am I carzy? Protools sounds better?

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I have used sonar 5 for a long time now and I have always loved it. For fun, and to see what I was missing I bought an Mbox with Protools 7 le. I swear, I do believe it sounds a lot better. Example. I loaded up same some in Protools and sonar 5. Just the drum tracks, no plugins on either. Sonar sounds thin, very thin, Protools sounds really good, fat kick and snare. I thought it was just due to the fact I have not been too busy in studio for a bit, other stuff going on, and maybe it was just a fresh set of ears. So I began to A/B the 2 daws. Man, big difference. Right now I have to say Protools is a better sounding program. Or, is there something I'm missing in Sonar..setup? Does not seem so. I'll post samples in a bit.I really hate to think I have to move totally to protools.I mean, it is very expensive to get system past 32 tracks of which many of the projects I have done need. DO I NEED TO LEARN A NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM! aH!
 
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I compared the 2 programs very close. Playing through each program there is a big difference between the 2. If I export both samples to sound forge, convert them to 16 bit, compare the 2, they both sound the same. So.....there seems to be some in sonar's playback engine that is different than protools. Does this make sense?
 
jmorris said:
I compared the 2 programs very close. Playing through each program there is a big difference between the 2. If I export both samples to sound forge, convert them to 16 bit, compare the 2, they both sound the same. So.....there seems to be some in sonar's playback engine that is different than protools. Does this make sense?
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What soundcard are you using for Sonar? The difference could be that and the MBox.
 
yes exactly.I use a motu 2408 mk 3 for sonar and of course mbox is pt's soundcard. It would be very odd to me that the mbox is a better sound card/converters than the motu, dont you think?
 
jmorris said:
yes exactly.I use a motu 2408 mk 3 for sonar and of course mbox is pt's soundcard. It would be very odd to me that the mbox is a better sound card/converters than the motu, dont you think?
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Motu's are very average convertors there are also some other variables.

Pan laws - are they set the same? If one is -3 and the other is 0 it will make the middle sound larger and possiblly better on the same track.

EQ, Plugins etc. alone can be dramatic variables.

I wouldn't jump to any conclusions about Sonar being better or worse than PT. In my experience they sound pretty much the same except when you add better external summing or different outbooard.
 
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