I use StandardClip and the clipper in Elysia Alpha Master... they are good. Although they didn't make it to this list, lots of engineers use them.

By the way, the Standard Clip is definitely one of the most common, for good reason, I wonder why you didnt take it to the list.

This made me feel better about my go to which is the TRacks Classic! Thanks for doing this!

Interestingly, it is the synth bass that suffers most on all of these. This makes perfect sense as the sustained low frequency sound will most audibly reveal the releases, which are the Achilles heel of clipping limiters.

The Ash one sounded better than expected. The hardware sounded the best to my ear but I'd like to hear that test against the newer Gold clip plugin. I've tried and bought a few and really like that one and would expect it to rank higher than most everything I know of currently.

Great comparisons. Thank you. I liked Ash and New Fangled Audio Saturate the best, but I'd use any of them. They all sounded good, and each was slightly different.

Proud Hilo owner here. That thing is always :chef's kiss:

Perfect choice of music to demonstrate these clippers. Your videos are always excellent!

Thanks for the video. Acoustica Ash sounds amazing to me and definitely the best. Very high end sounding, mastering grade!

Thanks for doing this! LVC Audio sounds fantastic to my ears!

Beyond your good content, which is evident, my English is not very good, but I understand almost everything the same. Thank you for your excellent content.

Best clipper I've ever used. Crane Song HEDD 192 - truly fantastic mastering quality ADA and clips brilliantly.

Good one Dom. I think, if you took the low end warmth of Saturate, the punch of K-Clip, the openess and imaging of ASH, then you would have the sound of the hardware lol. The hardware unmistakenly has that heavier low end, and it has rounded off the transients nicely. Shame you didn't use SiR Standard Clip and ASH Lavry Gold in this comparison ! I'd like to see how they sound next to the hardware. Still, i'm not disapointed by the software. It might be worth feeding a signal with the low end removed into the software clippers and see if that performs better.

This video is brought to you thanks to Hellfire Club! 🔥💀😂 For me the ASH and the real Converter are the kings for this types of scenarios (Mixbuss Clipping). Are the ones that preserve better the transients and add more rich to the sound specially on the mid low end and the Side information. One honorable mention is Saturate by Newflanged Audio, It sounds someway unique the touch of harmonics that brings to the high frequencies. But even though I think the Karzorg and Saturate are really good for some buss processing like Clipping on the drums buss or bass, like it could work really good on different aspects of the mix to be honest. Nice video Dom!

I Use Ash on all my mastering now amazing work from Acustica yet again ! ❤👌🏻

Noone noticed how fire is the instrumemntal?? Pls made a walktrough video on how is composed/produced

Ash nailed the sound of the Lynx in Grey D2 Mode

That smile though when you were pushing ash 😂. Amazing video as always. But that instrumental tho, I want to write to that one 👀

StandardCLIP by SIR audio is a very good clipper too. I know Dave Pensado is a fan of it.

TRex Classic No.1. it's open, nice, warm, alive, still enough sharp but not too anoying etc.

The Acustica Audio is the best one , it sounds very full and natural but also very Loud . Second to me is Newfangled Saturate and Third one (Only in this Case) is Clipping your LYNX AD/DA .

My go to is SIR audio tools StandardCLIP which works nearly on everything and of course oldie but goldie JST Clip for that aggressive sounds - especially on drums

An an owner of a HILO...PROUD!

Standardclip by SIR Audio Tools is my favourite

Nice review. I was surprised by ASH. Amazing work from acustica audio!

Your Lynx seems more "alive" than all the others. But it saturates earlier (on this test) You should test the Kclip in "4 bands" mode. It's really good ! In my Humble opinion : T-Racks is nice, even as an old plugin Saturate is a bit forward, and a low end eater, but keeps good transients LCV audio is quiet good Ash is one of the best here.

Ash, KClip, and hardware for me. Really liking that Ash a lot.

I think the Linx had way more control across the frequency range, but my favorites were the Ash and Saturate plugins. The T-Racks really cut out the top end when being driven, too much of a roll-off. The others were having some difficulty with certain frequencies in the high range. I liked Ash for being a very smooth roll off when driven and I liked Saturate for the way it controlled the whole bandwidth evenly, which was much better than any of the other candidates. Just my opinion, I guess it's all it context anyway?!

i did like the T racks ....and the video, thank you Dom

I think that they all sound pretty similar, but the T-RackS one was the one that I liked the least.

The Acustica Ash sounded super similar to your analog unit

You know... when a clipper has an algorithm that has "detail preservation" or somehow sounds much cleaner... it's really not longer a clipper, but an actual limiter.

TOP THREE ITB ADDA CLIPPERS IN THE VID: DF Clip < Kazrog KClip < Acustica Audio ASH (bka ruler of them all) in other mathematical equation: Acustica Audio ASH (bka ruler of them all) > Kazrog KClip > DF Clip

Love the video, there is also stardard clip and boz digital big clipper, they can get really loud, thx, ,

KClip on the "Smooth" setting with the "Soften" knob set to 0 is basically the same as the "Crisp" setting

stunning video dom, very interesting comparision. I use a lot T-Racks clipper, FireTheClip and Standard Clipper (which you didnt test here) along with Saturate, that for me is the best sounding among the plugins on your test. I also liked a lot the ASH by AA, which I am going to start demoing soon. The Lynx converters sound so transparent even so pushed, amazing! Thanks for this video.

Without having seen the video yet, I think the loudest is the Neve Master Comp & Limiter without losing too many musical qualities. Now, I'm interested to see your results. 👍 It's difficult. In my opinion, the best is your first choice, and the last is T-Racks, which sounds a bit washy in the bass and pumps a bit. The Opus compression on KZfaq is really good. I have bought many masters from HDtracks at 48kHz 24bit. The masters are clipped with a low and high range difference of about 5-6dB in the hooks. Record your main mix on KZfaq, then normalize it to -0.3dB and add StandardClip (my favorite) or Waves L2. With some tiny settings, you can get the exact same result as a corresponding master. Now you can upload your master with -14 LUFS (simply reduce the volume until you reach this level) to KZfaq as private and compare the results of the original and your mastered version by ear and waveform. Voila, there is no difference. I have tested this with about 25 new tracks from Dua Lipa, Tiesto, Ava Max, Tate McRae, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, and more. With this procedure, you can compare your own stuff handling a clipper with other references. The best are StandardClip and Waves L2, in my opinion.

Dangerous AD+ would have been good for this test.

Sei bravissimo 😘

I never heard of that Ash one! That's impressive😱

the Real converter won for me...BUT the New Fangled Audio Saturate was the best to me of the plugins. I was bummed I didnt see the famous sir audio standard clip in the video. Thats been my #1 for the last two years.

I use my trusty NI Transient Designer as a clipper, it does the job and I sometimes use the attack knob as a transient cheat code. 😁

StandarCLIP by SIR Audio, simply the best of them all.

Hi Dom, fantastic insight... wondering in which position of the master bus are you used to insert the clipper? I guess just before the final limiter (as I do), but just curious to know. Keep up the good work man!

Ash all the way! My fav mastering clipper 🔥

Flatline by Submission Audio is a great clipper.

I see you didn't include the BSA clipper. I thought you liked it?

very good, thank you very much, I wish you could leave the files for downloading your videos (hopefully, including the raw version),.... You know, it is very different to listen to via KZfaq,... Thank you very much, I love your videos ,

What does hilo do? Convert digital into sounding more analog?

Please give us a training course on how to make a choir to make the voices of few people more.

ШИК, БЛЕСК, МУЗОТА!!! 🤗 Шикарный инфо-канал! Автору всех благ!!! 😎

Дякую за цей огляд! Проте я все ще не розумію, для чого потрібно користуватись кліппером і яка різниця між кліппером та лімітером? 🤷🏻‍♂

Acoustica Ash sounded smooth, they all did pretty well, compared to the master converter

I have the Kazrog Kclip Zero, and I just got what I understand to be the predecessor to the LVC Clipped-MAX called ClipShifter. Besides your hardware clipping, not being biased, I liked what I heard on that LVC. The other clippers didn't sound bad, however I liked LVC and the T-Racks most.

Hi Dom! in you video: Get Crystal clear mixes EVERY TIME - tell me, what song is it? And who is the wonderful singer?

Hi Dom! Thank you very much for the nice review and comparison. What do you think about clipper in TDR Limiter GE?

So nobody has heard of Venn Audio V-Clip??? Great plugin....Small interface.

should have used something with snare drum because which song doesnt have snare drums most song have and they are the ones you notice squishiness going on, also hi hat claves; non of that were here. even that synth bass it could sound alright because it could have been thought that that was the sound. anyways you are one the best who does real life stuffs most others just talk and not show even when they show you might not understand but you are amazing at everything

And the soft clipping of apogee, that is free!!

My prefer Clipper is GOLD CLIP

Sir!!! I mean SIR!

Thanks for the video

Hilo clearly, more round, open and creamy!

Saturate sound punchy

Great video!! Personally, I have a relatively non-standard approach to achieving loudness (limiting/clipping). I pay attention to technical aspects, but after 30+ years of this hobby ... my final decisions (last 5% of loudness) are based primarily on what allows the 'art' to best be communicated to the audience I'm aiming for (some mad-scientist proprietary stuff going on over here). Pros like Dom can definitely help a person to get better at all of this. 🙂

KClip 3.5.1 with x8 oversampling (Crisp) is the king for me. It's totally flat, every other one except Saturate colours the sound way too much. That is why people like Ash because it softens and rounds the sound (A bit like a Neve, but too much for my liking). I use KClip for tracks and groups, and Saturate on master. If Acustica ever update their Snow plugin (Emulating the Portico II) then I'll use that, right now it sounds pretty bad and uses 40% of CPU.

idk if im the only one but, the "more transparent" ones sounds lifeless for me, but, if the material asks for 0 distortion (like softmusic) i think acoustica and the hardware are a go-to.

ASH all The Way, it is taking my mixes to another level,

1 hardware 2 acoustica 3 kazrog Try vclip by venn audio

I use Ash since it was released, love its sound treatment, versatility and variety. A 2-3dB clipping is recommended on the user's manual, but when pushing it harder is when it gives the most, according to my ears. Obviously, it depends on every application of it and what you're looking for, but the best advice on Ash is not to be affraid when pushing it up and oversampling it.

Dom, can I find this song somewhere? Great video btw!!

Great Informative Video As Usual..By the way whats the song name? its fire Bro...where can i hear it????

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I think the Acustica was not the loudest, but it sounded best, most clean, most fresh, most controlled.

In this context. Have any of you heard about the CTZ Clip to Zero Method of mixing?

When are you dooing the Narcos Mixing Video Dom ?

Hi Dom, Have you tried FLATLINE 2.0 by Submission Audio? That's my favourite!

I've never used a clipper, because I don't like the idea of "clipping" the transients. That said, I can NEVER get my mixes loud enough. I use limiters, and it looks like I'm getting the LUFS level, and just about 0dB true peak. Then on KZfaq, my songs sound MUCH softer than other songs. I'm starting to lean towards clippers, at least in a subtle way. It doesn't sound like it ruins the sound.

Newfangled saturate sounds the most superior by far. I think it sounded better than your converters

Voxengo has a great clipper!! what did you use to drive your lynx?

UFF I LOVE THIS!

Why would you compare them using different clip style everywhere. Hard clip, ~50/50 and soft clip are all sound different. Wouldn't it be more informative to compare how all these clippers do a hard clipping f.e.

Saturate and ash rules software clipper but still the converter is god of clipping

Hilo is the best open hight end smooth bass, Ash, TRacks, New Fangled, Kanzrog is the best, but best one i heard in my life was the Studer D19 mic preamp analog Tube Clipper, one of my friend had it, but he didn't know the value of the gear and he sold it out🤦🏽‍♂🤦🏽‍♂🤦🏽‍♂, i'm so angry to him.

Ash and Saturate !!! but Ash special for me top but and I'm surprised from saturate...

Flatline is a good one

I like Dom Sigalas's films, he is a nice man, he has a lot of knowledge. I just wonder why he used children's music for the test? :). Regards

My favorite clipper is PiMax

Well I always hate your reviews and I just do like it.. I love it and I hate u for it you are to good 👍.. ok back to being professional I love a cubase user and I'm going to watch this a few times before I download and audition these plugins .. you are my top 2 guy I go tooo

I think the Lyra2 is a pretty good clipper, especially for EDM/Techno stuff. But you already had a PrismSound emulation. Other than that, the Merging Anubis should be worth checking out. It’s a very versatile unit with outstanding A/D (136dB (A) for Line Inputs) conversion and top D/A (123 dB (A), line and main outputs). These are not just numbers, these converters sound astonishing. I have to say the HILO got the most transparent and natural sound. I like it the most, because it stays closest to the original. One important thing, that came to my mind is that the track should be radio ready already before clipping to get the best results. Thanks Dom.

I really didnt hear an audio Quality Jump between ASH and the Hilo...not hating very very beautiful Converter....but....its not a big enough difference between the two...to go spend 2800 more....now...I plan on purchasing a ART Tube Channel for Vocals an a SSL Fussion, and a better audio interface......MOTU and RME already have really good A/D coverters in them......thats a better way to spend 3000

I like Acustica Audio ASH - its my go to clipper.

Lynx best

No Standard Clip ? 😭😭😭

May I make a suggestion? Put a gain plugin before the clipper, set all clippers to the same ceiling / treshold and similar settings (shape) and then drive the clipper with the same gain amount. This way you get a more objective comparision.

Saturate and Ash wooow

I think the Acustica Audio and Newfangled Saturate are the best ones. Some of the others have a weird pumping sound, or are doing something weird to the transient of the 808 that I don't like (almost like distorting the transient so making it sound distorted/clipped)

Vennaudio clipper

Check out Kush Omega TWC for an alternative approach to clipping

Ash sounded better, but sadly Acustica had very unpractical GUI for they plugins, Fire the Clip sounds great too but is very unpractical without graphic waveforms, often i use SIr Standard Clip or V-CLIP , they have practicals GUIs.