Could these be the culprit? In the future, we may also look at effects chains, another possible contributor to a DAW ‘sound’. Next time we’ll run a similar series of tests using equalizer plugins. Is there an expectation of difference that’s getting in the way of our listening?ĭon’t put your lab coats away just yet. We are not the best at judging things completely objectively. Let’s also not forget that humans are prone to all sorts of subjective biases. It’s also possible that in their early days, the DAWs did have more of a unique sonic character, and although that has since been programmed out, the reputation remains. Using only stock effects could result in a different sound, just as using Waves plugins would yield a different result than Soundtoys. With such negligible differences, why do people believe they sound different? Certainly, as we saw with the stock compressor variable, the built-in effects are different. There was no one single DAW that we could point to and say, ‘Aha, that one is different’. Drums in FL Studio 20 with the stock compressor, Fruity Compressor.Īlthough there may be the occasional slight variation between the three plugins in terms of frequency response or loudness, the overall results show that the three DAWs are largely the same, at least when it comes to compression. Drums in Logic Pro X with the stock compressor, simply titled Compressor. In this video, we’ll take an in-depth look at the features of the Logic Pro X compressor, as well as the 7 different compression types that are modeled after analog hardware units. Drums in Ableton Live with the stock compressor, Mix Gel. Thankfully, Logic Pro X includes one of the best stock compression plugins around and it’s extremely versatile for many different tasks. Assuming they’re all VCA compressors, even then, differences in the underlying code would affect how they process the sound, even with similar settings. We are guessing that Live and FL Studio’s stock comps are VCA types, which are the most transparent and therefore the most likely for a compressor intended for broad dynamics applications. While Logic gives you the option to choose from among different compressor types, the other two do not. Visually they are fairly similar.Īlthough we tried to match settings and volume, the differences in compressor behaviour likely account for the variation in sound. The Live result is fairly tight, while both the Logic and FL bounces are bassy. As expected, this part of the experiment yielded the most disparity, at least subjectively. For Live, we used the Compressor (with the Mix Gel preset), for Logic, it was the standard Compressor (in Studio VCA mode), and for FL Studio we used the Fruity Compressor with knee in Hard mode. Lastly, we tested the stock compressors in each DAW. As expected, this part of the experiment yielded the most disparity.
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