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Originally Posted by merkabalus
What do the producers amongst us think of the clipping?
I was a bit surprised to hear it this widespread on a Tool record. Overall I like the mix and I think it's probably the best tom sounds Tool have gotten. It does sound best when cranked at a good volume though as at a low volume it doesn't seem to resolve individual instruments/tracks very well and sounds a bit muddled.
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It's not clipping. It probably was running (relatively) hot on the tape and has a good deal of tape saturation, but any engineer who lets anything pass with clipping would be immediately fired.
Overall it's a pretty standard rock mix, except the vocals are mixed a bit lower then normal. Good deal of compression overall, which is normal for it's style of music. Probably a bit overcompressed for my taste, there are some spots where I can hear a bit of pumping and breathing from the compressor.