does red in audacity really mean clipping?

[ineeDBass419]

if your using wmp just watch for flat spots..you will know when you see it

[kl0wn]

Just a question though.. Why are you so concerned about clipping in a song? It isn't going to hurt anything to play a clipped song every once in a while. People do it all the time without knowing it. If the song looks like the image above, and you play the entire song full tilt..you'll more than likely smell some coil, but that would be a good indication to turn it down.

[soundstream15]

wasn't sure how big of a issue it was man

thanks for letting me know=)

[kl0wn]

All clipping is, is making the sub not work to its full potential so it can not cool properly. It isn't something that will magically blow your coils or anything. Of course it is something to worry about with all this money we spend on our equipment. But if a song is clipped, it's not like if you play it, you WILL blow/fry something.

Keep your nose open for the coils while playing. If you think something is wrong with the song, check it out and see how flat it gets. Just be smart while playing your system, and you won't run into problems.

[soundstream15]

sounds good man, i wanted to play evil pimp-head blown off and that song is really clipped, i can tell by listening to it, didn't play full tilt but i no that song is like swing my door lol

[Baydestrian]

Yupp, I played clipped music but like said above be smart with the volume and use your ears. IMO Clipped Kicks aren't too bad, its when you have a clipped bass line thats somethin to watch out for.

LOL I just Googled that Evil Pimp song and dl'd an mp3 of it, that song is clean and loud, I can tell just by watching it in WMP.

This song is audibly distorted like Swing My Door:

[soundstream15]

Really? Lol