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I cannot seem to find the answer.

Is clipping in the mp3 file bad? It seems almost EVERY song now a days have clipping of some sort in the mp3 file...some worst than others. Is this actually "clipping" or just a result of compression of MP3?

I mean as long as you are not hard clipping and have setup your gains properly along with your decks max unclipped output are you safe?

Discuss. If this has been discussed before, please link me and Ill delete this thread. Thanks. I just can not seem to get a good enough answer.

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if a song is clipped to all hell (ie. ones that have been bass added/boosted are usually clipped) i wouldnt trust playing it

and alot of clipping comes from when you swap formats example dragging a song from a cd to itunes or windows media player

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so many songs clip now days it's not even funny. I uploaded a song from a produced cd and it was clipping

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Yea, so much of the modern metal nowadays is clipped. Guess producers just don't give a shit.

rap and other bass heavy music is worse. they try to get it loud and end up clipping the bastard

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Yes, extremely bad distortion is bad. Just because a song distorts, it doesn't mean its a full on clip.

On 5/8/2011 at 7:38 PM, Kranny said:
On 5/8/2011 at 7:35 PM, 'Maxim' said:

It hurts me inside when I read stuff like this and remember you're 15

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so what do you guys think then in terms of mp3s and "clipping"? is it something to worry about? or just compression issues.

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To what extent are most of the songs clipping?

On 5/8/2011 at 7:38 PM, Kranny said:
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It hurts me inside when I read stuff like this and remember you're 15

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you can run major clipping before you get audible, and even after it's audible you can still be fine. just feel it out

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To what extent are most of the songs clipping?

just go take a look at an mp3 in audacity. you'll see what i mean.

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