audacity-support/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/vertical-red-lines-in-the-recording.md

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Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.

Vertical red lines in the recording

Causes

This is a visual indication that your recording has clipping. See crackles-pops-and-distortion-in-the-recording.md for more information.

Fixes

The vertical red lines show where the clipping has occurred; these clipping indicators can be turned on and off (Audacity default setting is "off") by selecting View -> Show Clipping in Waveform.

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