The difference is with the waveform. Compression/distortion is not (...really) the same as clipping. And generally speaking, they're recognized as being the result of a lack of analogue or digital overhead respectively. You can call it what you want, and in extreme cases of compression, you can get that square wave form (clips), but it'll never sound the same and that's the real reason for the distinction.
K mwnb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:12 AM To: 313@Hyperreal.Org Subject: FW: (313) Mills' Last Weekend Tracklist Update No analogue signals do too. They tend to do it in a more progressive way where digital signals clip very abruptly but any system is going to have a maximum level which you can't exceed (otherwise we could just use tiny analogue amps and turn them up to "11" or "111" and get huge outputs!). > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 December 2006 15:56 > > On 12/4/06, Garrett McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > whatever was going on with jeff clipping the sound system > > how does one clip a sound system with analogue records? only > digital signals clip.....
