Originally posted by NegativeEase
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Even when using a plugin, the signal still passes through the channel. The trim, gain, level and EQ will all affect the tone. Even with the EQ being set the same in different DAWs, you will get different results. Like analog mixers and amps, DAWs have their own tone stacks. Every company thinks its algorithm for EQ is better, faster and smarter. This technology is copywritten and protected and not the same from DAW to DAW.
There are some DAWs that are built on the same open-source code. That is where it ends; each is unique in its own way.
I find it mind-blowing that people feel a curly guitar cord will give a drastically different sound than a straight guitar cord. However, signal processing software that is written with totally different code and different software languages sounds the same.
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