i'm not doubting you sense something. i'm not doubting your years of experience. it's just not present on many other people's systems. i personally haven't tested this specifically, but intend to when i have a day off on sunday.
in your first audio example (the 2nd has been deleted and i didn't hear it), you played the "same" riff both times, it wasn't the same performance each time. honestly, it sounds like you picked harder on one of them, possibly creating more gain. i could be wrong, that's just what it sounds like to me. you also hit another string the 2nd time in the recording, which could support my theory of you playing it harder (more force, less accurate, hit another string).
the GIF that you showed (i know this isn't of the first recording i just referenced): if there was less volume and less gain in one of them, we'd most likely see very different images, not very small changes (again both lower and higher points, suggesting sample rate, not difference in actual signal). they are so similar. how can there be such an audible difference if the images that depict what the audio "looks" like is almost exactly the same?
again, not saying you're wrong, but what you've shown i believe doesn't actually support it. i intend to check this out for myself, but i haven't had this problem since my first ultra in 2008.
i could be wrong. you could be right. i hope that isn't the case though! tone loss for years!
in your first audio example (the 2nd has been deleted and i didn't hear it), you played the "same" riff both times, it wasn't the same performance each time. honestly, it sounds like you picked harder on one of them, possibly creating more gain. i could be wrong, that's just what it sounds like to me. you also hit another string the 2nd time in the recording, which could support my theory of you playing it harder (more force, less accurate, hit another string).
the GIF that you showed (i know this isn't of the first recording i just referenced): if there was less volume and less gain in one of them, we'd most likely see very different images, not very small changes (again both lower and higher points, suggesting sample rate, not difference in actual signal). they are so similar. how can there be such an audible difference if the images that depict what the audio "looks" like is almost exactly the same?
again, not saying you're wrong, but what you've shown i believe doesn't actually support it. i intend to check this out for myself, but i haven't had this problem since my first ultra in 2008.
i could be wrong. you could be right. i hope that isn't the case though! tone loss for years!