This must be a troll. Powerplay Transformer is a textbook example of how not to do a UI. Ever saw a program that shows a "do you really want to cancel?" popup when you try to cancel out of a properties dialog? How about this syntax in expression editor:
Topic 1: the tubes sound different, mainly because they produce more low-order harmonics and less high-order harmonics. Note that "different" does not mean "better", because the latter is very subjective. Objectively amplifiers that introduce no audible deterioration of quality (as per double-blind tests) have been around for 20 years or so. It's a solved problem.
Topic 2: The modern loud-is-better trend in mastering. While sadly this is true, it has nothing to do with topic 1. Such music actually is easier for any type of amplifier to reproduce without distortion and clipping, because due to compression and limiting applied during mastering its perceived loudness is higher at the same peak level.
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if (foo isnull) then (1) else (0)
Actually, this doesn't work, but this does:
if (foo isnull ) then (1) else (0)
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Topic 2: The modern loud-is-better trend in mastering. While sadly this is true, it has nothing to do with topic 1. Such music actually is easier for any type of amplifier to reproduce without distortion and clipping, because due to compression and limiting applied during mastering its perceived loudness is higher at the same peak level.