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Ted Kendall · 12th Nov 2019, 8:40 am

The interface may indeed be clipping, but also bear in mind that pre-recorded tapes, even from EMI, can sound pretty rough by modern standards. The tape was driven hard to keep the hiss down, and sometimes things went over the top. Even the legendary Stereosonics aren't free from quite severe peak distortion. This of course will be relatively soft clipping and intermodulation, so should be distinguishable from hard cipping caused by overloading the input.

12th Nov 2019, 8:40 am	#5
Ted Kendall Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kington, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 3,675	Re: Akai 4000DB - Output level query The interface may indeed be clipping, but also bear in mind that pre-recorded tapes, even from EMI, can sound pretty rough by modern standards. The tape was driven hard to keep the hiss down, and sometimes things went over the top. Even the legendary Stereosonics aren't free from quite severe peak distortion. This of course will be relatively soft clipping and intermodulation, so should be distinguishable from hard cipping caused by overloading the input.