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Subject:Recording Levels Don't Clip in 5.0
Posted by: dcomo
Date:3/23/2001 7:15:46 PM

I do alot of recording from DAT to my computer for burning pre-signed music to CD.
I rely heavily on the recording meters in Sound Forge. In 4.5h, when the signal was too high, I used to get
"CLIP" messages in red.

Now with SF 5.0, it doesn't clip. I have both 4.5 and 5.0 installed, and 4.5 still clips and 5.0 doesn't. How
can I get this feature to work again.

Thanks :-)

Subject:RE: Recording Levels Don't Clip in 5.0
Reply by: sreams
Date:3/23/2001 9:19:24 PM

If the source is a DAT and the transfer is digital, then no
clipping should be occuring anyway. The digital source
simply cannot exceed the 0db threshold... clipping would
only occur if it exceeded the 0db mark. Even if the
original DAT was recorded too hot and clipping occured, the
resulting recording would just have flattened peaks, but
won't "clip" on playback, per se.

-S

Subject:RE: Recording Levels Don't Clip in 5.0
Reply by: dcomo
Date:3/25/2001 6:28:09 PM

The only problem is that occasionally, I still transfer in Analog. I am really concerned about the clipping
when transferring a file using via Analog.

Subject:RE: Recording Levels Don't Clip in 5.0
Reply by: Ted_H
Date:3/26/2001 10:15:53 AM

This is a known issue and will be fixed in version 5.0a,
which is scheduled to be released shortly.

Ted

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