[MLA] Lossy encoder clipping

[Ian Shepherd]

Hi All !

My recent blog post about lossy encode clipping has had quiet a bit of attention:

http://productionadvice.co.uk/spotify-upload-true-peak/

Including an email from Robert Bleidt @ Fraunhofer. He’s asking if I have specific examples of encodes that have “baked in” the clipping, because his position is that it shouldn’t happen, these days.

I’d like to give him a helpful reply and I’ve experienced problems myself in the past with encoding from Logic and Audacity, for example, but the truth is I don’t have a collection of examples on hand to offer him.

Do any of you have recent examples that I can point him at, or know for sure of current encoders that consistently have issues with extremely loud content ?

Thanks for any suggestions,

Ian