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MarsBot · 30th June 2009

After reading this thread about a month ago, I decided to check out the Samplitude demo which you can use for 30 days. It's been a revelation. I mixed a song from a rock album project I'm working on and it sounds distinctly better than the other songs from that project that were mixed on Reaper and Sonar. The whole album was recorded as analog multitrack in the same studio and all the basic tracks were recorded in one session on one day. So the basic sound quality of the tracks is very similar from song to song. The Samplitude mix has a clarity that the others lack. I'm using the same mixing techniques and the same plug-ins.

After hearing this, I took a song from another project I'd mixed in Sonar that I was pretty happy with and imported the tracks to Samplitude. I duplicated the mix and the Samplitude mix was a revelation. My wife could hear the difference. It's not a subtle thing.

Yesterday I tried going back to Reaper to mix another song from the rock album project and I just couldn't stand it. After hearing Samplitude for a few weeks I noticed there seemed to be a layer of obscuring distortion over the whole thing in Reaper that made mixing a fight. I ended up importing the files to Samplitude and that distorted overlay disappeared. I can hear the tracks way better and make adjustments much more quickly.

I've learned a few DAWs (DP, Logic, Sonar, Reaper, Tracktion) and I must say that Samplitude was the fastest and easiest to learn. Also, as I started to check out the included plug-ins, I realized that they sounded great, especially the channel EQ. I wish I had just bought Samplitude about 3 years ago. I could have saved a lot of plug-in money.

And I want to thank that the person who posted that link to David Kahne's review of Samplitude. I saw this after I'd heard how good Samplitude is, but he's basically talking about hearing the same kind of difference.

I just ordered the Samplitude Pro cross-grade for $599. For those who are skeptical, I recommend that you download the Samplitude demo and play around with it before you buy any more plug-ins.

30th June 2009	#456
MarsBot Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 782	After reading this thread about a month ago, I decided to check out the Samplitude demo which you can use for 30 days. It's been a revelation. I mixed a song from a rock album project I'm working on and it sounds distinctly better than the other songs from that project that were mixed on Reaper and Sonar. The whole album was recorded as analog multitrack in the same studio and all the basic tracks were recorded in one session on one day. So the basic sound quality of the tracks is very similar from song to song. The Samplitude mix has a clarity that the others lack. I'm using the same mixing techniques and the same plug-ins. After hearing this, I took a song from another project I'd mixed in Sonar that I was pretty happy with and imported the tracks to Samplitude. I duplicated the mix and the Samplitude mix was a revelation. My wife could hear the difference. It's not a subtle thing. Yesterday I tried going back to Reaper to mix another song from the rock album project and I just couldn't stand it. After hearing Samplitude for a few weeks I noticed there seemed to be a layer of obscuring distortion over the whole thing in Reaper that made mixing a fight. I ended up importing the files to Samplitude and that distorted overlay disappeared. I can hear the tracks way better and make adjustments much more quickly. I've learned a few DAWs (DP, Logic, Sonar, Reaper, Tracktion) and I must say that Samplitude was the fastest and easiest to learn. Also, as I started to check out the included plug-ins, I realized that they sounded great, especially the channel EQ. I wish I had just bought Samplitude about 3 years ago. I could have saved a lot of plug-in money. And I want to thank that the person who posted that link to David Kahne's review of Samplitude. I saw this after I'd heard how good Samplitude is, but he's basically talking about hearing the same kind of difference. I just ordered the Samplitude Pro cross-grade for $599. For those who are skeptical, I recommend that you download the Samplitude demo and play around with it before you buy any more plug-ins.