Post by F. RussellPost by Steve CarrollThe person with a working brain cares, they care about clipping *before*
they record the audio.
Next time use a limiter.
This kind of blatant nonsense must not go unanswered. Who knows?
There may be some impressionable people reading these posts that
could be seriously mislead by such erroneous advice.
If your big worry is errant, transient spiking that has "exceeded the maximum level",
the thing you've complaining about, a peak limiter is "ONE" way to do it. Another is to
adjust your level to accommodate what will be the loudest sound in the environment.
Being that you spoke of spikes that would be a total surprise to you (generally because
you don't know what you're doing and/or where you're doing it hasn't been taken into
full account), a limiter is, by far, best way for such a person (especially so if you aren't
able to rerecord the material).
Post by F. RussellThere is NO ONE TRUE WAY to record audio!!!
Said the genius that issued an "Audio File Challenge" regarding clipping that involved eyes,
not ears.
Post by F. RussellThe poster is only referring
... to your goofy scenario and your 'grasp' of the topic.
Post by F. RussellThe goal of any serious audio recording is to produce an accurate
and faithful reproduction of the real world.
An attempt at this requires knowledge of the tools available and the environment.
Post by F. RussellThus, making a recording, checking for clipping, and re-recording
and re-checking as necessary until the sound meets the above goal
is also a PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE METHOD.
Of course, in fact, this is done most of the time and for a number of reasons...
but you spoke only of *looking* for clipped audio after the fact so this point is totally
irrelevant, which is why you brought it up... a red herring to hide your idiocy.
The big clue you need: You don't record audio with your eyes, you don't check for
clipping with them, either.
Fact: With the advent of modern digital recording systems, contrary to some article
you've apparently read, not everything that goes beyond 0dBFS is actually clipped.
In this thread, where you compared yourself to Henry Ford and Elon Musk, you wrote:
"The issue is checking an audio file for clipping."
When talking about spiking transients (which you are), there are a lot of clipped audio
transients that you can't perceive as being clipped. The issue isn't that the audio is
clipped as seen by some piece of software, this issue is how it is clipped and to what
extent, a thing best determined by listening, not looking.
If your goal "is to produce an accurate and faithful reproduction of the real world"
AS WE HEAR IT IN the "real world" then you're going to be in for a bit of a shock
when you find out that goal can never be achieved.
Post by F. RussellIt is up to the individual user to decide for himself the best
method for his particular situation
For you the best method is to hire someone.