[LAD] Digital Effects

[tom at trellis.ch]

On Fri, August 22, 2014 16:35, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 04:12:12PM +0200, tom at trellis.ch wrote:
>
>> is it correct that the following two scenarios give the exact same
>> result?
>>
>> (digital audio signal) -> (record) -> (playback) -> (apply fx) ->
>> (result)
>>
>>
>> (digital audio signal) -> (apply fx) -> (record) -> (playback) ->
>> (result)
>>
>
> In both cases the (record),(playback) pair cancels out, so the
> result should be the same.
>

Ok.. consequently if a mixing person says, "i'm recording the bass with
compression and eq, it just makes a better overall mix compared to
applying after recording" it can be looked at as rubbish (in the digital
domain).

Thanks,
Tom