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A cure against sound clipping and brickwalled albums?

post #1 of 5
10/7/10 at 2:36pm
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It`s been some time of using Repaly Gain as a solution to horrible clipping I hear on some of the new releases,

I`m using the last  Alice in Chain as a reference brickwalled album (yea reference!!),

 

I  tried Advanced limiter, Hard -6dB limiter, in Foobar, but no joy, and I really want to keep software volume 100%, for the bit perfect paranoia,

still dont know if using RG is audiophile though,

So, do you have any cure?

I`m not talking about bad recordings, which clip anyway, just the heavily compressed..

 

ps:sorry for posting here, but this is part of MUSIC anyway

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post #2 of 5
10/7/10 at 2:45pm

Once a recording is ruined with clipping and compression, little, if anything, can be done about it. Replay gain will not restore the dynamic range.

 

Sad fact really.

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post #3 of 5
10/7/10 at 3:07pm
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The problem is that I hear clipping only with recordings that goes up 0dBFS (0dB "full scale")

 

remember this link from Ham Sandwich  http://www.audioholics.com/education/audio-formats-technology/issues-with-0dbfs-levels-on-digital-audio-playback-systems

 

I think it depends on the hardware too, cause the same cd don`t clip on the cd player,

but once ripped,

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post #4 of 5
10/7/10 at 7:23pm
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Originally Posted by sonci View Post

The problem is that I hear clipping only with recordings that goes up 0dBFS (0dB "full scale")

 

remember this link from Ham Sandwich  http://www.audioholics.com/education/audio-formats-technology/issues-with-0dbfs-levels-on-digital-audio-playback-systems

 

I think it depends on the hardware too, cause the same cd don`t clip on the cd player,

but once ripped,

A recording can still be clipped and not be at 0dbFS. It has become a rather common trend to maximize the loudness and then bring down the entire album level by 1 - 5 db so that it doesn't push the meters into the red during playback. Regardless, the original recording remains clipped but at a lower volume. When you see these albums they look like all the peaks got buzzed off with a saw. In the end you still have a clipped recording with no dynamic range but just a bit quieter. Pisses me off.
 

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post #5 of 5
10/7/10 at 10:49pm
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A recording can still be clipped and not be at 0dbFS. It has become a rather common trend to maximize the loudness and then bring down the entire album level by 1 - 5 db so that it doesn't push the meters into the red during playback. Regardless, the original recording remains clipped but at a lower volume. When you see these albums they look like all the peaks got buzzed off with a saw. In the end you still have a clipped recording with no dynamic range but just a bit quieter. Pisses me off.
 


example of what he is talking about

another example

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