CLIPPERITO

CLIPPERITO is a versatile clipper and loudness tool designed for peak control, harmonic edge, mid/side shaping and multiple clipping flavours while staying practical for mixing and mastering.

FEATURES

A creative clipper that goes from clean peak shaving to full-on destruction. Ten clipping styles let you shape loudness, density and colour around the source instead of forcing one sound onto everything.

MAIN INTERFACE

• IN/OUT set the input and output levels.
• DRIVE pushes the signal harder into the selected clipping mode. Low settings add subtle density and peak management, while higher settings add more harmonic character, loudness and obvious distortion.
• CEILING sets the clipping ceiling. Lower the ceiling to catch peaks earlier and create more clipping control before the output stage.
• MODE selects the clipping flavour: HARD (direct peak clipping with firm control and a more obvious edge), SOFT (smoother clipping for rounder control and less aggressive peak shaping), TUBE (warmer harmonic clipping with more midrange density and musical rounding), TAPE (tape-inspired clipping with smoother top end, thicker low-mid weight and softer transient shape), DIODE (brighter and more forward clipping with extra bite and harmonic edge), FET (fast and aggressive clipping with attack, crack and energy), IRON (heavier clipping with more weight and transformer-style attitude), CONSOLE (controlled clipping with a mix-console style push and broad tone), EXCITER (brighter clipping designed to add harmonic lift and upper energy) and CRUSH (the most destructive clipping style, designed for obvious colour, density and attitude).
• MID / SIDE adjust the mid and side levels.

ADVANCED PANEL

• MONO / DUAL MONO / STEREO changes behaviour based on the track format. On a mono instance, the MONO button is shown but disabled. On a stereo instance, STEREO links the channels for more stable imaging, while DUAL MONO lets left and right react independently for wider, more animated clipping.
• LIMITER MODE (OFF / SAFE / AGGRO) controls the final output limiter, designed to prevent clipping at the end of the chain with a fixed final ceiling of -0.003 dB. Use SAFE for cleaner, more transparent peak control, or AGGRO for faster, more assertive limiting.
• M/S POSITIONING (PRE CLIPPING / POST CLIPPING) controls where the Mid and Side level controls sit in the chain. PRE CLIPPING changes what hits the clipper, POST CLIPPING changes the stereo balance after the clipping stage.
• OVERSAMPLING (ZERO / HQ / ULTRA) controls the internal clipping quality mode. ZERO is zero-latency and fastest, HQ uses higher internal resolution and ULTRA is the highest-quality mode for the cleanest clipping behaviour when latency is acceptable.
• OUTPUT HPF/LPF are two independent high-pass and low-pass filters on the output of the plugin, useful for removing unwanted low rumble or shaping the top end after clipping.