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Originally Posted by nickynicknick  Hey everyone. Who here doesn't clip their converters?...I guess I'm assuming that everyone is doing it....am I wrong...or is that yesterdays news? Let me know. Thanks.
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If you have to clip, say for example 1.5 to 2dB on peaks, to get where you want, I think it's best done in a digital device with a meter that reads above 0dB full scale, so you can a) see just how much clipping you are doing, and b) not slam the crap out of the analog stage of some poor defenseless ADC. I think clipping the ADC grew out of legacy operations that discovered clients would buy the hot level at a time before digital limiters and compressors were commonplace. I keep my levels to the ADC below clipping. My preference is not to clip, but if you have to do it, it's more controllable and manageable in the digital domain.