
mshilarious
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Ford Van said:Well, first off, using a software mixer to adjust your volume IS a big deal, and will most likely account for the difference you hear!
I would NEVER use a software volume control to control the volume of my monitors. EVER!!! That is bad thing to do rule no.1!!!! You are applying DSP to accomplish the volume change! OF COURSE a newer software mixer will sound better than an older one!
You have your culprit.
Sort of a conundrum. Obviously the DSP will shed bits, in fact that's almost what the discrete steps on my mixer app seem designed to do.
On the other hand, since you are listening quieter, in theory you don't need those bits anyway.
I have my monitors calibrated at proper mixing level with the soundcard fader at unity. So if I want to turn it up (which I really don't), I have to move my lazy butt over to the rack. I would only turn it down for casual listening, not mixing, since my experience has taught me that low-level mixing is just a bad idea.
If one had their monitors set such that proper mixing level was somewhere in the middle of their soundcard fader, yeah I could see a big problem there, depending on their soundcard DSP implementation.