CLIPnosis v1.7

Advanced Clipping & Saturation Processor

Overview

CLIPnosis delivers musical, versatile clipping and saturation for your tracks and mixes. Select from five clipping modes - Hard, Soft, Tube, Tape, or Vintage - each with its own character and harmonic signature, and tailor the sound from clean boost to full-on analog-style saturation.

Intelligent multi-band transient detection preserves punch and attack even under extreme drive, while adaptive lookahead limiting ensures smooth, artifact-free results. With optional gain matching, CLIPnosis ensures loud, fat results without unwanted pumping or level inconsistencies.

The saturation control adds genuine analog color with mode-specific behavior - tube asymmetry, tape hysteresis, or vintage compression characteristics. Optional oversampling up to 16x reduces aliasing, keeping your processed signal smooth and natural. Wet/dry mix control enables transparent parallel processing for maximum flexibility.

Loud, fat, and musical - CLIPnosis gives you the tools to maximize your mix with confidence.

Key Features

Multi-Mode Clipping

• Five clipping modes: Hard, Soft, Tube, Tape, Vintage.
• Mode-specific curves emulate analog tube, tape, and vintage hardware behavior.
• Adaptive high-frequency softening based on clipping severity.
• Drive-dependent HF processing: Higher drive engages more aggressive analog-like smoothing.
• Transient preservation control (0-100%) retains punch during clipping.

Harmonic Generation

• Toggle between Odd, Even, or Mixed harmonics for creative shaping.
• Context-aware harmonic generation adapts to clipping mode.
• Tube mode: Asymmetric tube saturation with plate loading and transformer coloration.
• Tape mode: Authentic tape saturation with hysteresis, bias effects, and record/playback modeling.
• Vintage mode: Classic hardware compression with soft-knee characteristics.
• Saturation control (0-100%) adds analog-style warmth and intensity.

Gain Matching & Metering

• Real-time clipping percentage monitoring.
• Crest factor display for dynamics analysis.
• Intelligent RMS-based gain matching compensates for level changes from drive/saturation.
• Keeps perceived loudness constant while adjusting drive parameters
• Per-channel RMS calculation with intelligent stereo averaging.
• Gain limiting prevents extreme compensation artifacts.
• Independent output gain control for final level adjustment.

Oversampling & Anti-Aliasing

• Polyphase IIR oversampling up to 16x with superior low-frequency preservation.
• Maximum quality mode enabled: All oversampling stages use optimized coefficients for best frequency response.
• Automatic coefficient adjustment for oversampled processing ensures accurate DC blocking.
• Sample-rate compensated DC blocking maintains fixed 5Hz cutoff regardless of sample rate or oversampling factor.
• Crossfade transitions (10ms) when changing oversample rates prevent clicks.
• Optimized for both single and double precision processing.
• Seamless integration with any DAW without extra latency.

Intuitive UI

• Resizable window from 75% to 200% while maintaining aspect ratio.
• Persistent window size saved with your project.
• Simple sliders for Drive, Transient Preservation, and Output Gain.
• Wet/Dry mix control blends dry and processed signals for parallel processing.
• Rotary knobs for Saturation and Mix with floating value displays.
• Floating value labels display parameter values while adjusting.
• Buttons cycle through modes, oversampling levels, harmonics, and gain matching.
• Comprehensive tooltips provide quick guidance for all controls.

Technical Excellence

• Dual DC blocking (pre and post-processing) with sample-rate compensation.
• Fast approximations for computationally expensive operations maintain audio quality.
• Thread-safe parameter handling with proper change gestures.
• Efficient memory management with error handling for oversampling allocation.
• Double-precision processing support for maximum quality.

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