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Tapehead · Post by **Tapehead** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:16 pm

I would really like some feedback about clippers.

Personally, I never used them but I have an idea of how to use them ( believe it or not) in modern folk music and I'm thinking of a clipper with dry/wet option. Any pointers or tips in regards to clippers would be very much appreciated.

Thank you

Evan · Post by **Evan** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:53 pm

You could try GClip

http://www.gvst.co.uk/gclip.htm

It's freeware.

Doesn't have a dry/wet, but it does have parameters to control the clipping effect.

Also this one,

http://www.savioursofsoul.de/Christian/ ... cedClipper

Just found out about it myself, downloading...

@midnight · Post by **@midnight** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:04 pm

TSClip is a godsend.

http://www.signaldust.com/p-tsclip.html

not sure how well it will work in folk music. i use one instance on my drum bus and one instance on my 2-bus, to clip peaks and add mojo and loudness.

miro pajic · Post by **miro pajic** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:32 pm

For Folk? Well, whatever fits, right?

Anyway...here's a great one (with Dry/wet):

http://www.meldaproduction.com/freevstp ... shaper.php

There's also the multiband version (not free).

Alfa210 · Post by **Alfa210** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:39 pm

You can try TheHardLimiter and TheTestComp for this.
h ttp://www.thepriest.site11.com/

h ttp://vladgsound.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/early-development-version-of-clipper-plugin-output-stage/

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:34 pm

The main pointer is watch out for excess low end, it will sound bad w/clipping.

I use a filtered clipper for mastering, mixes are very loud.

Maybe your host has wet/dry feature, I only know Reaper does, otherwise I don't know of any wet/dry mix clipper.

VibraSound · Post by **VibraSound** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:27 am

ClipStar

http://www.delamancha.co.uk/clipstar.htm

Tapehead · Post by **Tapehead** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:46 pm

Perhaps my idea of clippers is totally wrong.

I just want to shave off some of the picks ( let's say around -6db) without changing the overall volume and tonal balance of my mix.

I don't want to make it loud - only slightly augment the picks here and there. I find that the majority of compressors/limiters are not as precise as I want them to be for this specific task. They somewhat alter not only the picks in question but also the rest of the material.

Thanks for the suggestions

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:17 am

Tapehead wrote: I just want to shave off some of the picks ( let's say around -6db) without changing the overall volume and tonal balance of my mix.

I don't want to make it loud -

multiband compressor or m.b. limiter.

VibraSound · Post by **VibraSound** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:48 am

Tapehead wrote:I just want to shave off some of the picks ( let's say around -6db) without changing the overall volume and tonal balance of my mix.

Again .. GClip is what you need.
http://www.gvst.co.uk/gclip.htm

Trancit · Post by **Trancit** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:08 am

Tapehead wrote:Perhaps my idea of clippers is totally wrong.

I just want to shave off some of the picks ( let's say around -6db) without changing the overall volume and tonal balance of my mix.

I don't want to make it loud - only slightly augment the picks here and there. I find that the majority of compressors/limiters are not as precise as I want them to be for this specific task. They somewhat alter not only the picks in question but also the rest of the material.

Thanks for the suggestions

No, your idea was completely correct...

A clipper does, what the name says...
I.e. many people use it on heavy peaking material, because cutting off the peaks of smaller transients like many attacks of drums, gives you a more transparent sound than compressing...

But cutting the peaks automatically allows you to gain more loudness and how much you cut off is up to you...

Gclip, for example shows you a realtime view of the waveform, where you can see how much you cut into the wave and with subtle settings you'll only cut the peaks...

But because in electronic music it is often used for loudness gaining, nearly all clippers going the other way round...You drive the sound into the clipper, which means you raise the volume till the clipper starts working... what you hear is of course a much louder sounding signal...
If you don't want this louder sounding signal, you have to lower the volume on the channel after the clipper...

metamorphosis · Post by **metamorphosis** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:38 am

Was very impressed with tsclip-
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HanafiH · Post by **HanafiH** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:30 pm

The Yohng W1 LImiter - will pull peaks to a precise lvel (clone of the Waves L1). Win, OSX and PPC.

http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html

Distorque · Post by **Distorque** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:45 pm

Have you tried a look-ahead limiter?

bill45 · Post by **bill45** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:20 pm

Is the IK classic clipper still valid.It's X64.Is it worth $99.
Any other x64 clippers?

Researching VST clippers