Full Volume Without Clipping?

[Cody Suit]

ive noticed when i open alot of songs in cooleditpro by other bands the signal looks like its clipping EVERYWHERE but i cant hear anything clipping or popping. how do i get the signal to that full volume without it clipping?

 

[pdadda]

Lots of ways
1. Use a compressor.
2. Record at 24 bit and set levels low enough (even as low as -12dB) that you don't clip. It will still be loud enough.

 

[Atterion]

Compressor and Hard Limiting (Set right at 0dB).
My advice, unless your tracks are really Over-The-Top, don't do this. Yeah, they'll be loud as possible, but chances are you might squeeze the life out of them. I usually run -2dB, with mild compression (Material specific settings), with a limiter set at -0.1dB (Most limiters are fast enough with read-ahead to catch any peaks, and those that aren't quite caught in time will usually only raise the signal by 0.1dB, of course this depends, if you use Brickwall-Limiting it usually chops of the top off everything).

 

[apl]

Here's an excellent article on the subject.