Wannabe Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 i have been using audacity with the "detect clipping" on and looking for red " clipped" notes, and i have been informed this is not the best way to insure your songs are not clipped but i want to know if i am not trying to alter or fix anything as far as clipping is audacity a good way to simply check if a song is ok to play? and i know most use media player but i do not have the eyes for it and the wave forms move way to fast for me to tell i am just curious if i check a song on audacity and there is no red/clipped notes am i good to play them this is my first build, i have been waiting 4-5 years to have this done 95 chevy 2 door tahoe 5.7 Xs power d3400 Singer 275amp alternator Big 3 - all Knukonceptz Kolossus Fleks 0ga/ knu Fuses an holders Sundown SAE-1500d Mbquart onyx OA800.4 Stinger 4400 series RCAs and stinger volt meter Fi Q NEO 18, 7.5 cubes tuned 32hz Pioneer MVH-X690BS H/U Kicker CSS 6.5 comp sets in front doors Kicker KSC 4x10 coaxials in rear GTMAT and FAT MAT deadner Xenon 10k Blue HIDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolanorthhighlands Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 I've heard someone say it was a perfefectly good sine wave and there was red lines showing it was clipping in audacity My 2002 Kia Spectra LS My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmed Johnson Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Man, I used to do that audacity shit, if I checked for clipping on audacity, all my dat piff mixtapes weren't clipping, when I played those mixtapes in my car, the clip light on my crescendo stayed a solid red. I don't trust audacity, I also had the free version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted January 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 i just dont know what to do... i have checked almost 120 songs so i would have a good playlist once my sub gets here and now im screwed this is my first build, i have been waiting 4-5 years to have this done 95 chevy 2 door tahoe 5.7 Xs power d3400 Singer 275amp alternator Big 3 - all Knukonceptz Kolossus Fleks 0ga/ knu Fuses an holders Sundown SAE-1500d Mbquart onyx OA800.4 Stinger 4400 series RCAs and stinger volt meter Fi Q NEO 18, 7.5 cubes tuned 32hz Pioneer MVH-X690BS H/U Kicker CSS 6.5 comp sets in front doors Kicker KSC 4x10 coaxials in rear GTMAT and FAT MAT deadner Xenon 10k Blue HIDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullz Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Audacity is not the fix all people think it is, once a track is clipped and distorted it is trash, it is the same principle as compressing a track and thinking you can just restore it back to a wave format, wrong. You need something that can see the sound waves real time to see whether you have true clipping or something that was put in the track by the producer, windows media player is a great program to use to see if a track is indeed clipped and if so how badly it is clipped. Soft clipping is fine as long as you do not drive the amp to the point it is distorting and clipping itself. 01 Ford focus ZX3 Pioneer AVH-X491BHS PPI PC 4800.2 Morel Maximo 6.5" x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wehan Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 OK, bear with me here and sorry for the NOOB question but how does a recording of a clip hurt your equipment? Even if played at low levels is it harmful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmed Johnson Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 You're over thinking this. If you have your system tuned correctly, and you aren't putting 3x times the power in your subs clipping won't do shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wehan Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 On 1/22/2017 at 11:12 AM, Ahmed Johnson said: You're over thinking this. If you have your system tuned correctly, and you aren't putting 3x times the power in your subs clipping won't do shit. This was what I was thinking but everyone seems so scared of a clipped track like its the end of the world I just figured I'd ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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