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Back in the late 1970's, American consumers were asked to decide what soft drink they preferred (Pepsi or Coke) in a blind taste test. It was easy to tell the difference, so the truth of the matter was, most participants just wanted a free glass of soda.
A few years back, I posted an article about the effectiveness of amp modelers and vst simulators, but I never presented the reader with an audio comparison, so here it is. Look below on the left for example tracks and directly below for the quiz!
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I was recently pursuing thru the current edition of Pro Audio Review 2014 July/August and Frank Wells writes an intro in regards to a colleague who sold much of his pro-audio hardware and replaced it with software based simulators. The point is made that the quality difference between VST plugins (and other formats) and the hardware that they emulate is arguably discernible, even to the professional listener. This is a bold statement from the editor of a periodical that makes a large amount of it's profits from hardware developers who advertise with the magazine. I would have been more impressed if he included the name of the producer/engineer who he is speaking of when he wrote the article, but that producer/engineer's reputation and career would be on the line, so I can understand the hesitation. A while back, I found an article who does put the names of the pro-audio representatives at hand on the line and in essences makes them take the Pepsi Challenge in terms of comparing plugins to actual recorded amplifiers. Read below and you might be astounded by the results!!
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