Help with Clipping!?

[KT1]

Originally Posted by Bligsbeats

hey i just wanted to know how to prevent my kick from clipping. ive compressed and eqd it.
but it still remains in that red area.
can anyone help us out?

Thanks in advance.
peace!

Turn it down

EDIT: Also is it clipping as result of your processing or is the dry audio already clipped? If it's already squared not much you can do. You either like it or you dont

[Dbas]

Originally Posted by Bligsbeats

hey i just wanted to know how to prevent my kick from clipping. ive compressed and eqd it.
but it still remains in that red area.
can anyone help us out?

Thanks in advance.
peace!

IDK, have you tried turning it down see if that does the trick?

[Bligsbeats]

yeah the kicks end up being too low though,
also sometimes when i pan something to the left it will just move the slightest bit to the left.
sometimes even on the other side, how do i fix this lol?
its the wierdest problem

[KT1]

Originally Posted by Bligsbeats

yeah the kicks end up being too low though,
also sometimes when i pan something to the left it will just move the slightest bit to the left.
sometimes even on the other side, how do i fix this lol?
its the wierdest problem

It's not strange mate . You have EQ'd and boosted it into the red. If its quiet then you need to turn other things down. This is what mixing balancing is all about.

As a rule of thumb focus on your gainstaging. Think about this in advance. When you hear people saying i like my drums at about -18db peak it is to ensure they have the required headroom. Remember in digital, as a general rule of thumb, 0 = 0.

Also you may not need to boost as much as you think - this could be your listening environment - the classic example is over doing the volume of BASS.

[KT1]

Originally Posted by KT1

It's not strange mate . You have EQ'd and boosted it into the red. If its quiet then you need to turn other things down. This is what mixing balancing is all about.

As a rule of thumb focus on your gainstaging. Think about this in advance. When you hear people saying i like my drums at about -18db peak it is to ensure they have the required headroom. Remember in digital, as a general rule of thumb, 0 = 0.

Also you may not need to boost as much as you think - this could be your listening environment - the classic example is over doing the volume of BASS.

Panning is a differnt issue altogether. Mate i would suggest, instead of RUSHING writing...taking the time to really describe what is going on. You'll get a much better answer.

[Stackx]

Hes probably using fl studio and has the limiter on the master bus.

[KT1]

Originally Posted by Stackx

Hes probably using fl studio and has the limiter on the master bus.

He is probably clipping his EQ from the sound of things.

[d.dot]

Group all of your tracks then turn everything down including the kick. Turn the kick up to where it sounds good but not in the red. Turn your monitors up if you need to hear the mix louder.

[Tnevz]

I dunno if any body else has said this but..... turn it down....

[Bligsbeats]

Originally Posted by Stackx

Hes probably using fl studio and has the limiter on the master bus.

lol ye i am using fl studio, and did have the limiter on?
but even when i stop the beat in fl studio it constantly clips...
ive lowered all of the gain stages and volumes but it still constantly clips..
could it b fl studio?
im soon going to get pro tools, does that have any problems with clipping.
thanks every1 for your posts!
peace

[Chris Lago]

Check on the top left, where the menu is.

1. Where it's written "Help", on the right of that word, is the Master volume, pull it down. No Clipping anymore.

Hope this helps.

[voorhee]

Real gs throw limiters on the master. Keeping it real, I run my 808s so hott right off the back burner, cranked. My kick and snare used to go cray cray but once I through and l2 or FL limiter on the master fixed everything.

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[Bligsbeats]

Originally Posted by Chris Lago

Check on the top left, where the menu is.

1. Where it's written "Help", on the right of that word, is the Master volume, pull it down. No Clipping anymore.

Hope this helps.

I thinks its the DAW or something, ive pulled down ever fader including the master and it still clips.
i know its gotta be something besides the master fader because even when i click stop it stil clips, and nothing is playing at all...
fl is a piece of shit

[Bligsbeats]

Originally Posted by voorhee

Real gs throw limiters on the master. Keeping it real, I run my 808s so hott right off the back burner, cranked. My kick and snare used to go cray cray but once I through and l2 or FL limiter on the master fixed everything.

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couldnt of said it any better

[Chris Lago]

Originally Posted by Bligsbeats

I thinks its the DAW or something, ive pulled down ever fader including the master and it still clips.
i know its gotta be something besides the master fader because even when i click stop it stil clips, and nothing is playing at all...
fl is a piece of shit

Does it do that when you start a new session? It might be a plugin causing this. Have you tried re-installing FL? I don't have that problem with mine.

[Bligsbeats]

Originally Posted by Chris Lago

Does it do that when you start a new session? It might be a plugin causing this. Have you tried re-installing FL? I don't have that problem with mine.

im pretty sure it could be a plugin, i use waves plugins.

the H-eq on most tracks?
would this be a problem.

[KT1]

Originally Posted by Chris Lago

Does it do that when you start a new session? It might be a plugin causing this. Have you tried re-installing FL? I don't have that problem with mine.

If its clipping when you click stop! It's defo a plug daw issue. Have you got a delay and your constantly looping?

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[Bligsbeats]

im fairly sure its the waves plugins, my whole DAW seems to lag alot when i place them on, ive also seen another dude post a similar thread to this, by having alot of troubles with waves plugins on fl.
Im transferring to pro tools very soon, so i think that shouldnt be a problem.
my laptop isnt that old either.
500gbHD
Intel core i3-380m
4gbDDR3 Mem

[Stackx]

Originally Posted by Bligsbeats

lol ye i am using fl studio, and did have the limiter on?
but even when i stop the beat in fl studio it constantly clips...
ive lowered all of the gain stages and volumes but it still constantly clips..
could it b fl studio?
im soon going to get pro tools, does that have any problems with clipping.
thanks every1 for your posts!
peace

Nothing wrong with having a limiter on there but I personally wouldn't mix anything with a limiter on the master.
Also it probably will stop it from clipping but it will also push your mix super hot. It will show it in the red and make things sound super loud and then when u take it off it sounds average.
I just know when I get a lot of beats to mix from new producers all the instruments are extremely hot n it's cause that limiter is on there. Idk why fl studio puts that on there every time u open the program.

[Thysta]

if no kick is playing and it is still in red, it's either a plugin problem or an epic user error.

[tdot]

Originally Posted by Stackx

Idk why fl studio puts that on there every time u open the program.

Because they know the majority of people who use fl studio like to just throw in random drum samples and crank them to full volume....and don't understand why everything sounds like ass when theres 25db of clipping