mlsstl;542726 Wrote: > I downloaded the clip and took a look at it in Adobe Audition. The track > I looked at showed no clipping at all. The highest peak was -0.19 dB. Of > course that could have been dynamically limited during the recording, > mixing or mastering process, but there is more than one way to do that. > Not everything has to turn into a square wave clip. > > However, I'm confused as to why anyone would use this song to > illustrate the need for dynamic range. The average playback level > ranged from -6 to -9 dB with the drum strikes mostly weighing in around > -2 dB. You've got an electric guitar plugged into an amp, an amplified > organ, a drummer who isn't doing anything unusually subtle, and a > close-miked singer who appears to have a bit of routine vocal > processing added. > > While I like Kenny Neal and the recording is certainly respectable > compared to many entries in this age of loudness wars, this is pretty > standard bar band blues material. (And bar bands can be very good, > BTW.) > > Tell me again what's getting lost in the mud at -80 and -90 dB?
I just verified it with two well respected tools and that clip is clipped. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter/DuetController > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > DuetReceiver > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
