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That Coldplay song: the uncompressed one is clipped[1]. [1]: https://imgur.com/a/XSCw824 https://imgur.com/a/XSCw824 … [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyn
by deathanatos 5y ago
That Coldplay song: the uncompressed one is clipped[1].
[1]: https://imgur.com/a/XSCw824 https://imgur.com/a/XSCw824
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[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war
- nr2x 5y agoThat and the Katy Perry were bad choices, they were mixed to sound like shit. The breakdown in the Jay-Z track was really a good place to look for a difference.
- samplatt 5y agoFuck, I was wondering about that. No wonder Coldplay are so inexplicably popular...
- throwaway222145 5y agoDespite those clipped sections, that's still surprisingly dynamic. Red Hot Chilli Peppers' Californication album on the other hand is a prime example of terribly mixed music all across.
- deathanatos 5y agoI guess in a sense, clipping the waveform essentially allows you to keep dynamic range. To avoid the clipping (but to keep the gain on the quieter portions) normally one would have to compress it (more than it is / to the point where it would just graze the limits, but not clip). The cost, of course, is the the clip is horribly audible in the final waveform.