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Hi guys, just to help finalise my thesis i've put together this really short questionnaire, literally only 5 questions. Would be a massive help if you could fill it out for me.

A bit of background info, my dissertation is about how successfully software can model hardware inside the modern recording studio. With the help of a mastering engineer we've recorded several different instruments and applied instances of hardware processing (compression etc), and also with the software version modelled on the hardware. I've done a blind A/B test with several people to see how the two stack up, and to note any differences if you are not told which is which first.

However part of my dissertation is on how people PERCEIVE software versions of hardware units to be, so you can take part in this questionnaire even if you do not own any hardware or any of the software modelled on hardware. This is more just to see if people still perceive software to be inferior etc.

http://kwiksurveys.com?u=Hardwaremodelling

Thanks to anyone who takes part in the questionnaire!

PERCEPT wrote:part of my dissertation is on how people PERCEIVE

How appropriate!
Filled it in

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PERCEPT wrote:With the help of a mastering engineer we've recorded several different instruments and applied instances of hardware processing (compression etc), and also with the software version modelled on the hardware. I've done a blind A/B test with several people to see how the two stack up, and to note any differences if you are not told which is which first.

Easy man, so you've used real outboard and processed and compared the same audio to a version processed with the software equivalent? Can I ask what was the software, an official emulation like the UAD stuff, Waves or something else? Interested to know which plugs and hardware you used in this. Will do the questionnaire now.

Promise One wrote:Easy man, so you've used real outboard and processed and compared the same audio to a version processed with the software equivalent? Can I ask what was the software, an official emulation like the UAD stuff, Waves or something else? Interested to know which plugs and hardware you used in this. Will do the questionnaire now.

Hardware wise, Lexicom PCM70 for reverb, and the SSL X-Rack for EQ, and then the Lexicom Native and the Waves SSL G-EQ.

Thanks for all the replies so far!

Hit is up with some lengthy replies in those tiny little boxes

nowaysj wrote:Hit is up with some lengthy replies in those tiny little boxes

Sorry about that, no idea how to make them bigger! Thanks for all the replies so far gents.

Just to clarify the 'same settings' that i mentioned, a few people picked up on that.

I didn't mean blindly setting everything to the same numerical value and going from there - more so that the overall sound coming out of both was as close as possible.