Since I did this test based on electronic music production, the conclusions give results from MIDI sequencing and virtual instruments. I used the 3 that I know best and teach - Ableton Live, Pro Tools, and Logic. I know it is not perfect, as it is almost impossible to account for every variable. Since I get this question all of the time, I finally decided to do my own test. Invol wrote:There is always a lot of talk about which DAW sounds better. I might be wrong, but im pretty sure the difference will be much, much more noticeable. Then automate this gain placed after the vst, and try to modulate something in sync (ie cut volume of 1rst and 3rd beat, _add a new vst after it, ie simple gain stage. _take a very high latency plug (ie Fabfilter ProQ in linear phase mode is a very good challenger). live don't.Įdit: if you have time for a secon test, i would love to see a PDC comparaison between the 3 daws. i cannot confirm as i don't own logic or pt,īut i wouldn't be surprised most might prefer logic or pt sound cause of this.Īt least this has been proven logic compensate midi clock timing info. Users reports logic and Pt are tighter and more accurate relating compensation. Much more than any potential float rounding. This is not a legend, is fairly reproductible and daily experienced by mainy and as a huge impact on final 'quality', With automations, modulation and sync timing drifts due to dpc behaviour in ableton. Ableton bad sound rumor in Y axis is a pure rumor, but in X awis it is not.Ī complex mix has more chance to be quick out of sync and phased,especially with high latency 3rd party, However i daily hear my basses phases are messed as soon as chain changes due to pdc. Or fixed 48 in some cases, but anyone hearing drastic differences is a super hero imo. it's just plain mathematical 64bit precision float addition in each daw, The differences in summing are certainly minor. Prism only makes top-of-the-line converters. * At AES 2009 in NYC, The designer of the Prism Orpheus told me he thinks Live is the most neutral - what goes in is what goes out - and that he uses it to test his Firewire interface. I wrote the parts in about 5 minutes, and did not do any mixing other than setting some levels and pan, so go easy on my "song writing." Before asking me a bunch of questions, and complaining about what I missed, or why I came to my conclusions, please have a look at the files I've provided for you. Included in the download are FLAC and 320k AAC files.įor details on the routing and setup of each project, you can download a folder with the sessions, presets, MIDI files, and text doc with a list of what I did. I used only high quality plug-ins, and did enough routing to create multiple summing points. I routed Kick, Snares, Hats, and Crashes to their own tracks out of Maschine, and routed the Strings and Rhodes onto their own tracks out of Kontakt.Īll sounds and processing use third-party plug-ins, so each DAW's project resembles the other as much as possible. All sounds are straight from the libraries of each.
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