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ableton Soft Clipper

Post by The Carpet Cleaner » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:56 am

Is there a soft clipper in the ableton effects ?

if not, do you know a soft clipper for mac ? all soft clipper I can find are for windows ...

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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by siliconarc » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:45 pm

Saturator device, or the free Voxengo Tube Amp (just hit the 'Sat' button to soft-clip)

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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by d.reamonn » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:30 pm

It's not native Live, but I find this clipper to be very gentle:

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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by siliconarc » Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:25 pm

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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by The Carpet Cleaner » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:29 pm

Muuuahhaa :mrgreen:

does it do the same exact thing as G-cliper (for windows), or the T-racks clipper ?

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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by d.reamonn » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:38 pm

The Carpet Cleaner wrote:Muuuahhaa :mrgreen:

does it do the same exact thing as G-cliper (for windows), or the T-racks clipper ?
Please don't derail this discussion.
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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by pid » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:31 pm

the ableton saturator is a superb device. use it.

not sure about d.reamonn's vibrator though.
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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by philipc » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:40 pm

Saturator will do it. But then Limiter is effectively a 'soft clipper' as well, isn't it? Depends what you need it to do.

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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by The Carpet Cleaner » Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:46 pm

I clipping and limiting, I personally hear a difference. I prefer clipping at some stage. I usually do it hard clippings. But in. This case I need a soft clipping.
I ll give a try with ableton saturator :wink:

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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by yur2die4 » Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:27 pm

I use Saturator for this almost TOO much. Just load the default and ram audio into it. It is my limiter sometimes, adds a little grit. Or you can bump the level up a tad to spice things up. In the manual is some essential info.

Be aware also that it had a hi quality mode option when right clicked.

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Re: ableton Soft Clipper

Post by d.reamonn » Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:22 pm

yur2die4 wrote:I use Saturator for this almost TOO much. Just load the default and ram audio into it. It is my limiter sometimes, adds a little grit. Or you can bump the level up a tad to spice things up. In the manual is some essential info.

Be aware also that it had a hi quality mode option when right clicked.
Save HQ mode as default and be done with it.
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