

The result is that it literally compresses the waveform, or rather, squashes it. CompressionĬompression adjusts the volume of your track by making the peaks quieter. Defaults can vary from DAW to DAW, and this wouldn’t mean they’re treating audio in a fundamentally different way. If you’re noticing said difference, make sure the bouncing options are the same. In any case, if there was a minuscule difference, it was far from being audible. A couple of small volume peaks was the only difference that could be found. The resulting audio had the same overall EQ response across the DAWs. The same track was bounced in three different DAWs without any modifications. Let’s see what was found in a comparison made by Attack Magazine. It’s sometimes said that bounced audio sounds different depending on the DAW you’re using. Depending on the software, this process can have different names, like exporting. Bounced Audioīouncing refers to turning an entire project with all its tracks into an audio file.

Let’s take a look at some of the places where you might find these differences. However, all DAWs are supposed to use the same mathematical operations when doing basic audio processing, thus being equally transparent. Some people claim the differences come down to how the math of the DAW works when modifying digital audio. Very few people can notice the sound difference between one DAW and another. However, they all process audio in the same way and offer the same degree of transparency. However, you’ll have to look at the wavelengths to even realize they’re there.ĭAWs can sound different from each other due to different default settings and plugins. You can find some minimal changes in the way different DAWS process audio.
