Music being dirty?

[KilluminatiDre 10+ year member]

A member at a local meet would ask people if the song is "clean" before he will let them demo it on his system. He also mentioned a certain song someone played clipping his subs. So what exactly would make a song clean or dirty? Is distrortion added when people remaster or bass boost songs? Or does is have anything to do with the volume its recorded at?

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[kr15 5,000+ posts]

Generally, the reference level that its boosted at. People assume "0" is clean, and it isnt. I dont go above -5 on reference level when I boost or alter stuff

 

[KilluminatiDre 10+ year member]

Generally, the reference level that its boosted at. People assume "0" is clean, and it isnt. I dont go above -5 on reference level when I boost or alter stuff

So doing a plot spectrum on audacity shows the reference level right?

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

Yes. Find the peak. Will say freq and level