# S2 LED meter always shows clipping

**URL:** <https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s2-led-meter-always-shows-clipping/64852>\
**Category:** Traktor\
**Tags:** clipping, led, clip, meter\
**Created:** [March 10, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s2-led-meter-always-shows-clipping/64852 "2014-03-10T22:41:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![JamesN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@JamesN](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/JamesN)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s2-led-meter-always-shows-clipping/64852/1 "2014-03-10T22:41:43Z")

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**S2 LED meter always shows clipping**

I have an S2 MkI and it’s LED VU Meter always shows that I am clipping when I am in fact not. I think the culprit is the fact that Traktor’s headroom setting is at 6db, which if I weren’t using it, I would be clipping. So unfortunately, the S2’s meters does not take in to account the headroom and still shows clipping. I have gone in to the S2 settings and I have tried using both “PGM” and “Master” as for what should be displayed by the LEDs, both giving the same result. If I were to get rid of the headroom and turn down each channel 6db via the gain knob the problem is rectified, but I want to be able to keep my gains at 0db and have the LED’s show an true reflection of the signal. Any ideas? 🤔

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**Author:** ![makar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@makar1](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/makar1)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/s2-led-meter-always-shows-clipping/64852/2 "2014-03-11T15:11:54Z")

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The whole point of headroom is to lower your output level without affecting the meters. Otherwise, it’s just an attenuator, exactly the same as turning the Master Volume down.