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Originally Posted by TweakHead
I agree with you. But using external instruments you always add a stage into the mix, the pre amps on the soundcards are responsible - I think - for the extra warmth people claim to exist on hardware, even when we're talking VA tech. If you pay attention to what happens on the hip hop side of music, there's a similar controversy concerning the Akai MPC. No wonder you also have MPC analogue modeling on some famous samplers like Kontakt and Battery and stuff like that. If you look at the tech specs on those old machines, you usually had 10 bits (in depth) or something similar, and a lot of people claim the old sounds warmer and punchier. Same with the Nord Lead 1 vs 2, or the Virus C vs Ti. It's probably as simple as the later having better converters, more clean sound and definition while people have grown used to a more lo fi sound that they feel is edgier and more warm sounding, all a matter of habit.
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Sure, I don't doubt whether certain aspects of a given piece of hardware (pre amps alone can make a difference, as you pointed out). I was just saying that it's probably not going to matter much at the end of the day once it's in an MP3 on someone's iPod or whatever, thus its not really worthwhile to get too caught up on "pure analog warmth" or whatever, as it's only an inspirational effect on the ear that won't make it to the final track anyway.