Clipping
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Basics
The term "clipping" is used to describe a type of waveform distortion with the characteristic of a horizontal "flat" section on the top or bottom section of the waveform. There can be symmetrical and assymetrical clipping, depending on factors such as whether it occurs in the digital or analog domain and the type of audio circuitry in the analog domain.
Basics
Audio waveforms have two domains- the time domain which is the horizontal scale, and the amplitude domain, which is the vertical scale. Clipping is by definition an amplitude issue and will occur at a specific amplitude which depends on the cause.