English term
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Native in: Japanese (Variant: Standard-Japan) 
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
Clean
Don’t let anything come between you and **clean, clear** audio.
In the above, is clean needed?
This is related to a microphone.
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| 3 +8 | Free of noise, distortion, and leakage |
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| 1 | Clean |
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Freelance Medical Translator, MA (Hons)
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Free of noise, distortion, and leakage
"CLEAN: Free of noise, distortion, and leakage.
CLEAR: See Transparent.
TRANSPARENT: Easy to hear into the music, detailed, clear, not muddy. Wide, flat frequency response, sharp time response, very low distortion and noise."
https://www.prosoundweb.com/a-glossary-of-commonly-used-soun...
From this audio engineering article
"In audio discourse the term “Clean” is often associated with a signal’s lack of distortion – be it harmonic generation, or general waveform distortion."
https://www.sageaudio.com/blog/mastering/top-10-audio-engine...
And another stereo publication definition
"Clean - Free from audible distortion"
https://www.stereophile.com/content/sounds-audio-glossary-gl...
Depending on the context, clean can also mean that there is no background noise in a recording but as this refers to a microphone, it's more likely to be referring to the definitions above.
Cameroon
Expert Environmental Translator EN/FR
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
Clean
improved intelligibility.
It is targeted for viewers with hearing
impairments,
but can as well serve as improvement
for listening in noisy environments like
airplanes.
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