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Old 9th December 2008   #26
AnonJack
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Originally Posted by BLUElightCory View Post
I teach an audio class locally and we recently did a null test between a bounced-to-disk mix and a recorded-to-disk mix, using Pro Tools HD2 Accel with 7.3.1 software. When flipping the polarity on either mix, they canceled completely.

This came as a surprise to me, as recorded-to-disk mixes have always sounded somewhat better when doing a simple listening comparison. But these test seem to point towards the psychological aspect of such a notion.

So unless we have some kind of magical Pro Tools HD rig or I'm missing something, there should be ZERO difference between a bounced-to-disk track and a recorded-to-disk track, as any difference in quality would have prevented the two mixes from canceling each other out.

Am I wrong?
Funny, seems a lot of people are ignoring your post. Nice idea to test it.

(Assuming you're not lying about you're test...)
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