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i am talking about normal sound spikes, which are 3 to more times higher than the rest of the sound pattern

when soundediting old recordings, I often find spikes, which are much higher than the general maximum sound level. Therefore, when I amplify the recording to a resonable level, the spikes are clipped. So far, I use "find clipping" in the analyse menu or "show clipping" in the view menu to find and m...