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Old 29th November 2009   #35
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Originally Posted by Yoozer View Post
You don't need to emulate on circuit level because your ears are the weakest link in the chain.

Can you hear the difference between a 96k recording of a Mini and an actual one playing the same via MIDI to CV gate - same room, same speakers, double blind?

Any software would only have to fool your ears. Control is trivial to mimic.
How is this relevant to the issue? You still need a Mini to produce the sounds. Any emulations I've heard don't come close. Synths, EQs, compressors, whatever. And I don't really want to get into this discussion again. I've recently tested this tube simulation plugin from Wavearts, it's got circuit level emulation. It uses so much CPU I cannot run a single instance at 192khz on my system. But it sounds a lot closer to my hardware gear.
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