Real-Time vs. Render ?

[mark4man]

Any reason why UAD-1 plugs sound different when bouncing, than they do during real-time playback in the DAW?

The verbs sound more...well, \"verby\"; & PL picks up a little warmth.

Bear in mind...real-time c/o my 16-Bit projects, whereas the bounces are to 24-Bit out of SONAR5 w/ the 64-Bit mix engine enabled. I would imaging that would account for the differences...but then, what do you do for your DSP decision making process in working in the project mix environment?

Thanks,

mark4man


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[Guest]

I can't tell a difference at all. but i am using SX 3.11

 

[NuSkoolTone]

Sometimes I think I hear a difference too. Not sure. Never for the worse though. Most times it sounds a little more \"Solid\" to me.

This is PURE conjecture, but I think because renders might put less strain on the card and relax time contraints allowing the card to fully process it as intended.

 

[mark4man]

Thanks.

 

[secretworld]

This is PURE conjecture, but I think because renders might put less strain on the card and relax time contraints allowing the card to fully process it as intended.

I doubt that very much,the card doesn´t even know when it´s realtime or rendering, it´s just an algorythm. Than sound would also change under a heavy dsp load. Mind you I am not saying they can´t sound different but it must be the host causing that! One difference is that at least in cubase it is 32bit float untill the output, if you render a file it is turncated at 16/24bit depending on settings (or 32 bit float if you use that setting...).
Just my thoughts...