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Originally Posted by MartinHB  Yes please do have a look your self.
Is there any way you could output a few sources from VSTi's to individual channels and record the summed master channel mix back to 2 tracks in your daw. Do you hear anything different?
I dont think this is about looking at specs. Im usally the last person to do that becasue I dont understand spec sheets anyway. I trust my ears which are not golden at all, and my monitoring system is basic. But I hear a noticeable difference in the audio when I record the consoles master buss. I thougt that what I heard back as I monitored live would be exactly as I would hear it back after recording the mix becasue what Im hearing live has already been converted? |
Hi Martin,
I think that your last sentence shows that you do not fully understand AD/DA... No disrespect meant... You mention VSTIs a lot so I take it that you are coming from a 100% ITB background? Anyway, the reason I bring this up is because I think that perhaps you are doing something wrong somehow when recording your mix, because I definitely do not hear any obvious/noticeable difference when I listen back to stuff recorded via the Mixbus-AD.
The reason that I want an answer from A&H is because I expect the differences from Channel-AD/DA versus Mixbus-AD/DA to be subtle, and am worried that I might not notice the difference while mixing, but that my mixes may be slightly compromised.
For example: (A) I just completed a mix, and used 17/18 DA for all of the elements that didn't need individual attention (EQ/FX/etc)... I had channels 15/16 free -- had I known that 15/16 would've given me superior DA, I'd have used them instead... The difference might've been too subtle to hear on the spot, but ultimately, perhaps my mix couldn've been just that little bit better had I used 15/16 instead of 17/18.... (B) I recorded some FX returns using 17/18 (because I will be doing my final in another studio later) -- had I known that channel AD is superior, I'd have moved my FX-return cables into the channel inputs rather than using the stereo-inputs and recording via the Mixbus-AD.
So yeah, basically I'm just being totally paranoid and ridiculous... but then, aren't most of us? If we weren't then we wouldn't be here on Gearslutz...
Jason