Zapp_Fan
Member of the Trade: Aiwa
I've heard that from a few people. Okay, I'm convinced, so no compression on playback. It's extremely engaging just to play around with the concepts on real-world software and equipment though.
Definitely. If you're interested in this stuff, you should download the demo of FL Studio 20. (they just released a version that jumps ahead 8 version numbers, idk). But you can drop in whatever MP3, WAV or (maybe FLAC?) audio you have lying around and experiment very extensively with DSP in an environment that's actually designed for it.
Of course it's mostly meant for writing music, but it's very functional for a free demo and comes with several compressors and EQs, just for starters. Also will run whatever VST you throw at it.
If you look at it as a prototyping environment for DSP setups to be used elsewhere I think it might be fun. The Scopes / visualizers are also quite informative.
Most of the foregoing stuff applies to other DAWs too, I just don't have as much experience with other ones.
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