Clipper is the new soft clipper effect for Windows and macOS by Initial Audio.

Initial Audio has released their free soft clipper plugin, Clipper, which will stop your signal from going higher than 0 dBFS. By smoothing out the peaks via soft clipping, it will save you the stress of monitoring your signals’ dBFS level, reports Producer Feed.

Initial Clipper, Source: Rekkerd.org

After setting your threshold, the clipper jumps into action. If you have higher and fast peaks, the threshold must be lower to reach your desired outcome.

This slick new plugin comes with an equally slick peak display which shows you what the plugin is assessing. Clipper automatically applies soft clipping to any signal which breaches the threshold set by you, and in, turn, attenuates excessive gain.

Clipper also features extra saturation for you to control and manipulate. You can add extra harmonic or in-harmonic saturation to your input signal via the positive and negative saturation parameters for added warmth. The saturation will decrease the dynamic range of your signal as it applies the saturation to the entire signal rather than just the peaks.

Clipper by Initial Audio is available as a 64-bit VST & AU plugin for DAWs on both Windows and macOS. Click here to make your way over to Initial Audio’s site and click on “Add to cart“. From there, travel all the way to the checkout page and create an account – unless you already have yourself one, then just log in!

Now head to the “My Downloads” from the “My Account” tab. You should see Clipper there in wait for you.

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