> Clipping is a time-honoured staple of music production. For most of its life it was unwanted – the distortion caused by a signal whose level was too high for a given piece of gear. These days, clippers and soft clippers serve a lot like brickwall limiters, stopping a signal from going over a certain threshold. The effect is useful in mastering to achieve loudness, but also tends to introduce saturation, especially when pushed hard. Signum Audio’s Skye Clipper takes on clipping with seven modes
