Here's one track by Theo Parrish track people often complain about for ugly digital clipping on the kicks.
http://www.discogs.com/release/173225 Here's another production by him I've noticed which seems to have the same effect toward the end. http://www.discogs.com/release/130248 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:07 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) Your last best detroit track 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!
