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Description
The LVC-Audio ClipShifter is your go-to wave-shaping audio plugin, designed to function as a clipping-style limiter with a versatile range of controls. Whether you're looking to add a gritty edge to your basslines, refine your drum patterns, or achieve a polished overall mix, ClipShifter adapts seamlessly to every stage of your production process. Its standout feature lies in its ability to morph from hard, brick-wall clipping to gentle saturation with compression, allowing you to tailor the plugin's behavior precisely to your needs.
Dynamic control is at the core of ClipShifter's capabilities. It can operate as a static clipping effect or respond dynamically to the transient qualities of your audio signal. By adjusting the threshold to rise or fall with increasing audio levels, you can finely tune how transients are treated, whether you want to let them pass through or distort them for impact. Version 2.2 introduces the innovative independent Left/Right (or Mid/Side) Threshold Control, providing even more flexibility in shaping your sound.
ClipShifter also includes a Clip Shape control, which lets you adjust the harmonic content from hard-clipped to subtle compression, and a harmonics control to manage even-order and odd-order distortion. With its low CPU usage, you can run multiple instances across different tracks without sacrificing performance. The plugin also boasts comprehensive LVC-Audio metering, including VU-style, PPM-style, and loudness meters, along with a scalable waveform history view for intuitive click-and-drag editing of threshold controls.
Key Features:
- Clipping-style limiter: from transparent compression to hard clipping distortion
- Controls for Clip Shape and harmonics (even- and odd-order)
- Low CPU usage for multiple instances on multiple tracks
- LVC-Audio metering: VU-style, PPM-style, and loudness meters
- Scalable waveform history view with click-and-drag editing of threshold controls
- Compatible with OSX, AU, VST, VST3, RTAS, AAX, Windows, VST, VST3, RTAS, AAX (32- and 64-bit)
Product specs
| Plugin Format | VST |
| Downloadable | free |
Videos
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Version FREE Plugin Vst - ClipShifter 2.3 - Dynamic Control
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Reviews
Owner Insights
We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about LVC-Audio ClipShifter.
Features and functionality
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ClipShifter 2 is praised for its informative GUI, which includes visual feedback on the amount of clipping applied.
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The Glue Compressor in Ableton includes a soft clipper that can be used independently from compression, with high-quality mode for improved performance.
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The Saturator in Ableton can be adjusted to hard clip by enabling "soft clip" and turning off "color", providing a different clipping character.
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Comparisons
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Users compare ClipShifter 2 favorably to StandardCLIP by SIR Audio Tools, noting ClipShifter's GUI while preferring StandardCLIP's gain reduction meter.
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StandardCLIP is preferred for its offline oversampling capabilities, remembered up to 128 times, offering precise control over clipping processes.
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KClip is noted for combining creative sound design options with utility functions, offering versatility for different clipping needs.
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Users find it challenging to achieve the same clipped drum sound in Ableton as in Fruity Loops, despite using similar effects.
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Software and compatibility
Use cases and applications
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Users appreciate ClipShifter 2 for its ability to handle both loud and quiet signals effectively, highlighting its versatility in various mixing contexts.
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Diablo Lite is recognized for its aggressive clipping with optional transient shaping, suitable for intense electronic music production.
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Disabling the "high quality mode" in Ableton's Saturator adds more aliasing and crunch, appealing for aggressive sound textures.
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“I always have a few plug-ins on my mastering bus in Cubase,” says Zedd, “one of them being LVC-Audio’s ClipShifter. I feel that limiters cut your transients far too much, and especially in my music it’s not necessary to limit too much. So I use ClipShifter, which handles transients that go over zero better than your DAW. It can handle anything from 6-12 dB over zero. The signal then goes into the iZotope’s Ozone, in which I use a preset that gives me all the highs I need, with stereo widening. It also adds a bit of compression and maximising. At the very end I’ll then add a limiter, like the AOM Invisible Limiter or the FabFilter Pro-L, just for a little more volume."
Fox Stevenson using for saturation in post processing noises.
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