Gaurav Par
New member
I've always been told clipping is bad (i still dont know why, i guess cause it'll distort your sound and ruin your speakers) and you shouldnt have it in a mix. However, I read somewhere that if you clip your drums, its okay cause it'll make your mix sound louder which is good. But if clipping is bad, why do so many commercial mixes clip especially on the drum hits? I attatched Blank Space by Taylor Swift and if you listen to the first verse, everything is fine, even the drums, nothing clips. But when you get to the chorus it clips for like a second on the snare hit? Why is this? Is it okay to have drums cliping in a mix? Whats the point of having a limiter if your allowing drums to clip? if you could answer this it would be really helpful!! thanks!!
Other commercial mixes that ive noticed drums clipping on is California Gurls (Katy Perry) , Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen) , and Part of Me (Katy Perry)
Other commercial mixes that ive noticed drums clipping on is California Gurls (Katy Perry) , Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen) , and Part of Me (Katy Perry)