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is this possible: clipping detection using a dmm?
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<blockquote data-quote="hoss" data-source="post: 3395303" data-attributes="member: 549860"><p>i dont have any links, but im sure its out there somewhere //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</p><p></p><p>basically, just hook your DMM up to your amps outputs, play a test tone at your maximum volume level, and slowly turn your gains up on the amp while keeping an eye on the DMM. you should see your AC voltage rising with the gain, when the voltage stops increasing (or the voltage starts increasing less as you turn the gain up) then you are entering into compression, AKA clipping //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hoss, post: 3395303, member: 549860"] i dont have any links, but im sure its out there somewhere [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] basically, just hook your DMM up to your amps outputs, play a test tone at your maximum volume level, and slowly turn your gains up on the amp while keeping an eye on the DMM. you should see your AC voltage rising with the gain, when the voltage stops increasing (or the voltage starts increasing less as you turn the gain up) then you are entering into compression, AKA clipping [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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