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On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:29 AM, John Rigg  wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 01:02:13AM +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:

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> > But do you really think that when doing a mix, the quality of the

> > final result will depend on which of the 15 or so general purpose

> > equalisers you use on any particular track ?

>

> No, it depends on which esoteric piece of hardware the pretty picture

> on the GUI looks like, of course.

>

> > The result will depend only on your skill in using any one of

> > those EQs.

>

> Heresy!

Heh. Exactly. Sometimes I get the impression that users of windows and mac

have no clue that those 10,000 awesome free VST/AU plugins simply represent

the permutations of the mathematical functions of a few LADSPA plugins.

Personally, I'd rather assemble those functions myself than have some Brand

Name (TM) do it for me and slap a stupid shiny GUI on it.
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On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:29 AM, John Rig=

g <ladev3@jrigg.co.uk> wrote:

On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 01:02:13AM +0000, Fons Adriaensen=

 wrote:

quoted text
> But do you really think that when doing a mix, the quality of the

> final result will depend on which of the 15 or so general purpose

> equalisers you use on any particular track ?

No, it depends on which esoteric piece of hardware the pretty picture=
on the GUI looks like, of course.
> The result will depend only on your skill in using any one of

quoted text
> those EQs.

Heresy!Heh. Exactly. Sometimes I get the impres=

sion that users of windows and mac have no clue that those 10,000 awesome f=

ree VST/AU plugins simply represent the permutations of the mathematical fu=

nctions of a few LADSPA plugins. Personally, I'd rather assemble those =

functions myself than have some Brand Name (TM) do it for me and slap a stu=

pid shiny GUI on it.
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