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Old 3rd April 2008   #104
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Originally Posted by Paul Frindle View Post
Yes - clipping can actually sound great and was particularly used (in the days of analogue) on drum attacks and such to add some harmonic 'punch' to the transients in an otherwise soft sounding track. The thing is that in digital you can only get away with this if the level is reduced afterwards to prevent odd and sometimes unpredictable things happening down line. Essentially clipping in the digital domain is not really legal.
Hi Paul!

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