[quote title=bobkatz wrote on Sun, 08 May 2005 16:56]
gwailoh wrote on Sun, 08 May 2005 16:54 |
How can increased apparent image width be caused by anything but DISTORTION since you just ADDED something to the previous chain.
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Thanks Bob.
Please understand that I'm not advocating the analog summing point of view. I have no point of view, yet, except that if possible I'd like to encourage the analog advocates to be more specific about which DAWs, software versions and mix topologies (bounce to disk, return via input, external master, etc.) they were using when they had their negative experiences.
It seems to me though that if analog summed stereo images were
consistently superior, the logic could be the reverse of what you suggest. E.g, it's not that analog summing is adding something, but that digital summing contains digital errors which analog summing eliminates. I'm not saying that I believe this to be true, but it does seem to be a logical possibility, and I think it's consistent with the anectodes which someone posted in another similar thread re how removing plugins from the ITB mix improved the results.
Again, it would be helpful if the proponents of analog summing who are passionate in their criticism of their digital summing experiences would go into more detail re the digital setups they were using, and also as you point out whether their experiences comparing digital to analog summing have consistently shown the same results. If results were consistent, and especially if they tended to be with particular DAWs or software versions, I think I'd personally find their point of view more convincing.