Hi,
I’m recording from an external (reliable) source using loopback and WASAPI. The track shows (very) few red bars but if I go to Analyze…Find Clipping, Audacity 3.3.3 does not show any clipping.
Why?
Thank you!
Hi,
I’m recording from an external (reliable) source using loopback and WASAPI. The track shows (very) few red bars but if I go to Analyze…Find Clipping, Audacity 3.3.3 does not show any clipping.
Why?
Thank you!
They use different algorithms.
One sample at or above 0dB will trigger “show clipping”. You can have a sine wave that touches 0dB without going-over or clipping.
“Find clipping” normally looks for multiple 0dB (or over) samples in-a-row, and there are settings you can change.
Neither algorithm is looking at the wave shape that wouldn’t be 100% reliable either because you could have a square wave or a squared-off wave.
OK, I checked the details, it’s always only 1 sample.
Thank you!
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