3.0

Declipper
Should the input level of an audio
recording be too high, overmodulation may result at the louder parts (the signal peaks). This digital
distortion can also be called "clipping": At the overmodulated area, the values that are too high are simply
cut off and the typical, quite unpleasant sounding crackling and distortions are heard.
MAGIX Music Editor 3 includes a special function for the elimination of these digital clippings and
analogue distortion.
The clippings are detected and eliminated, based on the material of the selected object. Lastly, the entire
volume of the material can be reduced so that the interpolated parts can be played back without
overmodulation.
The declipping-algorithm is especially useful in material, where the excessive recording level has caused
distorted piano or chorus voices. Affected drumbeats however will normally not improve after the use of
this function.
CLIP LEVEL:
Here you can tell the algorithm from which level on the algorithm has to consider the sample as blasted
and therefore corrects it. This is an important point, as the different sound cards have different clipping
characteristics.
Choosing -6dB, for example, will cause that all samples that exceed half of the maximum value will be
considered blasted and therefore will be calculated again.
With GET CLIP
LEVEL the CLIP LEVEL can be gaged automatically.
The interpolated signal peaks adjust the whole level, which must be balanced out with the GAIN fader so
as to avoid new overmodulation. When doing so, you should observe the peak meter to the right of the
dialog
.
The option "LIMITER" switches on a limiter which reliably avoids overmodulation.
With the INVERSE button
you can control whether or not undistorted parts of the wanted signal are interpreted as clippings and are
filtered out unnecessarily.
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