Why Standard Hard Clippers Sound Bad

Standard hard clipper VST plugins have a fixed digital ceiling.

This has two fatal flaws:

* It collapses your transients to mono during clipping events.

* It adds sustained musically orphaned harmonics – digital foldback aliasing.

This combination turns your mix into a thin, harsh metallic mess.

A New Approach

BuzzCut is the world's first erosion clipper plugin. It modulates the clipping threshold with shaped noise.

This creates a unique transient response that:

* Retains 3D stereo depth.

* Masks inharmonic foldback aliasing with "analog noise" when clipping events occur – similar to how dithering masks truncation distortion.

Now you have the freedom to choose: analog air.

BuzzCut Features: A Creative Sound Design Monster

Everything you need in a mastering clipper

Asymmetric Distortion for Even-Order Harmonics

Unlinked positive and negative clipping thresholds. Apply different wave-shaping curves and erosion to each polarity independently. This generates even-order harmonics – the warmth of analog tubes that no symmetrical clipper can touch.

DAW-Synced Dual-Channel Oscilloscope

Stop guessing: see exactly what you're doing to the waveform on the LEFT and RIGHT channels simultaneously in real-time. Detach the oscilloscope for monitoring and customize the display to your preference. No other clipper gives you simultaneous dual-channel visual feedback with DAW sync.

Multi-Stage RMS & LUFS Auto-Gain Matching

Instant level matching with one-click LUFS calibration. Audition the sound, not the volume jump. Three separate stages of RMS auto-gain compensation (soft clip, hard clip, mix) ensure your signal stays controlled even when driving it to -3 LUFS and beyond

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