Clipping

[thesilence]

Can one of you esteemed tb'ers enlighten me on what "clipping" is. I searched the forum but couldn't find a thread explaining it.

 

[B-string]

Simplest form; When an applied signal (to an amp stage/speaker) strength exceeds the the devices ability to handle that signal, all the device can do is what it can do. If you have seen a sine wave, draw the top half of a sine wave in pencil. Now take a ruler and draw a new line across the top of the curve somewhere, now erase the curve above that pencil line. That is what clipping is, the upper and lower parts of the signal get "clipped off".

 

[David Jayne]

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[B-string]

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Sure take the easy way

 

[thesilence]

thanks for the info I found joris's ampfaqs soon after posting this and it explained

 

[thesilence]

Simplest form; When an applied signal (to an amp stage/speaker) strength exceeds the the devices ability to handle that signal, all the device can do is what it can do. If you have seen a sine wave, draw the top half of a sine wave in pencil. Now take a ruler and draw a new line across the top of the curve somewhere, now erase the curve above that pencil line. That is what clipping is, the upper and lower parts of the signal get "clipped off".

that gives a good picture of what it actuall does thanks