Image of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/snare_drum" class="extiw" title="en:snare drum">en:snare drum</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient#Acoustics_and_Audio" class="extiw" title="en:Transient">transient</a> from "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffs_of_Dover" class="extiw" title="en:Cliffs of Dover">en:Cliffs of Dover</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Johnson" class="extiw" title="en:Eric Johnson">en:Eric Johnson</a> (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Via_Musicom" class="extiw" title="en:Ah Via Musicom">en:Ah Via Musicom</a></i>, 1990), boosted by 9dB with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Audition" class="extiw" title="en:Adobe Audition">en:Adobe Audition</a>.  This image shows the amount of clipping that would result if such a process were applied to the recording in an amount required to achieve the loudness standard of current popular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/compact_disc" class="extiw" title="en:compact disc">compact discs</a>.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kuuenbu" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:Kuuenbu">Kuuenbu</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:">English Wikipedia</a>
21 December 2006 (original upload date)
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