That question can be answered with both Yes and No.
No. If you record in a lossless digital format the recording software
doesn't change the sound. "Lossless" means as good digital resolution
as the audio interface delivers.
Yes. The recording software will change the sound if any further
digital processing is done in the recording software. Example of such
further processing may be compressing, using EQ, adding reverb, mixing
the recorded instrument with other recorded instruments in a digital
summing process. All those DAW applications you mentioned use
different algorithms for processing digital audio and that makes they
sound a little different. But these differences are way less prominent
than the human factor in sound design, as what matters for the final
result.
Greetings from Sweden
Per Boysen
www.boysen.sewww.perboysen.com
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:14 AM, L.Angulo <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Per,
Does the recording software play a roll also in sound quality or is it only an interface tool? i always thought this is compleltely dependent on the soundcard instead of the software but ive hear different opinions
i mean is there a difference in sound between softare products like sonar,cubase,nuendo,logic,samplitude,acid or protools for ex? this is something that has never been quite clear to me.
cheers
Luis
Why "buy Nuendo for exportiing to Logic"? Logic
has nothing that is
better than Nuendo so that wouldn't make much sense.
Better fulfill
the production in Nuendo then.
Per
