I was wondering… maybe it is too “esoteric” for you, but…
When monitoring audio from a synth directly through totalmix, it sounds better than when it goes through a cubase channel…
you see, I was switching back and forth between direct i/o and routing through a cubase channel- same levels etc, no processing…
When monitoring directly, the sound made the micromolecules in my body vibrate a certain way… the sound feels energetic and it gives off a certain energy that feels good and motivates to continue…
-routing the same channel through a cubase channel in comparison - the energy gets diminished and there is some sort of “governor” in place - throttling the invisible energy , like some kind of patronizing energy that gets disapated… - same levels, same db same same, but different…
It is like a comparison that another user on this board made, quasi stating that : When sound gets played through the mediabay, it is energy and the sound is fresh… once the sound gets imported from mediabay, it loses its appeal/energy… This is exactly what I feel when switching from direct sound to “channeled through cubase” sound…
So I ask you in wonder- what makes the directs sound and mediabay sound sound so much better than when I import it into cubase? what kinda of routing is going on that affects the sound in such a big way?
Thanks for any information =)
oh, and dearest Steinberg, you MUST fix this please. - get someone to help you who has the ability to hear/feel these subtle nuances…
Thank you and have a wonderful Xmas time or whatever time it is for you=)
hmm … about the direct monitoring - maybe going directly through the soundcard bypasses the set sample rate in cubase?
does “monitoring” in a cubase channel give me a 1:1 signal or does it depend on the project samplerate - and does the sample rate only play a role if one records into cubase…?
I will get in touch with rme to ask if the sample rate plays a role when “directly monitoring” through the interface vs. being sent through to cubase…
does the mediabay have a different internal playback sample rate vs when the audio gets imported into cubase?
here are samplerates vs. audible frequency respose of wav (uncompressed audio rate) (and mp3) (couldn’t find a list like this anywhere so for the record:… )
(seems that there is also a consensus that 44.1 KHz only goes up to 20kHz audible instead of 22.05 and that 48 kHz goes up to 22kHz - like in various audio software) - maybe this limit is “pushed down” due to alliasing? anybody with more insight as to why this is so?)
As far as total mix versus going through Cubase, maybe you are sensitive to latency. You won’t get a lower latency monitoring digitally when going through just the sound card routing. Once you add in Cubase, you add a little bit more latency depending on how heavy the project is and whether you have constrain delay compensation on and/or if Cubase direct monitoring on.
As far as monitoring in media Bay versus importing the sample, I think you have some mind trickery going on there. I’ve never experienced that. It’s different auditioning samples Click by click versus dropping something in a track and getting it leveled up with everything. Two different mental States.
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