[Trevor]

On 14/10/2015 7:23 AM, wrote:
If a lone sine wave sounds (and looks) different, then it is clipping.

Not necessarily. *Squash* a sine wave without clipping, ie it has
slightly flattened but still rounded tops, and it will sound different
due to the extra harmonics added. Only when it has flat tops can it
accurately be said to be clipped, by definition. Until then it is just
compressed or soft limited.

Trevor.