Clippers / measured

Gold Clip

Schwabe Digital · VST3

Magnitude dev

±0.1dB

Max THD

1.748%

Latency

764smp

Noise floor

−197dBFS

Linearity

-42dB

On the bench

48 kHz · 512-block · offline · same procedure for every plugin

Magnitude responsestepped sine, −12 dBFS

Output level vs. frequency.

Distortion vs level1 kHz, THD / THD+N

─ THD ┄ THD+N. THD is the trustworthy figure; THD+N is method-floor-limited at low levels.

Latency, reported

764 smp

Latency, measured

764 smp (matches)

Onset

753 smp

Noise floor

−197.2 dBFS

Linearity residual

-42.0 dB (1000 Hz, -12/-18 dBFS)

Processing cost

not measured

measured figures · alphabetical · not ranked

Plugin	Mag dev	Max THD	Latency	Noise
BSAClipper	±0.1 dB	0.004%	0 smp	<floor
Classic Clipper	±5.4 dB	4.858%	73 smp	<floor
Gold Clip	±0.1 dB	1.748%	764 smp	−197