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Originally Posted by allencollins  those test cd's ARE WORTHLESS. they run the same track through the DAW. Sorry that NULL test..........itself should be NULLED.
If you have 5 daws and you record 1 song 5 DIFFERENT TIMES..... ONCE AGAIN RECORD the SAME song 5 Different times there will be a difference. Not including the nuances in playing ofcourse
I've done tests and there is a difference. Subtle but a difference. My theory is it has to do with
the soundcard device drivers and how each daw interacts with the driver. Also I thin kthe way DAW's impelement plugins could be an issue. Again the NULL test DOES NOT WORK it is not a true test. It is irrelevant....... Sure the internal processing of a pcm file should not vary. But with dithering and other variables it is a fact that rounding and truncation errors/differences will occur
Also CPU's may be a problem. Even a CPU has the potential not to process data the same way twice. Even a greater chance 2 cpus/computers. Will have minute differences. I know I know you think that is not possible BUT IT IS. I had a 1+ hour conversation today with a Metrology/process guy at my work on how this can happen. With CPU's and software it all comes down to the amount acceptable errors. Every CPU that comes of the line has errors. however miniscule they may be, there still are errors
Im not implying the differences are big or even matter but there is a difference. The difference may be during realtime playback or during recording. Maybe there is no difference during bounce/flattening but there are so many variables.
Think about it....... How many times has your DAW crashed? I know I know, if you are on a MAC it's never happend (ya right) but let's think about this. How many time has your DAW crashed? Why did it crash? because there is a bug or many bugs? So if it is possible for a daw to crash due to bugs then why wouldn't be possible for one of these bugs to cause a problem with the 'sound' of the DAW? Or the way it process the pcm data. |
A - the main reason the track will come out five different ways would be down to the operator. The engines perform the same.