Device Details
Overview
| Name | Version: | Clip Pro Edition 1.0 |
| Author: | ProducerStack |
| Device Type: | Audio Effect |
| Description: | Four clipping algorithms, Hard, Soft, Tube and Fold, each producing a distinct harmonic character. Four ADAA quality modes for alias-free clipping at any drive level. Real-time scrolling peak visualiser. Zero latency. Under 1% CPU per instance. Ableton's Saturator can clip, but clipping isn't what it was designed for. PS Clip Pro is a dedicated stereo clipper built as a Max for Live audio effect, with four algorithms that each produce a genuinely different result. Hard clips at a brickwall ceiling, strong odd harmonics, punchy and direct. The right choice for transient control on kicks and snares. Soft uses a tanh saturation curve to round the signal gently toward the ceiling, producing smooth analogue warmth close to tape and transformer saturation. Tube uses a polynomial function to approximate tube-amp colouration, warmer and more coloured than Soft, with a different harmonic balance. Fold wraps the signal back on itself using a sine wavefolder rather than clipping it, generating complex even and odd harmonics that shift character significantly as you push the drive. Input and output gain cover ±24 dB each. Link mode automatically sets the output to the inverse of the input, so you can sweep drive amount without loudness bias getting in the way of your judgement. Pro adds four ADAA quality modes: Raw (direct clipping, no anti-aliasing), Clean (first-order ADAA at base rate, the recommended default), Smooth (ADAA with 2-point IIR decimation filtering), and Ultra (ADAA with 4-point IIR decimation filtering for maximum alias suppression). Unlike traditional oversampling, ADAA suppresses aliasing analytically without running the audio at a higher internal sample rate. All four modes introduce zero latency, no PDC compensation required. Pro also adds a scrolling peak visualiser: green and amber for pre-clip signal level in the lower zone, red for clipping excess in the upper zone. You can see exactly how much of the signal is being caught and where. Processing is fully instance-isolated. Multiple instances on different tracks run with no crosstalk. CPU usage is under 1% per instance at 48 kHz in Clean mode. Ultra mode adds a negligible additional cost. The free Standard edition is available separately on maxforlive.com if you want to try the algorithms before committing to Pro. See it in action: https://youtu.be/MHrOQwn7F2E |
Details
| Live Version Used: | 12.0.5 |
| Max Version Used: | 9.09 |
| Date Added: | Apr 24 2026 07:54:03 |
| Date Last Updated: | Apr 24 2026 07:54:25 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
| Website: | https://producerstack.com/products/clip-with-character-ps-clip-pro-for-ableton-live |
| ⓘ License: | Commercial |
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