Electronic device included in some amplifiers to prevent clipping, the overloading of an amplifier in which normal waveforms are chopped off resulting in severe harmonic distortion and output problems. Clipping occurs when an amplifier attempts to reproduce a signal at a high level beyond its ability to cleaning produce power. Clipping results in the distortion of the waveform creating waves with flat tops as they are pushed against a “ceiling” and effectively cut off. nti-clipping circuitry keeps a lookout for clipping and attempts to diminish or eliminate it. In most cases the circuitry will momentarily decrease the input signal’s amplitude to one which can be handled by the amplifier without distortion. he best method for reducing or eliminating clipping is to use properly large amplifiers with strong power supplies mated with reasonably efficient loudspeakers. While anti-clipping circuitry will protect the amplifier and speakers, it does not allow them to reproduce the intended signal in its effort to protect the components. While this is certainly preferable to an inoperative system, a system that naturally does not clip very often or at all is preferable (when a system does not clip there is no need for circuitry to prevent clipping).