Supposing the mic, cable, audio interface, recording computer, sample rate and bit depth etc. are all exactly the same, should there be any difference whether I record with Cubase or with Audacity? I'm only talking about recording here, not mixing or adding any effects.
ltdr: does the recorded data depend only on the hardware & settings, or will recording with the freeware Audacity might damage the quality?
Thanks!
No, it does not matter in terms of exactly how the audio is written to the disk. The interface you use will make a difference with that. When you start mixing the audio then the software can make a difference although the differences between different DAWs is getting harder to hear all the time (or maybe I'm just getting too old to hear it?). Also the included plug-ins will be different which will affect the mixing a lot.
But for the recording phase, it's all about the interface (and everything before it, of course).
