Yeah a lot of producers purposely distort the lower frequency bass. This adds more higher frequencies and it allows people that don't have a subwoofer to kind of hear the bass. It just fills out the mix and gives the low end more presence so everyone can hear it.
I'm sure there's some truth to that, but I think there's also the fact that a lot of the people making hip hop now grew up with POS sound systems and clipped their music all to hell. So recording bass with a moderate amount of clipping sounds good to them.
"Clipping" in a song isn't a thing. Yes the recording can be clipped but it doesn't mean you are clipping your amp/speakers. Once a recording is clipped, it distorts. Which means all that happens is that more higher frequencies get created which is why distortion sounds bad. All recordings are limited to 0db volume
distorted and clipped is TWO VERY different things. Clipped should be recognized when your setup is stressed to the breaking/melting point. distortion is a different story.
Well yeah, I used the wrong terminology. Clipping is basically a inefficient dirty signal. Thats my basic knowledge at least. I meant distorted, I've heard a lot of youtube videos are pretty rough. No idea the truth to that
clipping is when the waves are pushed past their limits and get cutoff and become square waves. While distortion can be present in the music and never cause any harm as long as it was meant to be there in the recording within proper output levels. You can definitely tell clipping if you trained yourself to get accustomed to your system. While distortion, some system may mask it and some will clearly show it. Depends on the system install, tune and also vehicle acoustics. So it will vary from each system and individual's ears.
yeah this, some producers do it correctly where you take the bass track add distortion and scoop all the lower frequencies out and leave the original track there for the real low-end. so thots in their 95 oldsmobile can still hear the beat on their stock system.
No they aren't. Clipping IS a form of distortion, but distortion is not always due to clipping. They are very similar things, so similar they are sometimes the same.
Thanks for the explanation. Much appreciated.clipping is when the waves are pushed past their limits and get cutoff and become square waves. While distortion can be present in the music and never cause any harm as long as it was meant to be there in the recording within proper output levels. You can definitely tell clipping if you trained yourself to get accustomed to your system. While distortion, some system may mask it and some will clearly show it. Depends on the system install, tune and also vehicle acoustics. So it will vary from each system and individual's ears.
