Lets make a list of cds with clipping

[Radd]

Not limited to just metal.
I want to see how big this list gets.

Off the top of my head, still fresh in my mind are:

Metallica - Death Magnetic
Arch Enemy -Rise of the Tyrants
Disturbed - Indestructible

Go!

 

[The Unavoidable]

I recently realized that Californication is full of it.

 

[Metaltastic]

HYPOCRISY - VIRUS

GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH...

 

[Jaymz]

HYPOCRISY - VIRUS

GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH...

That album is THE worst for it IMHO, awesome songs but its just.....*sigh*

 

[Jaymz]

Machine Head - The Blackening Obv!

 

[Torniojaws]

Any metal album released after 2000

Fear Factory's Transgression has some ridiculous amounts of clipping. Check out the beginning of Spinal Compression (fitting name ).

 

[Morgan C]

Does distortion from limiting count as clipping?
In that case, the latest three Nightwish albums.


Apparently Systematic Chaos does too but I haven't heard it. But seriously every CD has some degree of clipping. It often seems to be really obvious when the guitars are solo'd, and there gets a lot of shitty distortion (Chimaira's Resurrection), but then when the whole band comes in the clipping goes away, I'm confused by that.

 

[Joematthews]

Apocalyptic Feating- Braindrill

Ashes of the Wake- Lamb of God

Theres loads more in my library but I cba to check then at the moment.

 

[The Unavoidable]

I'm having a hard time hearing the clipping on Virus. Well, I'm having a hard time hearing anything in that mix really!

 

[Torniojaws]

It often seems to be really obvious when the guitars are solo'd, and there gets a lot of shitty distortion (Chimaira's Resurrection), but then when the whole band comes in the clipping goes away, I'm confused by that.

It happens because of the way limiters function. Parts with just guitars will crackle to no end, unless you use a different limiter setting for the parts with just distortion guitar(s).

 

[devouredremains]

Let's make a list of cd's without clipping...

 

[Jaymz]

Let's make a list of cd's without clipping...

Enya's latest

 

[Radd]

Let's make a list of cd's without clipping...

lol at sarcasm. Start your own thread!

 

[devouredremains]

lol at sarcasm. Start your own thread!

haha you know i'm just kidding.

 

[JeffTD]

It often seems to be really obvious when the guitars are solo'd, and there gets a lot of shitty distortion (Chimaira's Resurrection), but then when the whole band comes in the clipping goes away, I'm confused by that.

IIRC, this is common with things mastered with a TC Finalizer - I've noticed it on a lot of Andy's albums.

 

[devouredremains]

I think it must have something to do with the massive amount of harmonic information in the guitar tracks overloading the limiter/clipper.

 

[Damian B]

Belphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie

and Fintroll's latest!!!!

 

[NickL]

I think we should change the title to "large amounts of clipping"

I love the sound of andy's stuff and even some of his records have clipping in places. But IMO his only disc with a significant amount of clipping is Enemies of Reality (Noumenon ew) but I believe this to be the fault of the recording engineer.

For a list of stuff with NO clipping, try anything by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, or anyone else that was putting out good material before people started smashing things. Arch Enemy's "anthems of rebellion," Nevermore's "Godless Endeavor," Necrophagist's "Epitaph," and the newest Amon Amarth are all metal records that are in the ballpark of levels where metal should be IMO. (Although Epitaph is easily the quietest. Bob Katz, go figure.)

Or you could just make it easy and listen to nothing but classical music.

 

[STINNETT]

RUSH.

Pretty much everything that's been remastered.

 

[Andy Sneap]

i didnt master chimaira by the way