The marriage of the incredible Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine (S.A.G.E.) technology with newly-developed Groove Control™ techniques, has allowed us to take the new Stylus RMX Core Library far beyond what has ever been possible before!
We thought it would be interesting to demonstrate a simple sound quality A/B test with two complex loops from the Stylus RMX Core Library, and show how our S.A.G.E. system stacks up to some of the other familiar Groove technologies on this exact same material.*
Please note that the following tests demonstrate only the Groove Control™ audio from the internal core library of Stylus RMX when compared to traditional methods of time-stretching and audio slicing applications. The original loops in every test case started as pure audio loops. However, these results wouldn’t necessarily be the same for a user’s externally imported audio in Stylus RMX. These tests are primarily a demonstration of the level of quality we can achieve in our core library with our latest, proprietary methods of Groove Control sound development when used in conjunction with the new technologies we’ve developed inside the Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine.
To put it simply: Everything in Stylus RMX really does sound this amazing…but it takes us a lot of work to make it sound this way!
Native Instruments Intakt/Kontakt™ and S.A.G.E. (1)
Native Instruments Intakt/Kontakt™ and S.A.G.E. (2)
Propellerheads ReCycle 2.1™ and S.A.G.E.
Glaresoft Phatmatik Pro™ and S.A.G.E.
Serato Pitch ‘n Time 2™ and S.A.G.E.
Apple Soundtrack™ and S.A.G.E.
Sony Acid Pro 4™ and S.A.G.E.
Pro Tools HD Time Comp Expansion™ and S.A.G.E.
Logic Pro™ and S.A.G.E.
Waves Soundshifter™ and S.A.G.E.
MOTU Digital Performer 4™ and S.A.G.E.
Apple Garage Band™ and Spectrasonics S.A.G.E.
Sound Toys Speed™ and S.A.G.E.
| *NOTE: The comparison tests on this page are intended only to show how certain types of complex loops are affected in each type of technology. We specifically choose material that has been extremely difficult to achieve in the past… a kind of torture test. It isn’t necessarily a representative example of how these technologies sound on every type of sound material, or a comprehensive comparison of the many fine music software products represented here. |
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| In the interest of fairness, all the tests were done with what we considered to be the optimum settings. If you believe that a better result can be achieved with one of these products, please let us know and send us a file that we can post. All the MP3s are 320kbps. All trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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