Feb 24, 2005 11:12 pm I dunno about that, I have never intentionally used clipping back in my analog days, but one thing is for sure, analog does have a better sense of humor about clipping than digital.
Clipping
Posted on Feb 24, 2005 11:08 pm
Bleak
A small pie will soon be eaten
Member Since: Aug 26, 2004
Obviously clipping in Digital recordings are awful things to hear but someone told me recently that analogue clipping can actually sound ok and is sometimes even used deliberately?
Is this true?
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Feb 24, 2005 11:12 pm I dunno about that, I have never intentionally used clipping back in my analog days, but one thing is for sure, analog does have a better sense of humor about clipping than digital.
Feb 24, 2005 11:39 pm Maybe it has to do with the terms used or symantics. Digital cliping is a condition of volume being higher than the computer can understand.... basicly 'does not compute'. The result is horrific. Analog can be overdriven a lot before the output of the analog stage is dc current. Dc current being the most extream result of overdriven analog. This also can have a very unpleasant result on speakers as it will hold them at their extream movement range and 'pin' them there. Outside of analog overdrive and digital cliping being both very unpleasant there are no other similarities between the two conditions. I prefer analog overdrive saturation to digital cliping as far as a sound goes.
I can only guess that the chatter you heard was refering to overdriving an analog stage which can be a desired effect if done in moderation. But to compare that process to digital cliping is simply a nonsequiter.
Feb 24, 2005 11:59 pm Thanks guys! i thought it sounded a bit dodgy!
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