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I've answered every active question in their database. Wow.
More clipping. At least the version of Celine Dion & Andrea Boceli's "The Prayer" on These Are the Special Times has over 600 instances of four or more clipped samples (counting both channels) with the longest being 21 samples and 46 being 10 samples or longer. Not like it won a grammy or anything, but with Andrea Bocelli involved I would expect a little more care to be taken to preseve sound quality all the way out to the consumer. Interesting note: The clipping is not at ±32767, but is down in the ±32200 range.

In the ASE format, for which nary an official specification is available, multi-texturing can be specified. I'm not sure how it actually should show up, but UnrealEd is happy with the this. The first channel is specified as normal, additional channels are specified after the first one, inside a *MESH_MAPPINGCHANNEL block, like this:

*MESH_MAPPINGCHANNEL {
    *MESH_NUMTVERTEX 4 
    *MESH_TVERTLIST { 
        *MESH_TVERT 0       0.000    0.000        0.500 
        *MESH_TVERT 1       4.000    0.000        0.500 
        *MESH_TVERT 2       4.000    4.000        0.500 
        *MESH_TVERT 3       0.000    4.000        0.500 
    } 
    *MESH_NUMTVFACES 2 
    *MESH_TFACELIST { 
    *MESH_TFACE 0       3        0        2 
    *MESH_TFACE 1       1        2        0 
    } 
}

XE-60 "Stops Squeaks, Protects Metal, Loosens Rust, Unsticks Mechansims, Lubricates Contacts, and Cools Hot Metal" in eXistenZ (David Cronenberg , 1999).
TKO Software's upcoming "Top Secret" games used to be(descriptions from their site):
- Cross Bone (formerly at http://www.tko-software.com/gamescrossbone.htm)
  Enter a virtual universe of the apes in this massively multiplayer online game. A persistent universe of primate action, both single player and multiplayer, challenges the gamer to manage and employ their weapons and resources, journey through a world of multiple islands, and engage in combat with other simians. And it all happens on land, sea, AND air!!!
  Category: Multiplayer/Action
  Platform: XBox
  Availability: Under Development
- The Hunted (formerly at http://www.tko-software.com/gameshunted.htm)
  Think someone can change? It's hard to do. It can be downright painful. But when the world is after you, you need to change to survive. Join Drake in his quest to find the people who framed him in this action thriller console game.
  Category: Single Player/Action
  Platform: XBox [ed: my guess is this is now a PC game based on their page]
  Availability: Under Development
- Monkey Farm (formerly at http://www.tko-software.com/gamesmonkey.htm)
  Mars needs monkeys! Build monkey farms on mars and defend yourselves against the robot natives. Disrupt your opponents by diverting robot enemies their way.
  Category: Multiplayer/Action
  Platform: XBox [ed: again, I think this is the other PC game]
  Availability: Under Development
oh, and TKO's webmaster is named michael.
Aren't directory listings fun?
On Diana Krall's latest CD, The Look Of Love, the 4th track "Cry Me A River" has clipping like crazy. There are a total of something like 400 instances of 5 or more sequential clipped samples (counting each channel separately) with the longest clip being approximately 46 samples long. This would be a bit more acceptable if this CD hadn't won a Grammy for Best Engineered Album. Here's a picture of some of the clipping.

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