On Sat, 13 May 2017 21:56:37 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Gruß, > Regarding an EQ I've got no idea what Fons' or Robin's > parametric EQs are missing. Well, this we went on about some time ago. Hardware EQs have character. Their circuitry 'bends' in one way or the other depending on the load, perhaps even adding harmonic distortion in any which way. In Linux world the OvertoneDSP Pulltec emulations are certainly very different from Robin's x42 EQ (which I also use as a subtractive EQ) and is even very different from OvertoneDSP's own AFM210 graphical EQ. Likewise, the Harrison Mixbus32C EQ was modelled after their 32C consoles. In those times consoles meant something for character. Some people preferred to mix on a certain type for the characteristics they can add to a mix, which was not always defined in logical terms. It was a feeling, a certain warmth. Perhaps much like a fuzzbox for guitar and another fuzzbox: each has its own way. > Regarding a reverb software indeed is > tricky, even if the quality should be good, it might take to much > system resources, but instead of getting an audio interface with an > integrated reverb, I simply would purchase a separated reverb. System resources is a good point. Having reverb processing offloaded to hardware could be beneficial. The same would be valid for the EQ emulation provided by the MOTU. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
