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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Babcock" data-source="post: 48056" data-attributes="member: 46">Re: Tell us what you see in your crystal ball....This is a pretty hot button issue in the recording world right now.&nbsp; Plugins and emulations are really really good these days, and despite lots of shootouts where folks can&#039;t tell the difference between the plugin and the real hardware, there is a pervasive attitude among those with a big stake in the game that hardware is much better.&nbsp; That argument will live on, but loses a little more weight as each day passes.&nbsp; The latest trend in modeling analog console summing (ie Slate VCC, Waves NLS, etc) with classics like Neve and SSL consoles modeled eats a bit more of the analog argument away.Like the sound of an H3K? Well, its sonics could easily be modeled right now by either of the companies I referenced earlier, to the point where you&#039;d be very hard pressed to pick the correct desk in a blind test, not only in terms of on an individual channel but also the way the desk&#039;s summing behaves.&nbsp; I won&#039;t be surprised if this sort of modeling makes it into the live sound world soon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Babcock, post: 48056, member: 46"] Re: Tell us what you see in your crystal ball.... This is a pretty hot button issue in the recording world right now. Plugins and emulations are really really good these days, and despite lots of shootouts where folks can't tell the difference between the plugin and the real hardware, there is a pervasive attitude among those with a big stake in the game that hardware is much better. That argument will live on, but loses a little more weight as each day passes. The latest trend in modeling analog console summing (ie Slate VCC, Waves NLS, etc) with classics like Neve and SSL consoles modeled eats a bit more of the analog argument away. Like the sound of an H3K? Well, its sonics could easily be modeled right now by either of the companies I referenced earlier, to the point where you'd be very hard pressed to pick the correct desk in a blind test, not only in terms of on an individual channel but also the way the desk's summing behaves. I won't be surprised if this sort of modeling makes it into the live sound world soon. [/QUOTE]

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