Uncompressed audio (wav/aiff) ableton/serato/cdj comparisons

Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
Post Reply
CITYSTATE
Posts: 124
Joined: Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:30 pm
Location: Sacramento, CA

Uncompressed audio (wav/aiff) ableton/serato/cdj comparisons

Post by CITYSTATE » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:44 am

I just compared the same file coming off a cdj, serato, and ableton with a duet and they all sound exactly the same to me. They are each coming up a different channel on my mixer and crossfading between them yields no differences I can hear. Anyone do a more scientific test of this?

Tarekith
Posts: 19140
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:46 pm
Contact:

Re: Uncompressed audio (wav/aiff) ableton/serato/cdj comparisons

Post by Tarekith » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:08 am

Why? I mean, no offense, but you're comparing 3 copies of the same thing, so it's no surprise they sound the same :)

CITYSTATE
Posts: 124
Joined: Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:30 pm
Location: Sacramento, CA

Re: Uncompressed audio (wav/aiff) ableton/serato/cdj comparisons

Post by CITYSTATE » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:36 am

Well, the comparison is really between the DA of the serato box, the CDJ, and the duet.
I've heard lots of discussions saying one sounds better than another, like a cdj is punchier than serato, etc.

Could be a pointless thread, just a simple observation!

elementv
Posts: 178
Joined: Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:36 am

Re: Uncompressed audio (wav/aiff) ableton/serato/cdj comparisons

Post by elementv » Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:39 pm

I can't imagine the sound would actually be sound different from this playback?

ekwipt
Posts: 389
Joined: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:38 am

Re: Uncompressed audio (wav/aiff) ableton/serato/cdj comparisons

Post by ekwipt » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:04 pm

No I hear you, a lot of people bang on about Serato's perceived crapiness in sound quality over CDJs and then i guess (perceivably) more so with the Duet. One of the biggest points people make is Serato vs Traktor re sound quality.

Have you thought that maybe your mixer and monitors are the ones colouring the sounds and therefore you can't tell a difference?

Post Reply