SSL X-Rack: Digital Vs Analog Summing Video

In this informative demo Fadi from SSL shows us the difference between digital summing in Cubase and analog summing in the SSL X-Rack's summing section. Summing is when all the tracks from a project are brought together into what is usually a two track mix. There has been a big shift back towards analog summing in recent years and this video demonstrates why. Check out the video to hear the difference for yourself.

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[Senj1n]

what difference are we supposed to hear on a 240p resolution????

[elijahlucian]

it made the guitar louder than the rest of the song.

fail.

[deetgeluid]

240p doesn't matter. It's all about a cleaner, more "deep" sound. Much less cluttered.

[elpmettsol]

I heard the difference immediately. And that was on a laptop and without headphones! A definite overall improvement using the SSL. Much more full and warm... and REAL!!! vs more a thin and static sound when summing in Cubase. A very good demo.

[Antoffka]

240p are you kiddin?

[carlosaglez1]

@shawnsulliv Yeah...according to you..but, WTF are you?

period.... end of story.

[shawnsulliv]

@carlosaglez1 Yeah...... i want to believe that as well( ans have wanted to believe it all along) , except i have mixed in the box for the last 15 years and now have a console and the mixes sound way better summed through my console.... period.... end of story.

[siqkek9]

@eprotz 1 more thing, since music is analog by sending each signal out 1 by 1 reducing you computers estimated guess on what it sounds like as a whole, and running it thru a summing mixer lets the mixer do all the summing 16-2, that being 16 channels to 2=L+R, giving you sound that realism, honestly its a DAY/NIGHT difference, half the people on youtube dont know shit and the rest either no some of what they say or they know what theyre saying completely, all preference

[siqkek9]

@siqkek9 CORRECTION +/- 1/2

[siqkek9]

@eprotz leaning towards analog, its more in depth than this but its just a basic understanding, once you train you ears you can hear the difference right away most hit records are mastered with outboard gear being gain stages, how can you get true loudness or compression from a computers interpretation or what a sound source is suppose to sound like, theres no audio running thru comp just (0s1s) until it hit the convert which turns its into analog sound, pay close attention to the video here

[siqkek9]

@eprotz it has to do with because computers work with binary code (0s1s) and each sample rate can be o + or 1/2 an interval due to the set of your bit depth (16 db or 24)etc maximum error of 6db audio difference, with that in mind picture each instrument being slightly incorrect esp if your using crappy converters, since a comp takes all these sounds you have in a session folder and is giving you a representation of what it thinks it sounds like all as 1 makes alot of professionals leaning