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Originally Posted by bob katz  I just want to point out that both Alan Silverman and I have done null tests and the L2 plugin pretty much nulls against the hardware. So I suspect some placebo effect going on. I've been assured by Waves that the algorithm is the same. HOWEVER: The hardware L2 has one significant advantage: UNLINKING. It is possible to run the L2 hardware unlinked, which is a meaningful sonic advantage to my ears. |
I'm beginning to suspect that the metering may have something to do with the impressions. It may be that .5 to 1.5 dB is what sounds best on L2, and that it is easy to read on hardware, but the metering in the software reacts differently. It may lead you to apply more than you think you are applying. Just a guess...
I always thought they should be pretty much the same, but recently used the TDM plug to demonstrate something to somebody, and was really surprised that it sounded much worse than I was expecting (and had remembered hearing on this song previously using hardware). As to placebo and expectation, I was expecting it to be fine, but it wasn't. Hmmm, don't know what to make of it. Maybe it's just that it's been a long time since I've used L2 as a primary and it's worse than I'd remembered? Either way, a question I had thought was closed I'm now open to investigating again.