GClip

GClip is a wave-shaping signal Clipper. It prevents the signal level from exceeding a specified maximum. The clipping function used can be altered to have a hard- or soft-knee. HintsThe GUI features a wave display to aid configuration. Simply play the audio and watch the wave display while you set the desired values for input gain, clip-level and softness. When using GClip for more extreme wave-shaping, the oversampling mode can reduce aliasing for a warmer sound. Interface The display features three main areas. At the top-left is the graph display, to the right is the wave display and at the bottom-left are the parameter controls. Graph Display: This shows the shape of the clipping function that is applied to incoming samples. All three knobs affect the shape of this curve. Wave Display: This shows the Waveform of the signal after the input gain has been applied. Superimposed over that is the output signal, after clipping. So you get a before and after display. The clipping level is also displayed as a solid horizontal line. Gain: This allows you to raise the signal level before clipping. Clip: The clipping level as a percentage of the maximum sample value. So, if you consider samples to go from -1 to 1, then a clipping level of 50% will restrict all samples to Between -0.5 and 0.5. Softness: This parameter sets the shape of the "knee" of the clipping function. If this parameter is 0% then GClip behaves as a simple signal clipper, truncating samples that Exceed the clipping level. Greater values for softness will cause samples approaching the clipping level to be affected. 2x Oversample: Turn oversampling on or off. Wave-shaping can introduce audible aliasing, especially with more drastic settings. The oversampling mode can help to minimize aliasing in such cases.