In this video, mastering engineer Ian Shepherd takes a look at clipping & limiting, and the differences between analog and digital clipping.
In this video, mastering engineer Ian Shepherd takes a look at clipping & limiting, and the differences between analog and digital clipping.
Is a ‘digital’ plugin of a analog compressor etc actually analog clipping? as i cant see how they can be,. Admittedly they sound better that actual digital clipping (but anything does!) ,.. i prefer REAL analog clipping ie putting it through an external hardware device. Nothing beats it.
I hate the loudness wars as much as the next guy, but I think this video could have been mastered a bit louder.
LOL I take it back. I had the video turned down in YT. SORRY IAN!
using a really outdated plugin that just utilizes generic waveshaping to emulate “analog” clipping isn’t the same thing as real analog clipping..like running your desk in the reds or pushing too hard on tape or all the other millions of ways to achieve “clipping”/saturation in an analog environment.
but yes. clipping things past 0db in digital is general bad.. and i’m sure a lot of mastering engineers have to deal with this bullshit all the fuckin time.