Interesting read/white paper on digital clipping

[David R. Modny]

Here's a decent white paper presented to the AES on how consumer digital playback equipment handles the "reading" of clipped (+0dbfs) digital recordings. While kind of only distantly related to the recent discussions we've had on the "loudness wars" in cd mastering, the authors present a pretty good case for engineers keeping their peaks below -3dbfs when recording or mastering. It's a very technical article, but a fascinating read, IMO, that many might find interesting.

Here's the link to the pdf file:

http://www.tcelectronic.com/files/static/whitepaper3.pdf

[Grant]

Thanks! I can use this! BTW, usually I do try to keep my peaks below -0.3db.

[Bob Lovely]

Originally posted by Grant
Thanks! I can use this! BTW, usually I do try to keep my peaks below -0.3db.

Grant,

I have always had the impression that your peaks were much louder! :)

Dave,

Thanks for the info.

Bob