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Properties of sound
Exceeding a stage’s limit can flatten peaks. Lowering the level afterwards does not recover the missing peak shape.
Example
0.8 → 1.2 → 0.8 / 0.8 → 1.0 → 0.8
Clipping0.8 → 1.2 → 0.8 / 0.8 → 1.0 → 0.8
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Which relationship should you listen for when reading the diagram?
Answer
Exceeding a stage’s limit can flatten peaks. Lowering the level afterwards does not recover the missing peak shape.Related topics
Same note, different timbreReferences
Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
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