Thread: Good clipping
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Old 21st May 2008, 03:46 PM   #11
Hybrid
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no such thing

There is no such thing as good digital clipping.
The question you need to ask is: "Will every customer have a converter that handles +dBFS and aliasing as good as my converter?"
The questions is obviously no and this leaves the CD buying people with severe distortion while you thought it sounded good.
TCElectronics have some tech papers that gives a very good description of why digital clipping should be avoided at all cost. There is also a document by Orban that shows why digital clipping is also a horrible idea for stuff that will be played on the radio. It is simply an all over bad idea and everybody should stop it already.

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