Some times people are just going to make a decision at the mastering stage to hard limit (= clip) a few bits to get the whole level up as they'd rather do that in a few places than use compression and affect more of the recording. I presume these instances aren't like that (i.e. sustained clipping)?
DISCLAIMER: I don't know a whole lot of the area I'm talking about here ;-) > From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 April 2008 16:21 > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:15 AM, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've noticed Theo has these problems too with his stuff. Even on CDs. > > on which tracks? theo distorts his kicks on many old records, but that > sound is very different from digital clipping. that malik pittman > records and the one track on AOS-004 by omar-s are definitely digital > clipping, that sound kills me. redlining your kick on a mixing board > is a much different sound, one i tend to enjoy!
