[LAU] Mixbus 32C (based on Ardour) and Reaper shootout
jonetsu
jonetsu at teksavvy.com
Fri Oct 28 20:36:03 UTC 2016
On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:54:56 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> EQs shouldn't make sound at all, they are just filters that
> should do their job, to filter what they are ask to filter, without
> side effects.
Obviously not. Some filters are very well known for their sound. The
Moog filters for instance.
Here is soemthing from Analogue Systems UK that sums it up:
"Moog's filter used a circuit called a ladder network. In
itself, there is nothing special about this, and many other
filter designs are capable of emulating its response. However,
Moog's circuit was flawed because it exhibited a small amount
of distortion. Many engineers would have sought to correct this
but Moog did not, perhaps because he recognised that the sound
was musically pleasing. Indeed, if a synthesiser sounds like a
Minimoog, it is called "warm" or "creamy". If it does not it
will often be referred to as "thin" or "uninspiring"."
The same can be applied to any audio hardware referred-to as
'vintage'. They all have characteristics. The best emulations are
trying to replicate these characteristics.
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