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Old 01-22-2020, 04:02 PM
valleyguy valleyguy is offline
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Originally Posted by highvibrational View Post
Hi Fred, what does "clip" mean? I am really a recording beginner.
clip is when the recording exceeds the top headroom. With analog recording you could occasionally "go into the red" and the distortion was ok, but with digital recording you MUST not go into the red. watch the meter or red light and make sure you don't exceed that at all. I strum or sing as loud as I can to set the levels, that way I know I will not exceed the limits. There were some times when the vocals went into the red.

Try hanging out on the Record section of the forum. A lot of good advice there. There is also a wealth of internet sites explaining the basics of digital recording for the beginner.
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