...and for everyone else: Event Horizon in Reaper was made by the guy who makes Stillwell Plugins. He has a plugin called Stillwell Event Horizon (wonder where they got that name?) with a great interface and exactly the same clipping algorithm. It's awesome!
@@insertanynameyouwant5311 Hard to say. I can hear JST clip being different than Event Horizon. Pro L2 has a clipping mode that I haven't used (so it could be tested). Kush Audio's Omega Twk is a saturation/clipper and I use it sometimes to clip special effect stuff like impacts. It sounds different than the other two. So I'm not sure if price is correlated to effectiveness in any way. But between the clipping options I have in Reaper, JST Clip, and Kush Twk I feel pretty solid. A few folks have recommended Flatline to me saying it's good. I don't need another clipper. If I had to buy a clipping plugin today without demoing anything I'd get the Boz Digital Labs Big Clipper. The other Boz plugins I have are all super awesome and an absolutely killer price. They're worth way more than he's charging and they always sound great.
@@reddotrecording I've only tried flatline, and it can be "nasty" sounding or too noticeable even on a ~3dB of clipping. I don't know if that's just the way clippers go but the one in this video seems "cleaner". The shape knob on flatline can resolve the issue somewhat, but it felt a bit weird that a mastering focused clipper would be so un-transparent so easily
@@escalator9734 Interesting! I sometimes really like when I can hear a plugin breaking. It's like: "here's the edge of where we stop sounding good...don't mess it up!" Softube's Console 1 plugin American Class A is that way, too. The drive/saturation is really great sounding but when you push it too far you INSTANTLY know it. 3db of clipping isn't a small amount either. I really try not to do that much all at once. I don't ever really like the sound of it. I typically clip and compress in a few spots all over and on a lot of different sources in track. My thinking is if I shave a little of the big peak off then compress a little to bring back some of that transient shape only for it to hit a little clipping and a little compression and some limiting and some more clipping, etc. I can - by the end of the whole process - have a pretty loud master that doesn't sound like it's been demolished by loudness maximizing efforts.
To start, I never bother to comment, I just don’t. But I just found your channel and in the last few days you have cleared up several issues for me. (I’m about 1-2 years into learning how to mix). We all know that there are a million different videos from a million different people with a million different mixing tips but yours are very clear and concise. Thank you!!!!!
Literally 30 minutes after trying the free trial for this plug-in I can’t imagine life without it, thank you Jordan for this and all your teachings 🙏🏾 a couple years ago I wouldn’t have imagined getting this far
I remember 4 years ago, listening to my first mixes (they were the definition of "horrible") and watching Jordan's videos. Nowadays I'm so fucking proud of how I mix and I'd say at least 50% of it is thank to this guy!
I work in dance muisic and realised this clipping business after watching the amazing series by Baphometrix. I can't reccommend this series enough. Massive detail on how to do this right. 22 episodes and about 35 hours. But it's a gamer changer. So if any of your subscribers want to see how this is done in huge in depth detail then this will show them. Kazrog clipper is one of the simplest to use and has a wave form showing you the clipped peaks. If i was going to use BSA clipper i would have to use an ocilliscope to see what's going on.
Excellent demo. I've never been in a pro mix situation, just building a home studio with the Studio One DAW. I learned pretty quick limiting alone wasn't cutting it. I'm not certain who did a tutorial about a clipper into a limiter on the 2 bus, but it changed the end result greatly. It's not for everyone though. Checking your plug-ins out. It sounds, works, and looks great.
I really like how you spoke about not using red lights when designing the clipper with your team. I think that's honestly a refreshing take. Stoked to grab this plugin.
This video right here. Super helpful. This adds a whole new level of confidence to making music and I like how you clearly defined the difference between just squashing everything with a limiter vs trimming the unwanted information with a softclipper and keeping the integrity of the track and even adding energy to it, not taking energy away. Thank you!!! I'm gonna check your softclipper out👍
Newfangled saturate is a pretty great clipper. You can really push it hard without it destroying your mix. It’s also included in Elevate which is a great mastering limiter.
It's funny how I've been looking for this solution for years, but wasn't able to find it until recently is insane. Every time I asked the internet throughout all these years, it was the same answers, then after spending so long working on my mixes and mastering chains I just couldn't get it. I came to the conclusion the loudness was only possible by people who are wizards when it comes to mastering. Finding out now, that they're all just clipping everything is great to know but also disappointing that no one told me this sooner. People even got offended at the idea I was asking how to get louder masters, it was always just basically "get better" LOL
I use OVC-128 by Voxengo. It's 3 knobs. Input Gain (clipping), knee softness, and output gain. It's oversampled by 128x. I've tried almost every clipper out there and it sounds most transparent to my ears. Newfangled Saturate is amazing too because it actually puts the detail back onto the clipped waveform so it's not just a square wave at 0 db.
Thanks a lot! purchased and it works very well! no complicated knobs and tweaking required:) easy to use and certainly made a difference when I applied in my final mix.
Regarding clipping in general : You can often see the tracks that benefit from it. If you see a lot of very fast/short spikes on a track, it's a candidate. You can't hear them anyways - they are too fast for that.
Just put it on my mix. It's literally a magic button. Oxygen and Low Control were also well worth the investment. These are definitely getting saved to my bus presets.
Really appreciate the clear and straightforward explanation (referring to your experience helps to clarify too). This is great tip...have been using a limiter up till now.
Thanks for sharing! Been sending my music to a mastering engineer hoping he would make it louder but it usually is not much louder than what I send him. He does a great job and It sounds fantastic but it is a little softer than most professional recordings. I can't stand limiters and don't understand why studios use them. There are so many professional recordings where I can hear the limiting on it and it sounds horrible. Been looking for a solution like this. The music sounds natural with no artifacts. Going to try this technique on my next mix! Thanks again!
I see more importance for dedicated clippers now more than ever - which I believe has a lot to do with 32bit DAW environments. You can very easily fool yourself into thinking you are clipping something when you aren’t ie. seeing overs lights may not actually mean you’re over 0dbfs. I think this is the reason pro tools changed their overs indicators on each channel from red to green. That’s what made me wonder if the Trim plugin you brought in was clipping anything because the audio would have to be hitting your converters above 0 to clip. Either way, I think this is a great conversation and it stays interesting as tech changes. Love the video!
I used to worry about sounds peaking above 0db. A few months ago I discovered soft clipping on my own. For me it was Fruity Soft Clipper - 2 knobs - only found threshold useful for production, post gain could be good for mastering. Put it on master of project template and never worried about peaking again. Now I struggle to reach Spotify's preferred -14 db integrated loudness, always hitting like -10 😂
Hot savory damn. This'll be a day one purchase from me; this is the plugin I've been requesting from BSA since the moment they launched. I've never found a clipper I liked using and this looks like what I was imagining in my head all along.
Been using Limiter No6 for clipping for ages, more recently started using the clipper in iZotope's Maximizer as well. Gonna have to switch to yours. It just sounds better, it's lighter weight, and faster to use. Well done!
You probably don't know because I don't think anyone has ever commented on how helpful your videos are (ha ha ...*cricket*...) But seriously though, your approach seems to account for vast individual differences in style and creative vision. I've noticed a couple of underlying patterns in your videos that has made your channel memorable and relatable enough to keep noticing your videos sporadically over the years. Your advice is realistic and achievable. Even when sharing some tried-and-true industry practices, I feel your attitude of "do whatever sounds good," along with the sharing of your own experience and mistakes is validating. I tend to find that validation more motivating than any "don't do this thing" videos that amplify my perceived ineptitude or imposter syndrome. 5 years ago they gave me a degree and honors awards in audio engineering for some reason--because I don't know anything about anything ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . I was too busy finishing my literal B.S. degree in popular music studies--but mostly too frustrated with the production process--to stomach sitting down to produce anything for real. Fast forward to now and I'm still too busy, but I took on a volunteer album project for my nephew, and also needing to record my own new music since I'm still paying off my last record's production. So here I am. You're videos are the perfect reference for re-learning in practice all of the theoretical knowledge I apparently did obtain through traditional schooling. I just didn't know how to put it all together, and I think my progress was hindered by mental blocks from my own self-doubt. Or maybe I just had unlearn academic thought patterns. Whatever the case, I guess my appreciation for you was enough to warrant some of my over-analyzed and obnoxiously prolix commenting. I think Clipper is one plugin I'm going to be checking out.
I've never used a clipper before. I couldn't figure out why my limiting sounded like it was getting the loudness, yet it was still too soft on RUclips, compared to other songs. I didn't like the idea of clipping off the transients. I thought it would ruin the sound, by taking away necessary elements. I'm going to start using a clipper & see if I get better results.
there was a warren huart video where the guy used a clipper before Pro-L and set Pro-L to monitor ONLY the overs. turned the clipping threshold down until nothing was in the limiter, then used the limited like normal. HUGE difference. it's boz little clipper for me.
Baphometrix has an excellent tutorial on clipping, in which he claims and with some friends prove, that you are better off clipping in small increments. So put clipping on every drum you like it before you do the final clipping. Yet another mastering engineer was also using clipping _before_ limiting, so the limiter does not need to work hard (and heard hard).
@@Tinderbiddles I gave it a try, but it has a lot more features than i actually need/want. Lately I've been using Logic Pro X's bitcrusher clipping section, but it lacks some visual feedback. This BSA Clipper seems perfect (for me at least)
Here's something I learned from reading Bob Katz: if your session is in 32-bit float, you can clip the channels all you want, but if you lower your master, you will have the exact same unclipped signal. For the trim thing to work, you would need to have your session at 24-bit fixed point.
@@dnthrx 32-bit floating point is more important than 96k or more. At least in my experience. I tend to be very pragmatic about this. Saving disk space is a good thing.
This was sooo illuminating, and the BSA clipper looks awesome! I've only ever used StandardClip, and while it sounds great, there's just so much info on screen in that plug-in, and a lot of red lol Edit: if you were just using parallel comp right on your drum bus, would you clip before or after the compressor?
Dang! Im definitely gonna try that! I am always struggling to get my drum mixes loud enough. And thats mainly because I cant hit the limiter hard enough because of the snare transients. I was thinking of trying multiband compression. But clipping sounds way easier. And as you said I of course dont wanna loose the attack of the snare completely.
As mentioned...physics CANNOT BE CHEATED! Simply turn it up...any intervention, music, medicine whatever has a cost. Don’t get fooled, do double blind tests on equal loudness...the louder master always looses because it sacrifices dynamics (that’s why k-12 STILL WORKS) thanks bob katz...the first voice of reason. (Reasonable loudness relative to the context and genre of course) Apogee soft limit is my go to for drums...and it’s free :) just enough tweak and ui
Just bought your Clipper. I recently bought a couple other clippers I won't name. They distorted or changed the sound too much for my liking. Also, like you mentioned, one didn't have any sort of display to let you know how much you were actually shaving off. I'm hoping I end up liking yours enough to use it over Fab Filter L2.
compared it with fire the clip from acustica and this sounds close. I actually prefer this bcoz of cpu usage but the details are still retained even without oversampling options
@@CharLessMajor7Music I can't run most acustica plugins on my laptop. I assume the Clipper is a bit less CPU-heavy, but I did laugh when I saw it described as low latency.
Nice. Few questions 1. whats the difference in "soft clipping" 2. I dont quite get the concept of the ceiling. If a kick is peaking at -12 and I add the clipper, and I add perceived volume of 6db (is this perceived or actual?) would I reduce the ceiling by 6db to volume match? I understand my question is kind of loaded and will be difficult to answer here
Is clipping (plugin) the same as turning the fader up until it's hitting the red?? I don' t understand.. I always thought clipping was bad but this seems like a different kind of clipping altogether.
Man I love the simplicity of your clipper and totally agree why does everyone choose to make such a simple concept complicated? Like, just give me a knob and tell me how many dbs I’m shaving off. That said, I can’t afford to drop $50 on a clipper but please email me if you ever have a sale lol. Also, does anyone know what a “soft” clipper is vs a “hard” clipper? From what I understand a hard clipper is what it sounds like but a soft clipper seems more like a limiter/compressor and it doesn’t actually clip it? But then why call it a clipper?
i like to use a plugin called Standard Clip for this , but in my experience the final mix will sound Dark and not sharp and without clear transients so i decided to stop using it on mix process .
So if using the trim plugin, u must use the master fader and turn it down? To properly soft clip with it? Driving the input basically and using the fader as the limit/ make a ceiling?I usually use a soft clipper, but just curious about this process that you used before creating your plug
Thank you! I've been using standardclip and yes it is extremely ugly. I'm going to try your plugin rightaway. I would have liked to hear something about using it on other tracks than drums. It is recommended / usefull to clip guitars and basses also to reduce peaks and optimize levels? What about vocals?
you need to check out this plugin (Barricade 4) by ToneBoosters its the best clipper ive ever used especially on the kick it has a lot of options i use (soft clip) option and mess with the treshold and makeup gain so i reach the punch that i want in the kick this plugin is a game changer in the punch
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Great info.
For all Reaper-Users: give JS Event Horizon Clipper. Works kind of similar, except for the lack of a fancy interface :)
...and for everyone else: Event Horizon in Reaper was made by the guy who makes Stillwell Plugins. He has a plugin called Stillwell Event Horizon (wonder where they got that name?) with a great interface and exactly the same clipping algorithm. It's awesome!
@@reddotrecording I wonder if more expensive clippers like Flatline or others are any better than Event Horizon?
@@insertanynameyouwant5311 Hard to say. I can hear JST clip being different than Event Horizon. Pro L2 has a clipping mode that I haven't used (so it could be tested). Kush Audio's Omega Twk is a saturation/clipper and I use it sometimes to clip special effect stuff like impacts. It sounds different than the other two.
So I'm not sure if price is correlated to effectiveness in any way. But between the clipping options I have in Reaper, JST Clip, and Kush Twk I feel pretty solid. A few folks have recommended Flatline to me saying it's good. I don't need another clipper.
If I had to buy a clipping plugin today without demoing anything I'd get the Boz Digital Labs Big Clipper. The other Boz plugins I have are all super awesome and an absolutely killer price. They're worth way more than he's charging and they always sound great.
@@reddotrecording I've only tried flatline, and it can be "nasty" sounding or too noticeable even on a ~3dB of clipping. I don't know if that's just the way clippers go but the one in this video seems "cleaner". The shape knob on flatline can resolve the issue somewhat, but it felt a bit weird that a mastering focused clipper would be so un-transparent so easily
@@escalator9734 Interesting! I sometimes really like when I can hear a plugin breaking. It's like: "here's the edge of where we stop sounding good...don't mess it up!" Softube's Console 1 plugin American Class A is that way, too. The drive/saturation is really great sounding but when you push it too far you INSTANTLY know it.
3db of clipping isn't a small amount either. I really try not to do that much all at once. I don't ever really like the sound of it. I typically clip and compress in a few spots all over and on a lot of different sources in track. My thinking is if I shave a little of the big peak off then compress a little to bring back some of that transient shape only for it to hit a little clipping and a little compression and some limiting and some more clipping, etc. I can - by the end of the whole process - have a pretty loud master that doesn't sound like it's been demolished by loudness maximizing efforts.
You're a godsend for indie home artists. Each video I've seen so far has been a much needed source of answers for my mixes.
You and me both!
To start, I never bother to comment, I just don’t. But I just found your channel and in the last few days you have cleared up several issues for me. (I’m about 1-2 years into learning how to mix). We all know that there are a million different videos from a million different people with a million different mixing tips but yours are very clear and concise. Thank you!!!!!
Literally 30 minutes after trying the free trial for this plug-in I can’t imagine life without it, thank you Jordan for this and all your teachings 🙏🏾 a couple years ago I wouldn’t have imagined getting this far
I started using clipping last year, I make electronic music and it's made such a huge difference, I really wish I had learned this years ago.
I use gclip on my drum busses and on my master right before a limiter. It was a game changer for me.
I remember 4 years ago, listening to my first mixes (they were the definition of "horrible") and watching Jordan's videos. Nowadays I'm so fucking proud of how I mix and I'd say at least 50% of it is thank to this guy!
I've not found any videos so far that explain this topic in such detail. Its like people don't want you to know. Great video - thanks!
Love it. My OCD thanks you for not making the lights red. Option-c in Pro Tools has become a twitch I can’t get rid of. 😂
I work in dance muisic and realised this clipping business after watching the amazing series by Baphometrix. I can't reccommend this series enough. Massive detail on how to do this right. 22 episodes and about 35 hours. But it's a gamer changer. So if any of your subscribers want to see how this is done in huge in depth detail then this will show them. Kazrog clipper is one of the simplest to use and has a wave form showing you the clipped peaks. If i was going to use BSA clipper i would have to use an ocilliscope to see what's going on.
Excellent demo. I've never been in a pro mix situation, just building a home studio with the Studio One DAW. I learned pretty quick limiting alone wasn't cutting it. I'm not certain who did a tutorial about a clipper into a limiter on the 2 bus, but it changed the end result greatly. It's not for everyone though.
Checking your plug-ins out. It sounds, works, and looks great.
THANK YOU FOR THIS LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE IDK HOW I NEVER CAME ACROSS THIS BEFORE BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE
I really like how you spoke about not using red lights when designing the clipper with your team. I think that's honestly a refreshing take. Stoked to grab this plugin.
Wow.. I've struggled with this for years. Just clipped everything and my track sounds almost twice as loud. Thanks HCMS!
This video right here. Super helpful. This adds a whole new level of confidence to making music and I like how you clearly defined the difference between just squashing everything with a limiter vs trimming the unwanted information with a softclipper and keeping the integrity of the track and even adding energy to it, not taking energy away. Thank you!!! I'm gonna check your softclipper out👍
Thanks dude! You'll love it!
This definitely is a lightbulb moment for me. Thank you sir! 🔥
Newfangled saturate is a pretty great clipper. You can really push it hard without it destroying your mix. It’s also included in Elevate which is a great mastering limiter.
It sounds awesome, really love that energy/aggressive character that it adds to the drums.
It's funny how I've been looking for this solution for years, but wasn't able to find it until recently is insane. Every time I asked the internet throughout all these years, it was the same answers, then after spending so long working on my mixes and mastering chains I just couldn't get it. I came to the conclusion the loudness was only possible by people who are wizards when it comes to mastering.
Finding out now, that they're all just clipping everything is great to know but also disappointing that no one told me this sooner. People even got offended at the idea I was asking how to get louder masters, it was always just basically "get better" LOL
I use OVC-128 by Voxengo. It's 3 knobs. Input Gain (clipping), knee softness, and output gain. It's oversampled by 128x. I've tried almost every clipper out there and it sounds most transparent to my ears. Newfangled Saturate is amazing too because it actually puts the detail back onto the clipped waveform so it's not just a square wave at 0 db.
Is it really good? The ovc
KClip3 is great but I appreciate this video a whole lot
Thanks a lot! purchased and it works very well! no complicated knobs and tweaking required:) easy to use and certainly made a difference when I applied in my final mix.
Clipping is a game changer, just installed Kazorg Kclip on my drums and master chain for a djenty/Thall number and it's phenomenal.
Regarding clipping in general : You can often see the tracks that benefit from it. If you see a lot of very fast/short spikes on a track, it's a candidate. You can't hear them anyways - they are too fast for that.
Just put it on my mix. It's literally a magic button. Oxygen and Low Control were also well worth the investment. These are definitely getting saved to my bus presets.
Really appreciate the clear and straightforward explanation (referring to your experience helps to clarify too). This is great tip...have been using a limiter up till now.
So far you are the best channel for tips and lessons to mixing engineering.congratulations and well done for your job!
Thanks for sharing! Been sending my music to a mastering engineer hoping he would make it louder but it usually is not much louder than what I send him. He does a great job and It sounds fantastic but it is a little softer than most professional recordings. I can't stand limiters and don't understand why studios use them. There are so many professional recordings where I can hear the limiting on it and it sounds horrible. Been looking for a solution like this. The music sounds natural with no artifacts. Going to try this technique on my next mix! Thanks again!
Extremely clear and no nonsense explanations. Thank you. Wish I would have found your channel sooner. Keep it up! You're helping a lot.
I am still learning the limiting game. It is good to know about other techniques!✌
I dig how simple your clipper is. I got k clip 3 for $40 and it has mb mode which I love.
I see more importance for dedicated clippers now more than ever - which I believe has a lot to do with 32bit DAW environments. You can very easily fool yourself into thinking you are clipping something when you aren’t ie. seeing overs lights may not actually mean you’re over 0dbfs. I think this is the reason pro tools changed their overs indicators on each channel from red to green. That’s what made me wonder if the Trim plugin you brought in was clipping anything because the audio would have to be hitting your converters above 0 to clip. Either way, I think this is a great conversation and it stays interesting as tech changes. Love the video!
That song is sick! Great tips as well man.
Man that drum sounds killer.
I used to worry about sounds peaking above 0db. A few months ago I discovered soft clipping on my own.
For me it was Fruity Soft Clipper - 2 knobs - only found threshold useful for production, post gain could be good for mastering. Put it on master of project template and never worried about peaking again.
Now I struggle to reach Spotify's preferred -14 db integrated loudness, always hitting like -10 😂
Hot savory damn. This'll be a day one purchase from me; this is the plugin I've been requesting from BSA since the moment they launched. I've never found a clipper I liked using and this looks like what I was imagining in my head all along.
Very good explanation as always! Thank you!
Best plugin commercial. Have to get it!! Love your videos ❤
Been using Limiter No6 for clipping for ages, more recently started using the clipper in iZotope's Maximizer as well.
Gonna have to switch to yours. It just sounds better, it's lighter weight, and faster to use.
Well done!
Thanks man! I really needed that.
You probably don't know because I don't think anyone has ever commented on how helpful your videos are (ha ha ...*cricket*...)
But seriously though, your approach seems to account for vast individual differences in style and creative vision. I've noticed a couple of underlying patterns in your videos that has made your channel memorable and relatable enough to keep noticing your videos sporadically over the years. Your advice is realistic and achievable. Even when sharing some tried-and-true industry practices, I feel your attitude of "do whatever sounds good," along with the sharing of your own experience and mistakes is validating. I tend to find that validation more motivating than any "don't do this thing" videos that amplify my perceived ineptitude or imposter syndrome.
5 years ago they gave me a degree and honors awards in audio engineering for some reason--because I don't know anything about anything ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . I was too busy finishing my literal B.S. degree in popular music studies--but mostly too frustrated with the production process--to stomach sitting down to produce anything for real. Fast forward to now and I'm still too busy, but I took on a volunteer album project for my nephew, and also needing to record my own new music since I'm still paying off my last record's production. So here I am.
You're videos are the perfect reference for re-learning in practice all of the theoretical knowledge I apparently did obtain through traditional schooling. I just didn't know how to put it all together, and I think my progress was hindered by mental blocks from my own self-doubt. Or maybe I just had unlearn academic thought patterns. Whatever the case, I guess my appreciation for you was enough to warrant some of my over-analyzed and obnoxiously prolix commenting. I think Clipper is one plugin I'm going to be checking out.
thanks man, that's very encouraging!
I've never used a clipper before. I couldn't figure out why my limiting sounded like it was getting the loudness, yet it was still too soft on RUclips, compared to other songs. I didn't like the idea of clipping off the transients. I thought it would ruin the sound, by taking away necessary elements. I'm going to start using a clipper & see if I get better results.
I just tried this out, you have a very fine plugin, it's quite amazing what it does, especially on drums! Thank you :)
there was a warren huart video where the guy used a clipper before Pro-L and set Pro-L to monitor ONLY the overs. turned the clipping threshold down until nothing was in the limiter, then used the limited like normal. HUGE difference. it's boz little clipper for me.
Link?
Baphometrix has an excellent tutorial on clipping, in which he claims and with some friends prove, that you are better off clipping in small increments. So put clipping on every drum you like it before you do the final clipping.
Yet another mastering engineer was also using clipping _before_ limiting, so the limiter does not need to work hard (and heard hard).
maaaan!!! You changed my life 😭😭😭
Just purchased your plugin. Thank you!
What a difference thanks man
Yes! Finally a simple clipper plugin with an actual usable meter
Kclip is fantastic as well with way more features
@@Tinderbiddles I gave it a try, but it has a lot more features than i actually need/want. Lately I've been using Logic Pro X's bitcrusher clipping section, but it lacks some visual feedback. This BSA Clipper seems perfect (for me at least)
Here's something I learned from reading Bob Katz: if your session is in 32-bit float, you can clip the channels all you want, but if you lower your master, you will have the exact same unclipped signal. For the trim thing to work, you would need to have your session at 24-bit fixed point.
I think you can still do that with channels in most daws in 24bit
@@dnthrx If you're not going OTB, 48k at 32-bit is perfectly fine. I wouldn't go any lower, but higher is not needed.
@@dnthrx 32-bit floating point is more important than 96k or more. At least in my experience. I tend to be very pragmatic about this. Saving disk space is a good thing.
Converting to fixed point should be the very last step in mastering. This is why plugins exist, to do the work without degrading the bit resolution
This was sooo illuminating, and the BSA clipper looks awesome! I've only ever used StandardClip, and while it sounds great, there's just so much info on screen in that plug-in, and a lot of red lol
Edit: if you were just using parallel comp right on your drum bus, would you clip before or after the compressor?
Dang! Im definitely gonna try that! I am always struggling to get my drum mixes loud enough. And thats mainly because I cant hit the limiter hard enough because of the snare transients. I was thinking of trying multiband compression. But clipping sounds way easier. And as you said I of course dont wanna loose the attack of the snare completely.
As mentioned...physics CANNOT BE CHEATED! Simply turn it up...any intervention, music, medicine whatever has a cost. Don’t get fooled, do double blind tests on equal loudness...the louder master always looses because it sacrifices dynamics (that’s why k-12 STILL WORKS) thanks bob katz...the first voice of reason. (Reasonable loudness relative to the context and genre of course)
Apogee soft limit is my go to for drums...and it’s free :) just enough tweak and ui
Looking forward your other plugins are so simply nice.
Love the video thank you so much for putting this up. You should put a link to your website in the description. Thanks
Great hustle!!!
Snip the extremes with a clipper
Boost with a limiter
Finish with a subtracting EQ if needed.
Dude. So helpful. Thank you. Can’t wait for the plug-in to come out already 😭
9:47 THOSE ARE MIDI DRUMS?! mind blown
Thank you!! very helpful, really help me which I was also ways troubled, simple loud and clear.👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thanks Jordan. Another fine video that is very helpful!
It will be good if your plugin would display the actual wave form that was before and after the clipping.
Just bought your Clipper. I recently bought a couple other clippers I won't name. They distorted or changed the sound too much for my liking. Also, like you mentioned, one didn't have any sort of display to let you know how much you were actually shaving off. I'm hoping I end up liking yours enough to use it over Fab Filter L2.
compared it with fire the clip from acustica and this sounds close. I actually prefer this bcoz of cpu usage but the details are still retained even without oversampling options
@@CharLessMajor7Music I can't run most acustica plugins on my laptop. I assume the Clipper is a bit less CPU-heavy, but I did laugh when I saw it described as low latency.
BSA is your company? Had no idea :) I’ve been enjoying your clipper for a while now
dude i love you
Such a great video AND plugin! Thanks for making it :)
Nice video. You didn’t mentioned hard vs soft clipping. Think it’s important in this context
I like this one, thinking outside the box!
Where would you recommend placing the BSA Clipper in the mastering chain?
or, is it like a transient shaper?? thx....does work well!!
The flex when you said you made your own plug in lol nice
My suffering has come to an end! Thank you!
Thanks JV, love this share
I just realized im not using this right, i forgot about the slider😳😂 glad i rewatched this.
Nice one man, good to know
Great video, thank you
clipping was a secret for a long time, it wasn't until 10 years in the game i found out about it lol
Thanks for the video I’m gonna try out your product. How can I buy the song in this video I just love it.
should a limiter go after the clipper in the mastering chain anyways or does the clipper take the limiters place completely?
When should you use compressions over clipping?
Couldn't find it on the website!!!
Nice. Few questions
1. whats the difference in "soft clipping"
2. I dont quite get the concept of the ceiling. If a kick is peaking at -12 and I add the clipper, and I add perceived volume of 6db (is this perceived or actual?) would I reduce the ceiling by 6db to volume match? I understand my question is kind of loaded and will be difficult to answer here
Thank you! That was very usefull info!
Sounds really great but I don't see Clipper on your site. Can you let me know which one it is?
Is clipping (plugin) the same as turning the fader up until it's hitting the red?? I don' t understand.. I always thought clipping was bad but this seems like a different kind of clipping altogether.
When you A-B’d it I’ve never heard two instruments dip out of a mix faster 😂
Is this plugin - and also the others - also availabable/working with Cubase/VST?
Where is this plugin in there web site ??? I see only
LOW CONTROL
ESCALATOR
OXYGEN
Not yet released, as said in the video.
Low Control is one of my new favorites for taming the low end. Very nice...
whats the difference between doing this instead of use a little but saturation?
I'd definitely look into the plugin if you make level compensation like the L1 and L2..
yeah what the hell
FFS, there’s a trial
@@roomofidiots A trial won't fix level compensation..
Man I love the simplicity of your clipper and totally agree why does everyone choose to make such a simple concept complicated? Like, just give me a knob and tell me how many dbs I’m shaving off. That said, I can’t afford to drop $50 on a clipper but please email me if you ever have a sale lol.
Also, does anyone know what a “soft” clipper is vs a “hard” clipper? From what I understand a hard clipper is what it sounds like but a soft clipper seems more like a limiter/compressor and it doesn’t actually clip it? But then why call it a clipper?
i like to use a plugin called Standard Clip for this , but in my experience the final mix will sound Dark and not sharp and without clear transients so i decided to stop using it on mix process .
what song is this? and great video once again!
So if using the trim plugin, u must use the master fader and turn it down? To properly soft clip with it? Driving the input basically and using the fader as the limit/ make a ceiling?I usually use a soft clipper, but just curious about this process that you used before creating your plug
Thank you! I've been using standardclip and yes it is extremely ugly.
I'm going to try your plugin rightaway.
I would have liked to hear something about using it on other tracks than drums.
It is recommended / usefull to clip guitars and basses also to reduce peaks and optimize levels?
What about vocals?
No, just drums or overall mix.
@@hardcoremusicstudio Thank you for taking the time to answer!
Hello. Why does it ask for authorization Everytime i open an instance? I logged in and it works but after few days it unregistered again???
Once the mix is approved, do you take out the clipper on the mix bus before you send it to the mastering engineer?
Great question. Personally, I send both… My version with the clipper into a limiter for reference and then a version without them.
@@TheMixAcademy Nice, thank you!
Yes, I would take it off before sending to mastering
@@TheMixAcademy This is it!
Looking at the site here, is the Escalator plugin the same thing as the BSA Clipper shown in the video? Thanks.
If you clip away the transients, wouldnt u lose the punch esp for the drums?
you need to check out this plugin (Barricade 4) by ToneBoosters
its the best clipper ive ever used especially on the kick
it has a lot of options i use (soft clip) option and mess with the treshold and makeup gain so i reach the punch that i want in the kick
this plugin is a game changer in the punch