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Originally posted by EveAnna Manley
Has any digital plug-in gotten close to modelling that stuff?
That's just it. It still comes down to opinion. IMO, UA has gotten a good bit closer to sounding like some iron and tubes in the circuit than anything else I've heard in a DAW. But that's just me (well, and a few other people I know with ears, to be honest).
And I'm with you on the graphs, especially as far as freq response. Like a real Pultec inserted in the path and set to flat doesn't
immediately change the timbre. I mean, of course it does. Which specific unit and how much can you hear it when it's set to "flat" is the only question.
It's all personal taste, because it's about music. Why some vendors feel compelled to try to deem their sonic way as "right" and everybody else's way as "wrong" is completely beyond me.
That said, soon we'll have a pretty unique situation develop. There will be two competing plugin versions, complete with graphical face plates, of several of the same vintage devices. On the same platform, namely Pro Tools.
Once that happens and everybody who wishes can do a direct head to head for themselves, will all become crystal clear, unanimity prevail, the clouds part and "the" choice become obvious?
Nah. Different strokes.
So why throw down? Just comes off as insecure, IMO.
Regards,
Brian T