Clippers / measured
Black Salt Audio · VST3
Passband flatness
9.9/10
±0.06 dB · scored
Clipping (harmonic)
0.004%
minimal · character, by design
Noise
10.0/10
< floor · scored
Clipping action
-148 dB
minimal · character, by design
Latency
0 smp
factual · not scored
Output level vs. frequency.
Below the point where it starts clipping it stays flat (within ±0.06 dB), so it leaves your tone alone until you push it.
─ THD ┄ THD+N. THD is the trustworthy figure; THD+N is method-floor-limited at low levels.
At full level it makes 0.0% harmonics as it clips — that added edge is the clipping doing its job, not a fault.
Its own background hiss is below what the bench can even measure, so it adds no noise you would hear.
It treats quiet and loud the same (within -148 dB), so its color does not shift with how hard you push it.
It adds no delay to your audio.
On the bench it behaves like a clipper, scoring 10.0/10 on staying clean below the clip point and on a quiet signal path; the clipping itself is reported as character. Below the point where it starts clipping it stays flat (within ±0.06 dB), so it leaves your tone alone until you push it. At full level it makes 0.0% harmonics as it clips — that added edge is the clipping doing its job, not a fault. Its own background hiss is below what the bench can even measure, so it adds no noise you would hear. It treats quiet and loud the same (within -148 dB), so its color does not shift with how hard you push it. It adds no delay to your audio.
Measured score 10.0/10 — below-threshold passband flatness and signal-path noise (the clipping itself is the function, shown as character, not graded). How scoring works.
A review score is shown only when at least two independent sources — published reviews or genuine user discussion — return usable text. Launch or announcement coverage alone does not qualify, so some plugins read N/A here while still carrying a full measured score above.
| Plugin | Measured /10 | Mag dev | Max THD | Latency | Noise | Review /10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSAClipper | 10.0 | ±0.1 dB | 0.004% | 0 smp | <floor | 7.4 |
| Classic Clipper | 6.8 | ±5.4 dB | 4.858% | 73 smp | <floor | 7.0 |
| Gold Clip | 9.9 | ±0.1 dB | 1.748% | 764 smp | −197 | 8.3 |
| Orange Clip | 10.0 | ±0.0 dB | 3.645% | 124 smp | <floor | N/A |
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