Avid Control vs ABX

For full instructions please see: http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/faq/Avid-Control-Support SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS • Qualified Mac or Windows-based computer running any supported EUCON-enabled application and EuControl 2026.4 (NOTE: The free EUCON 2026.4 software must be downloaded from Avid and installed before using Avid Control) • One of the following connections: - Accessible wireless network (5 Ghz Wi-Fi network recommended), or - Lightning-to-USB 3 Camera Adapter + USB 2-to-Ethernet Adapter to connect an Ethernet cable directly to iPad (be sure to disable Wi-Fi on your iPad when using this connection type) ABOUT AVID CONTROL Take wireless control of your favorite audio and video software—right from your iPad. With Avid Control, you can record and mix audio in Pro Tools, Media Composer, Logic, Cubase, Nuendo, Digital Performer, Premiere and other media software, faster and more easily than working with a mouse and keyboard alone. The app combines the tight hardware/software integration and high-speed communication power of EUCON technology with the multi-touch advancements of iOS, so you get deep control, with great mixing flexibility. And when used with an Avid control surface (including the new Avid S1), you gain new touch workflows and custom control. Best of all… it’s free! Track and mix with just a touch • Speed up your efficiency using a host of controls • Record, mute, and solo tracks with a tap • Ride multiple faders to bring more life to your mix • Get insight into your mix with extensive visual feedback Get unrivaled audio and video control • Access and control hundreds of software commands • Punch in audio and toggle automation modes • Trigger complex macros that will save you tons of time • Switch control to different applications using a single app Mix faster with intelligent design • Gain multitouch control to speed up your efficiency • Interact with and control your mix in whole new ways • Perform keystroke shortcuts and more with a single tap • Bring tactile control with you, anywhere you go Navigate huge mixes easily • Get fast access to any channel with Tracks view • Quickly scroll through large mixes • Select, record-enable, solo, and mute multiple tracks • Keep an eye on levels with S6-style metering Free yourself from the cables that bind • Work in ways not possible with a wired mouse or control surface • Record yourself in a different room from your DAW • Control up to two networked workstations across a facility • Trigger playback or recording from anywhere Extend your control surface's workflows • Get enhanced touch control and customizable layouts • Navigate mixes faster with Tracks view • View a counter display and additional visual feedback • Recall layouts and trigger macros Work with your favorite audio and video software* • Avid Pro Tools • Avid Media Composer • Apple Logic Pro X • Steinberg Cubase • Steinberg Nuendo • Merging Pyramix • Mackie Control * Please see Avid’s Control app support page for a full compatibility list.

Can you actually hear the difference between lossless and the streams you pay for? ABX finds out the fair way: blind, loudness-matched and scored with real statistics. STREAMING CHECK Pick a track and the services you want to test. ABX encodes the lossless original the way each service streams it (Spotify Premium, High and Normal, Apple Music, YouTube Music and SoundCloud), matches the loudness and hides which is which. You hear A, B and X, and decide whether X is A or B. At the end you get a plain answer: which streams you could hear, and which sounded lossless to you. A FAIR TEST • Loudness-matched, so volume can never give the answer away • Seamless 20 ms crossfades, so a click can't either • X is chosen at random for every guess, and services are shuffled together • Every verdict is a one-sided binomial test, and ABX tells you honestly when a score is consistent with guessing • Exclusive output on Mac takes sole control of your DAC and matches its sample rate HEARING TEST How high can you hear? An adaptive audiogram measures 13 tones from 250 Hz to 20 kHz in each ear. See every reading with a smoothed average, your highest tone in each ear and an indicative hearing age. Levels are relative to your headphones: it's for curiosity, not a medical test. YOUR RESULTS, EXPLAINED • A streaming map of what you can and can't hear • A summary written for you on your device by Apple Intelligence (on supported devices) • Free PDF reports and share cards with every setting and score LISTENING NIGHTS Run a session for your audio club, hi-fi store or friends. Name each listener, keep the same track and services for everyone, and get a group report showing who heard what. FREE, WITH ABX PRO Free: the hearing test, plus a full blind Streaming Check against SoundCloud's 64 kbps stream using the included public-domain recordings. ABX Pro is a one-time purchase, with no subscription. It unlocks: • Every streaming service in one blind session • Your own music: WAV, AIFF, FLAC or Apple Lossless, including hi-res • Advanced codec ladders: MP3, AAC, HE-AAC, Opus and Vorbis from 320 down to 32 kbps • Group sessions and group reports • 3 to 10 guesses per service, exact re-runs and exclusive output on Mac One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, and works with Family Sharing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Encoding, playback, statistics and reports all run on your device. No accounts, no ads, no analytics. Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and SoundCloud are trademarks of their respective owners. ABX isn't affiliated with them; each preset uses the service's published codec and bitrate.