[LAU] Mixbus 32C (based on Ardour) and Reaper shootout

[jonetsu]

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.