... I could certainly make the case that not using the Maschine controller gave me room to put a Lyra-8 on my desk, and that certainly had an impact on my sound...

MadDogE134 · Post by **MadDogE134** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 3:22 am

pretty much all DAWs are blank slates for the most part ... except harrison mixbus... it has a 'sound' built into it. cheers

nettydrown · Post by **nettydrown** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:08 am

I think so too - I have been thinking that, instruments, voices, addons, expansions, etc DO influence creative choices, and the sound of songs. So ya DAWs have some mutually exclusivity. Also today's technology HAS/IS influencing, songs - Have been thinking about tying to limit that influence and do some stuff old-school.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:08 am

tmelram wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:16 pm Do you personally feel that using a particular DAW results in a song that's different sounding than if it was produced using a different DAW on no? (like a song Produced using ACID sound different than one made with FL Studio? Or even if the same exact artist/composer made songs in different DAWS would they sound different?)

'Sound different' in what specific sense? Are you talking about 'mechanical' stuff like audio quality? Or nebulous stuff that would be the result of the DAW having an influence on the composer's creative choices?

For the first one, I doubt you can actually tell in a proper blind test, and that your anecdotal results are basically self-confirmation. ('Oh yeah, now that I know it was done in Acid, it definitely sounds like it was done in Acid').
For the second one, this is inversely proportional to the ability of the composer (potentially exacerbated by any conformance to genres which all sound the same anyway).

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 12:38 pm

Of course different DAWs result in different sounding music!
The Second Movement (Andante) of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K. 467 has a much better groove in Ableton Live:

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:29 pm

If you are composing in a DAW, different DAWs will have different tools and workflows available, which could change the direction you take with your composition.

If you are simply recording something in a DAW, using the same sets of plugins, then you should get similar results. The only possible exception of course being tools like Harrison where the mixer is effectively a built-in plugin.

Do different DAWs result in different sounding songs/music??