Stranger. wrote:Hey- househoppin09,househoppin09 wrote:I keep seeing comments from people on various forums that seem to indicate that the SSL mixer itself DOES color the sound in various pleasing ways, and it seems like they're not just talking about its EQ/compression/etc. I can't seem to hear or find any evidence of any such coloration upon analysis. Therefore I would really appreciate it if someone here could offer a definitive answer on this.
Is there any chance of finding these comments you have seen online,and was there any given data to support them comments?
I can only offer findings,and from what i find,yes,there is differences-meaning previous tests were either 'imcomplete' or mis-leading at best..ahem.. ok.
The differences i found are barely imperceptable,so i guess folks won't make a song and dance about it.
Too much technical detail/analasis= makes 0 music-- try to have fun while doing so,while not letting details smear your creations.. ! =)
Cheerz.
I suppose I could find them if I went digging through my history, but no, there wasn't much actual data given to support them. After all the commentary in this thread, my own tests in which signals from the two mixers nulled at least down to inaudible levels if not mathematically perfect silence, and the fantastically thorough tests Selig did that were linked in those great blog posts above, I'd say this issue has been resolved pretty conclusively. I'm not sure what "differences" you've been noticing, but it seems unlikely that they're genuine. Have you done anything to systematically verify that you really are perceiving these "differences"? If so, I'd love to hear about it. Otherwise, it seems safe to say you're being fooled by loudness differentials, psychoacoustic placebo effects, or some other such thing.