What is clipping

[KnOkIn It 420 10+ year member]

I just see alot of people talking about what is it and how can it be solved.

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[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

It's when the amp sends a distorted signal. Check the gain tutorial to help avoid or limit clipping.

 

[engineerdude 10+ year member]

clipping occurs when the gains on your amplifier are set too high.. essentially the amplifier receives a signal that is above its threshold and it produces noise. a simple way to set the gains are to set your hu to your listening level with the gains set all the way down. then gradually raise the gains until you hear the distortion, then reduce the gains back below that level.. thats the easy way to do it..

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

http://www.bcae1.com/2ltlpwr.htm

 

[wlmrs 10+ year member]

clipping occurs when the gains on your amplifier are set too high.. essentially the amplifier receives a signal that is above its threshold and it produces noise. a simple way to set the gains are to set your hu to your listening level with the gains set all the way down. then gradually raise the gains until you hear the distortion, then reduce the gains back below that level.. thats the easy way to do it..

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[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

when the top half of the wave for gets clipped off, turning it into a squarewave.

 

[toaster 10+ year member]

yep normal wave is round at the top and bottom, clipped wave is , well, clipped at the top and bottom, making it square.

here's the trick, though: a small amount of clipping is actually good for competition. a clipped wave of the same amplitude as a sine wave is 115% louder than the sine wave.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

that's because of the extra power under the curve