• SONAR
  • X3d sounds better !! (p.2)
2013/12/17 13:59:45
Splat
> Something changed, I'm not sure what, but it sounds great to me.
 
I suspect EQ is broken ;)
2013/12/17 14:02:56
Funkybot
djwayne
I don't know but my recordings just sounded richer, maybe a little louder than before.




That's a placebo effect. Lots of things will impact your hearing, and unfortunately, a great deal of those things don't involve your ears. This is why audiophiles are a particularly cranky bunch. Null tests, and double-blind listening tests will piss off audiophiles to no end because once they get a "feeling" about how something sounds, it's near-impossible to convince them otherwise.
 
If you really want to be sure that X3D sounds better, roll back to X3C, or open up a mix in X2, then export it. Then export the same exact mix in X3D. Assuming you don't have any randomness going on in your signal path (like random noise in a tape sim for example, or a random modulation plugin), you should end up with identical mixes. To prove it, load both up on separate tracks in Sonar and flip the phase. You should be left with absolute silence. If there's some audio left over, then something is in fact different. 
2013/12/17 14:05:30
lawp
goddamn science
2013/12/17 14:05:49
FCCfirstclass
CakeAlexS
> Something changed, I'm not sure what, but it sounds great to me.
 
I suspect EQ is broken ;)


Ah ha.  The magic eq from Grasshopper LTD   :)   BTW  my vs 100 is reporting that pi R square is really pi R round.
2013/12/17 14:24:21
djwayne
No I'm not going to do a null test...I'm just going to enjoy my new X3d.
 
I did my test with one basic guitar track, and a second recording of midi piano....both sounded better for some reason.
2013/12/17 14:30:32
Funkybot
djwayne
No I'm not going to do a null test...I'm just going to enjoy my new X3d.
 
I did my test with one basic guitar track, and a second recording of midi piano....both sounded better for some reason.




I called it! We have an audiophile in our midst.
 

2013/12/17 14:33:29
mmorgan
Nah, you just need to turn the volume back down.
 
Regards,
2013/12/17 14:39:05
jb101
I just did a null test with an export of a One Direction song from X3c and X3d.
 
Loaded both into X3, and on hitting the phase button on one track, the song instantly sounded better..  dj is right. 
2013/12/17 14:55:23
DumbKidFromHell
I actually look slightly more handsome since the I've updated to X3D.  I didn't think that was possible.  Thanks bakers!!!
2013/12/17 15:03:51
dubdisciple
X3D cured my gout!
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