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jupiter8 · 28th September 2007

This is what Fredo (moderator on nuendo.com) wrote.

"is there a new sound engine in Cubase/Nuendo 4?

No.
You can't get better than it already is. All existing DAW's have a summing engine which produces the *exact* same results, down to the LSB's. Difference is that one will have dither noise at -136 dB, while the other will have distortion at -136 dB. The only thing that eventually can be improved are the internal effects, but those have nothing to do with the sound engine.
Again, every DAW on the market has a sound engine which allows you to mix your projects at the best possible digital standards.

It becomes a different story when you push your DAW over the technical limits. (and I see people doing this all of the time these days) In this case, Nuendo stays the "most forgiving" mix engine on the market. There are about 1500 dB of headroom in a 32-bit floating mixer, if that isn't enough ...."

28th September 2007	#7
jupiter8 Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,114	This is what Fredo (moderator on nuendo.com) wrote. "is there a new sound engine in Cubase/Nuendo 4? No. You can't get better than it already is. All existing DAW's have a summing engine which produces the exact same results, down to the LSB's. Difference is that one will have dither noise at -136 dB, while the other will have distortion at -136 dB. The only thing that eventually can be improved are the internal effects, but those have nothing to do with the sound engine. Again, every DAW on the market has a sound engine which allows you to mix your projects at the best possible digital standards. It becomes a different story when you push your DAW over the technical limits. (and I see people doing this all of the time these days) In this case, Nuendo stays the "most forgiving" mix engine on the market. There are about 1500 dB of headroom in a 32-bit floating mixer, if that isn't enough ...."