On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 04:03:36PM +0200, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > From more of a LAU perspective (I know this is LAD, but still hopefully > useful), the sort of 'basic' question is: what would the use case for this > be?
Well, some people claim that recording their mix on analog tape 'improves' it, typically the result is described as being 'warmer', and having other difficult to measure 'qualities'. There's a high number of delusions and hypes circulating in the audio world, so I wouldn't be surprised if this just turns out to be one more. > If I understand correctly by 'simulated' you mean using more 'traditional' > effects like EQ etc.? Would you share what you did? Just 'reverse > engineered' the final sound resutlt? I did both - the 'full one' emulating the complex process that puts a magnetic signal on the tape, and a very much simpler one based on the result of the first. The conclusion so far is that the full one is a waste of resources - you can get the same result using some very simple saturation algo plus some EQ. Also the results of the full emulation do not confirm the supposed 'smooth saturation and compression'. And if you really want 'smooth saturation and compression', that can be done by very simple algorithms whithout emulating the very complex magnetic effects. In other words, apparently tape saturation seems to be much less sophisticated and magical as it is sometimes presented. > A totally different direction could be using a plug-in like this to > 'simulate' accurately tape and different tape types / parameters to conduct > listening tests (e.g. A/B/X) without having to use actual tape and tape > machines, eventually to (try and) study in a more scientific manner what are > the basis of claimed 'superiority' of tape (in some cases even cassette (!)) > by then linking the results to audience demographics, music genre, > measurable or observable sound qualities etc. That can and should be done using actual real tape recorders. Ciao, -- FA _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list -- linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org To unsubscribe send an email to linux-audio-dev-le...@lists.linuxaudio.org
