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audio clipping

Audio clipping is a technique that limits extremely high audio level excursions so that they do not overdrive the downstream amplifiers and loudspeakers.

Loud audio signals cause large level excursions that overdrive the downstream electronic circuits. In order to avoid overdriving and the distortion associated with it, clipping provides level limiting at high level excursions. Such a level limiting can already be done during audio recording.

Audio technology knows two clipping techniques: peak clipping and audio clipping.

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Englisch: audio clipping
Updated at: 07.03.2012
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Links: clipping, audio, level, overdrive, downstream
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