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JHVenn · Post by **JHVenn** » Thu May 25, 2017 5:00 pm

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Greetings all, Venn Audio is excited to announce the public beta 'soft release' for Free Clip. We want to ensure a high quality release so welcome any feedback you may have while we prepare for the final release.

You can download the plugin here: Free Clip | Venn Audio
Currently available as: Windows VST (32 and 64 bit), Audio Unit (macOS), and Mac VS.

Free Clip is an intuitive multi algorithm soft clipper/wave shaper plugin, available as a Windows VST or mac Audio Unit. The plugin allows you to choose between a range of wave shapes or ‘sigmoid functions’, from the most transparent but harshest hard clip, to the ‘softest’ but most saturated arctangent shape. You can then intuitively set the ceiling level using the slider that perfectly matches the level meter next to it. Oversampling is also available to remove high frequency aliasing; when oversampling is on this does introduce peaks slightly over the ceiling level however, so if you intend to use this plugin with oversampling as the final plugin on the master chain, ensure the ceiling level is set appropriately and/or the post-oversampling clip setting is set.

This plugin is a great way to conveniently transparently boost volume without clipping your daw, whether it be an individual stem or sound effect, or an entire track that you made. It is recommended that the hardclip, quantic or cubic shape be used for mastering, as these introduce no or minimal saturation.

The plugin can be also used as a more traditional saturation/distortion plugin by setting a ‘softer’ wave shape, such as algebraic or arctangent – simply lower the ceiling level to provide more saturation to the signal – just remember to boost the output afterwards. Alternatively you can boost the input gain into the clipper for the same effect. In this case, increasing the oversampling value is helpful if you’re hearing high frequency aliasing! Be warned that high oversampling values such as 16 or 32 times can be very heavy on the CPU.

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edit: UPDATE

Hey guys, Free Clip has been updated to 0.9.2, here's a brief changelog:

-The plugin is now available as a Mac VST
-The Gain knob now ranges from -20 to +20 db, allowing you to reduce input gain.
-Double or alt clicking on ceiling or gain controls will reset them.
-Various optimizations to the code.
-The plugin is now compiled with the C++ runtime library statically linked by default.
-New about window.

You can download the latest version here.

filter303 · Post by **filter303** » Thu May 25, 2017 5:24 pm

Welcome to KVR! I just tried your clipper in Studio One 3 (W10 x64) and it seems to be working perfectly. I like how it sounds with drums, especially with oversampling.
So let me be the first here to say thank you for this great free plugin.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Thu May 25, 2017 5:27 pm

Thanks from me too, and welcome to KVR.

JHVenn · Post by **JHVenn** » Thu May 25, 2017 6:14 pm

Thanks guys, really happy the plugin is working well for you!

I'm aiming to release many more plugins in the near future, will be looking forward to sharing them with you all.

studjo · Post by **studjo** » Thu May 25, 2017 6:22 pm

Welcome and thanks for the freebie.

cprompt · Post by **cprompt** » Thu May 25, 2017 7:55 pm

Yes, thank you. This does sound great, its easy to use, love the waveform display and its free! What's not to like? Great job.

JHVenn · Post by **JHVenn** » Thu May 25, 2017 8:40 pm

Just a quick update to let you guys know that Free Clip now has a product page on KVR: https://www.kvraudio.com/product/free-c ... venn-audio

crimsonmerry · Post by **crimsonmerry** » Fri May 26, 2017 10:58 am

Seems interesting! But i can't get the plugin detected in Reaper, is there anyone else having the same problem?

JHVenn · Post by **JHVenn** » Fri May 26, 2017 11:32 am

crimsonmerry wrote:Seems interesting! But i can't get the plugin detected in Reaper, is there anyone else having the same problem?

Hey crimsonmerry, sorry to hear that you're having trouble. I've been able to get Free Clip detected fine on my end, is your Reaper up to date?

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Fri May 26, 2017 12:36 pm

This is very nice. Thank you. I like how softer modes work.

crimsonmerry · Post by **crimsonmerry** » Fri May 26, 2017 1:30 pm

JHVenn wrote: Hey crimsonmerry, sorry to hear that you're having trouble. I've been able to get Free Clip detected fine on my end, is your Reaper up to date?

Yes i'm using the latest version. Clearing the cache and fresh portable install also didn't work. I also tried to rename the dll, then it gave me this error message:

"The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing..."

It's quite often for me to rename the dll for some reason, but never seen this error message before. Win7 x86

Thanks.

JHVenn · Post by **JHVenn** » Fri May 26, 2017 1:41 pm

crimsonmerry wrote:
JHVenn wrote: Hey crimsonmerry, sorry to hear that you're having trouble. I've been able to get Free Clip detected fine on my end, is your Reaper up to date?
Yes i'm using the latest version. Clearing the cache and fresh portable install also didn't work. I also tried to rename the dll, then it gave me this error message:

"The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing..."

It's quite often for me to rename the dll for some reason, but never seen this error message before. Win7 x86

Thanks.

Strange. Just to be 100% certain, since you're x86, you're using the Free Clip dll which was contained within the 32 bit folder of the zip, correct? Do you only get that error message on renaming the plugin, and did renaming the plugin cause Reaper itself to fail to start?

For what it's worth, I googled your error and found this, which may fix your issue:

https://www.smartftp.com/support/kb/the ... f2702.html

Thanks for your patience.

crimsonmerry · Post by **crimsonmerry** » Fri May 26, 2017 3:29 pm

JHVenn wrote:Strange. Just to be 100% certain, since you're x86, you're using the Free Clip dll which was contained within the 32 bit folder of the zip, correct? Do you only get that error message on renaming the plugin, and did renaming the plugin cause Reaper itself to fail to start?

For what it's worth, I googled your error and found this, which may fix your issue:

https://www.smartftp.com/support/kb/the ... f2702.html

Thanks for your patience.

Yes. I even put the 64 bit version to test if Reaper would show me an error for using 64bit plugin on a 32bit system, but no Reaper didn't show any error msg. Yes the error msg only shown when i renamed the dll, but Reaper will start normally after that.

By reading the article, It seems that i'll need to have the latest Visual C++ 2017 installed in order to use this plugin. Hmm, i'll think about it. Thanks again for your help.

JHVenn · Post by **JHVenn** » Fri May 26, 2017 5:00 pm

crimsonmerry wrote:
JHVenn wrote:Strange. Just to be 100% certain, since you're x86, you're using the Free Clip dll which was contained within the 32 bit folder of the zip, correct? Do you only get that error message on renaming the plugin, and did renaming the plugin cause Reaper itself to fail to start?

For what it's worth, I googled your error and found this, which may fix your issue:

https://www.smartftp.com/support/kb/the ... f2702.html

Thanks for your patience.
Yes. I even put the 64 bit version to test if Reaper would show me an error for using 64bit plugin on a 32bit system, but no Reaper didn't show any error msg. Yes the error msg only shown when i renamed the dll, but Reaper will start normally after that.

By reading the article, It seems that i'll need to have the latest Visual C++ 2017 installed in order to use this plugin. Hmm, i'll think about it. Thanks again for your help.

Hey, before you do that, could you let me know if this build (32 bit), fixes your issue? It has the runtime statically linked.

Thanks!

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Fri May 26, 2017 5:24 pm

I usually use Ableton Saturator for this, but it doesn't have good enough visualisation. WIll try

Introducing Free Clip: a free and intuitive multi algorithm soft clipper (Updated to 0.9.2)