Tdm vs native what is the difference

Very minimal, but it was there. I won't pretend to understand all the technical reasons to explain this, but the non-technical results were obvious. Whats wrong whith your ears. Is it not a fact that when the plugin developers come up whith the all brand new super turbocharged extra super special whatever that you must have plugin its all about ripping your wallet emty as the dessert of water.

I know for a fact that every developer has to pay extra for the TDM versions. Do you realy think that a algoritm written in lets say AU format differs from the one written in RTAS algoritm is a matematic term used for calculating data. Take one guess if you use a plugin in RTAS on one channel duplicate the track and use the TDM version on the second track do you still here a differense or have you forgot to Mute on of them..

This is not in everybodies interest and i know i put my face on the line but tutt. To the OP. You are going to hear a wide number of opinions and here is another one but essentially there isn't a huge amount in it. I have a TDM rig but have worked on a native rig in the past- you can make recordings sound finished with either of them which is really the goal.

I'd venture that the converters, acoustics, outboard and mics are more important than the 'sound' of the summing bus or the plugins. Your own skill as an engineer is going to be hugely important as well. If you are debataing as to whether you should spend the spondoolah on a tdm rig, my answer would be the same as it always has- if you are not recording rock bands in a professional studio then probably not. How is LE not native?

I don't see how anyone could make a comparison really. After all, how many DAWs handle insert audio the same way? Then there is the latency issue of the DAW to consider. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.

Tim McCulloch Graduate Student. Subject line says most of it I get email offers from Waves. So my purchase of plug ins would be for installation on Avid Venue systems, and I'm wondering why the price of "native" WTF is that?

Anyone have an answer beyond "that's what the market will bear"? Tim Mc. Ben Harris Freshman. Jan 11, 16 0 0 Lancaster, PA.

Re: Plug-ins Subbing out that extra workload, when using TDM plugins, takes significant strain off the computers processing, allowing it to focus on more important tasks and not have to worry about processing the audio. This is the main reason of the largely differing price points, they are each designed to take advantage of different processing architectures. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry about all the questions I have dug around on the waves FAQ section TDM requires a hardware card to run.

RTAS is run on software it uses more of your computer's resources. TDM versions can sometimes run at higher resolutions. But most people seem to think the audible difference between the two is negligible.

That's good to know. Do the TDM versions of the waves bundles come with the hardware processor? Or do you have to pay the premium for the TDM plugs package, plus the money for the hardware? Or do you have to pay extra for the hardware processor on top of the more pricey TDM package? I'd prefer to just buy the native Platinum bundle and keep the funds for a more powerful computer This lightens the load on your computer by using the processing cards to run those plugins.

These plugins are processed by your computer's CPU. Just out of curiosity, do you have much experience with both the UAD and Waves platform? Would you recommend one over the other? I get the feeling that Waves has the upper-hand on the Mastering stuff They actually add additional processing power to your computer's "native" CPU processing capability.

Native plug-ins ones that "run" on your computer's CPU come in various formats. VST plug-ins are also "native", and probably the most widely used native plug-in format. It takes a certain amount of time for the audio to be routed to the third party DSP units, get processed, and then sent back to the computer, so you can't normally use these plug-ins in "real time"; IOW, while tracking. HD systems have an advantage there, because part of the system design deals with that latency and compensates for it.