mswlogo;542665 Wrote: > A good mixer will see if he let's a *FEW* (not ONE but a few) NARROW > (beyond human hearing) fringe peaks clip a little then he can get more > dynamic range Working within the context of a defined word length, allowing clipping does NOT give you more dynamic range. If you're mastering for 16 bit PCM, you have 96dB of dynamic range to play with - pushing levels so things clip doesn't change this.
*IF* your programme material is such that it requires more dynamic range than your word length provides, *THEN* it may be appropriate to allow a very modest amount of clipping in order to get the lower end of the recording into the bottom bits. (Although in most (all?) cases applying some soft peak limiting would be preferable to simple clipping). But I contend that no real world recording actually requires anything like 96dB of dynamic range. Even the fade out of Neptune from The Planets can probably get away with just 70dB. As far as I can see there is never any justification to impose peak limiting or clipping on an actual CD release. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 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
