Posted by Mike Archer on 10/22/05 02:27

In article <3rr6hvFl1bh1U1@individual.net>,
jonREMOVETHISdanniken@yahoo.com says...
> Hello,
>
> I have a question about mp3 format (digital) music. If an mp3 was
> originally created with levels that are to high, and clipping, can this be
> "fixed" by reducing the levels in audio processing software, or is it like
> analog music where one "clipped" rendering can never be fixed?
>
> I realize that one could reduce the levels, but would it have the effect of
> "fixing" the clipping, or would it just reduce the volume with the "clipping
> sound" still present?
>
> Thanks for any insight into this,
>
> Jon
>
>
The "clipped" data has been lost, it can't be fixed, no amount of
processing can restore data from the original recording that was lost
when it was recorded digitally. Maybe software could guess was the
missing data was, but I don't think anything exists to do that, and I'd
doubt it would be successful...

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