| The same numerical settings never translate between ANY two equalizers. In the case of plug-ins, there is usually way more range for each control and thus potential for bad sounding settings. in other words, I think analog eq. is a LOT more "idiot-proof." The quality of monitoring is way more critical using digital or for that matter any wide range parametric eq.
Clocking impacts monitoring digital eq settings but not analog. In practice this means a harsher sounding top end. The thing is that harshness due to jitter goes away when you play the final mix without any signal processing running. Monitoring with a better sounding clock helps and monitoring with a relatively jitter-proof D to A such as the Benchmark DAC-1 helps lots more. |