applying a soft clipping plugin to the master of all tracks sounds
like good idea to me, to prevent any sound from causing distortion.
and when I do apply a soft clipper to the master, it does do this.
but i fear this process is what i would describe as "muffling"
or "dampening" the tracks over-all quality, or frequency range.
is this true?, does soft clipping lessen a tracks sound quality. .
or am I just trippin out here?
any opinions, advice, etc?
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depends on how, how much, and with what you are doing it with. I
depends on how, how much, and with what you are doing it with. In general though, yes it lessens sound quality.
I don't use soft clipping. It's not "soft" enough for my taste.
I don't use soft clipping. It's not "soft" enough for my taste. I can always hear it. If all you want to do is make sure you are not clipping I would do 1 of 2 things:
If mixing, bring the stereo bus down.
If mastering I would put a limiter before printing. How much of the limiting you use will determine how audible it is.