Orange Clip 3

Name: Orange Clip 3
Price: 119 USD
Author: Schwabe Digital

by Schwabe Digital · Clipper · Multiband soft clipper

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Orange Clip recreates the sound of FL Studio's stock soft clipper for any DAW, and version 3 turns it into a three-band clipper.

Linear-phase crossovers, per-band knee, dry/wet and bypass controls, and a final whole-band clipper give it far more tone control than the original single-band design.

Best for: Drums, Drum Bus, Bass, Mix Bus, Mastering. Genres: Hip-Hop & Trap, R&B & Soul, Pop, Electronic & EDM.

Keywords: multi-band, soft clip, bus processing, hardware emulation, linear-phase, built-in mix knob, drums, mix bus, 808s, full mix, kick, mastering, parallel processing, bass, deep, drum bus, gritty, metering, mixing, modern, oversampling, rap vocals, utility.

What it does

Orange Clip is Schwabe Digital's clipper modeled on the stock soft clipper in FL Studio, made so users of other DAWs can get that sound. Version 3, a free update for existing owners, adds multiband processing; the developer's tagline is "One Plugin. Endless Possibilities."

Three-band clipping: bands are split with Schwabe Digital's linear-phase filterbank, which the developer says avoids phase distortion, and then feed a whole-band clipper.
Per-band control: variable knee, dry/wet blend, bypass and momentary solo on each band, plus post-clipper volume faders to re-balance the mix.
Clip ceiling targets: target circles and infinite peak-hold meters show how much each band is clipping.
Gain staging: linkable input/output trims and ceiling, oversampling and a true-parallel output mixer.
Compatibility: fully backward compatible, so sessions made with earlier Orange Clip versions open unchanged.

Orange Clip 3 has a 30-day free trial.

Source: Schwabe Digital product page

When to use it

Pick Orange Clip 3 when you want the specific FL Studio soft-clip tone on 808s, kicks and mix buses, with multiband control over how hard each range hits. Schwabe Digital's own Gold Clip is a cleaner mastering clipper than it, modeled on a converter; KClip 3 and bx_clipper are more general clippers with their own saturation options, and SIR Audio Tools' StandardCLIP is a precise single-band clipper where Orange Clip 3 is multiband.

Best for: 808s and kicks, drum buses, and mix-bus loudness in modern rap and trap; also as a waveshaper for grit.
Genres: hip-hop, trap, R&B, pop and electronic.
Look elsewhere if: you just want transparent peak control at a lower price; the stock FL clipper, StandardCLIP or KClip 3 cost less.
Standout: multiband clipping on linear-phase crossovers, with per-band dry/wet for parallel tone shaping.

What producers say

KVR users debated the price for what began as an emulation of a stock FL Studio plugin, while those who tried it said it gets that sound outside FL.

KVR users (2024): one who uses FL mainly for its clipper said "this plugin really has that sound" but called the price steep.
KVR users (2024): another said "Just try it," adding "I did, and was surprised."
Gripe: several pointed out FL Studio Fruity Edition includes the original clipper; one thought it would fare better at a lower price.

Schwabe Digital released Orange Clip (KVR Audio Effects Forum)

Where to buy

Schwabe Digital: $119

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