A rounded transition
Soft bends into the boundary. It suits dense material that needs added saturation and controlled peaks while retaining a gentler onset.
COMING SOON · FOCUSED PEAK SHAPER
Drive it
into shape.
Chicken Clipper puts six controls around one job: turning peaks into a sound you can place. Add Drive, choose the rounded Soft curve or the firmer Hard boundary, blend the clipped path with Mix, then finish the level with Auto and Output.
- Soft and Hard clipping characters
- 0 to +24 dB Drive
- Latency-stable Power comparison
- Planned price: €29 EUR or $29 USD
- Invite-only macOS CLAP beta
SOFT OR HARD
Two edges
for the peak
Shape changes how the signal meets its ceiling. The selection stays visible in the switch and in the feather silhouette at the clipping guide.
A firm boundary
Hard holds a straighter ceiling. The square feather line and brief clipped-feather motion make sustained reduction easy to spot.
ONE SURFACE
Six controls.
A short decision path.
Drive
Raise the level into the shaping curve across a 0 to +24 dB range. The value is shown in decibels.
Shape
Choose Soft or Hard. Host automation uses the same two named states.
Mix
Blend the latency-aligned dry and processed paths across 0 to 100 percent.
Auto
Apply static level support based on the settled Drive and Shape values.
Output
Add a final manual trim across -12 to +12 dB. It remains available while Auto is active.
Power
Compare the complete effect through a compensated dry path while every saved setting stays in place.
LIVE VISUAL FEEDBACK
The meter
has feathers.
The chicken rises toward a fixed guide as the driven signal approaches the selected curve. Once clipping begins, the panel shows peak reduction in decibels and changes the crown to the chosen Soft or Hard treatment.
That movement follows read-only signal information from the plug-in. It never changes the sound or the saved project state.
Try the visual simulation →COMING SOON · PLANNED €29 / $29
A sharper finish
with a straight face
Chicken Clipper is currently available only to invited macOS CLAP beta testers. Public purchasing, downloads and trials are unavailable during the private beta.