It's called clipping because that's what the clipping waveform ends up looking like. Notice in this clipping waveform how the loudest peaks and troughs are literally clipped off and made flat. This is called 'overdrive' and just like the guitar pedals with the same name, it leads to distortion and a lowering of audio quality. What is Audio Clipping?Ĭlipping audio is when an audio signal is amplified past the maximum allowed limit, whether in a digital or analog system. This audio peaking can undermine your expensive entertainment system, high quality headphones, and studio monitor speakers, so let's get this fixed up for you, pronto. It's important if you want to get the full enjoyment and experience out of any music, TV, or movies you're trying to enjoy. What causes clipping? Is there anything we can do about it? Is it the same as peaking (yes)? I'm going to explain it all, tell you what it sounds like, and show you how to fix it. Whether during recording or playback, you've been around someone that sees the little red light go off or light up permanently who then says 'Oh, dude, you're clipping.' But do they even know what audio clipping is?

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