: When he finally got the file to play, he noticed some clipping. He realized the input gain was too high for his DAC, so he used a limiter to bring the peak levels down. He also checked for
Most amateur rips of this song are driven into the red. Look at the waveform in Audacity or Ocenaudio. If the top of the wave is flat (square-shaped) rather than rounded, the file is clipped . Clipping introduces high-frequency harmonic distortion. Ironically, this makes the bass sound "farty" or harsh instead of cleanly rumbling. flac bassotronics bass i love you fix
: When he finally got the file to play, he noticed some clipping. He realized the input gain was too high for his DAC, so he used a limiter to bring the peak levels down. He also checked for
Most amateur rips of this song are driven into the red. Look at the waveform in Audacity or Ocenaudio. If the top of the wave is flat (square-shaped) rather than rounded, the file is clipped . Clipping introduces high-frequency harmonic distortion. Ironically, this makes the bass sound "farty" or harsh instead of cleanly rumbling.