ORANGE CLIP
A LEGENDARY SOUND IN ANY DAW
FOR 10 MONTHS
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Bains
(Young Thug, Machine Gun Kelly, Mario, Offset and more)
“Orange Clip delivers the gritty essence that trap records often demand, all while preserving the pristine high fidelity synonymous with modern music. It simplicity stands unrivaled.”
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Hardwell
“I really love Gold and Orange clip, they really add something else. Gold clip sounds ridiculous good on the master bus and handles the transients very well.”
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David Yungin Kim
(Nas, Hit-Boy, BTS, Kali Uchis)
“Orange Clip is a simple solution to add very transparent loudness and soft clipping to any sound. That hard hitting legendary production DAW sound is now accessible to any system thanks to this ingenious plugin. Thank you, Ryan for creating what we have all been praying for!”
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Kevin "Black Pearl" McCloskey
(DaBaby, Future, Juice WRLD)
“Finally a plug-in that gives me the loudness that I need with the texture that once got lost when transferring stems across multiple DAWs. Producers have been asking me for this sound for years. Orange clip is big, forward and warm but keeps your transients intact (plus some). It’s not coming off my master bus anytime soon.”
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Jesse Ray Ernster
(Doja Cat, Burna Boy, Kanye West)
“I'm absolutely blown away by Orange Clip! It's a game-changer for adding delicious gritty drive to tracks. The unique clipping curve adds a totally unique presence and bite, especially as you push it harder. Lately I’ve been using it in series with Gold Clip to achieve competitive loudness on the mix bus. The results are amazing!”
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Greatness Jones
(Ari Lennox, Dave East, Giggs, Fifty Shades Darker OST, Joy Crookes)
“Orange Clip is the answer to a lot of producers' tedious workarounds in trying to achieve a particular sound. There's no doubt that this is going to be a go to for a lot of producers especially those in modern music.”
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Midi Jones
(Alessia Cara, Demi Lovato, Ella Mai)
“Orange Clip has been helping my drums and mix bus hit exactly how I want them to, truly a cheat code for any producer or mixer”
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Yonatan Watts
(Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, Fridayy, Kodak Black, French Montana)
“Orange clip is definitely something innovative and works very well with daws other than that legendary workstation that delivers the punch and clip we all need in our tracks! Definitely a go-to for me!”
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Steve "Dr." White
(G Herbo, Lil Boosie, DDG)
“Typically when producers send stems that magic from the 808 and kick hitting the soft clipper is gone and replicating it never seems to go how exactly how I want, there’s just something about that sound I always chase, but now orange clip gives me that exact same feeling and clients are hearing it.”
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Benjamin Thomas
(Lil Uzi Vert, Meek Mill, Jazmine Sullivan, Future)
“Orange clip is the missing tool needed to push your drums over the top. I love the ability to both get that crunch on my kick and 808 but also the ability to back off when needed ”
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Sess The PRBLM
(Falz, Burna Boy, Davido, Adekunle Gold)
“Orange Clip is a faithful re-creation of a pretty popular clipper with a unique tone! However, it goes a step further by offering flexibility and ease of use. The input and output knob makes gain-staging more intuitive and efficient!”
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Chris Tabron
(Beyonce, The Strokes, Lianne La Havas)
“Orange Clip is a one-stop excitement machine. Sure, it sounds great on drums, but you have to try it on vocal bus! “
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Noah Beresin
(Tei Shi & Blood Orange, Christine & The Queens, Ty Dolla $ign)
"I've been fortunate to work with Ryan on a ton of projects, and his plug-ins are always a big part of my workflow. Orange Clip has made its way into lots of new songs I'm working on, both as a subtle waveshaper, as well as an experimental sound design tool."
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Calin Enache
(IDK, Offset, Benny The Butcher, Denzel Curry)
“Orange Clip is a tool that many of my peers and I have wished existed for years. It re-creates that familiar sound that we all intimately know and often need to be able to re-create, and actually improves upon on it. Another incredibly useful tool from Schwabe Digital!”
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Drü Oliver
(A Boogie, lil Tjay, Kehlani)
“The tool we all needed in this era. I feel like I've begged the music God's for something like this. Producers who work out of that legendary DAW refused to send mix engineers stems because it would miss the glue from their master bus. Enter Orange Clip, a plugin that finally solves that problem. When it's time to mix just send them a link to Orange Clip ;)”
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Matt Cohn
(The Weeknd, SZA, Paris Texas)
“Orange clip is my new favorite plug-in to get harder hitting drums and 808s with just a few clicks. It’s great for “that thing” on your master, but also does wonders as a tool for creative overdrive fx and harmonic saturation”
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Noah “MIXGIANT” Glassman
(Burna Boy, PinkPantheress, Amaarae)
“Schwabe Digital has created a tool that brings the energy and punch of that legendary production DAW to any workspace. Orange Clip achieves the impossible. I have it on everything these days.”
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HB The Engineer
(Lil Baby, Wiz Khalifa, Benny The Butcher)
“The Orange clip is so transparent, smooth and versatile. You can push your sounds off the cliff and you won’t even notice this baby working. I use it on everything.”
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Ryan Schwabe
(Baauer, BAYNK, Ellie Goulding, Tobi Lou, Cafuné)
“Again, I made the plugin, it is very good. :)”
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Louie Valentino
Boosie Bad Azz, Snoop Dogg, Chingy, The Game, Gunplay, Jim Jones, Lloyd
“Orange Clip is truly amazing, a game-changer with its unique interface and transformative sonic texture. Undoubtedly, it's poised to become a top plugin of 2024.”
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Albert “Lamont Sincere” Brown
(Duke Deuce, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Yatchy)
“Orange Clip is the ultimate booster for my mix bus track. It's a must have ‘in the box’ tool that gives me the monkey glue and loudness I need to keep my mix cliehts happy”
🍊 A Legendary Sound in Any DAW 🍊
ORANGE CLIP is inspired by the unique stock clipper found in one of the most legendary digital audio workstations for modern music production. The clipper itself is simple, but it has a bold and unique sound that you have heard in many modern recordings. It inflates low frequencies, crunches highs, and smooths the mid-range in a relaxed and pleasing way. We re-engineered that legendary soft clipping sound and added a gang of features to meet the needs of modern music producers & mixing engineers.
Hear Orange Clip
Tracknique “See You in the Afterlife”
Tracknique “Is There”
Tracknique “Smells Like The Morning”
Connor Barkhouse x Saturngates “RD”
Sam Green x Heaven in Stereo “QP”
Sam Green x Heaven in Stereo “VN”
Understanding ORANGE Processing
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Transfer Function Display
Before we explain Orange processing we need to understand how to read a transfer function display. This image shows a linear relationship between input and output. The X axis is the input source, the Y axis shows output destination, and the dotted line shows the linear relationship between input and output.
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Linear Gain
This image shows an input signal of -5dBFS with an output signal of -5dBFS. The arrow shows the signal going into the processor from from the bottom and out of the processor to the left. There is no change to the signal - it is a linear process. -5dBFS in = -5dBFS out.
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Non-Linear Gain
This image shows a non-linear gain change. The output signal is reduced as the input signal increases. An input signal of -5dBFS has an output of -9dBFS. Changing the amplitude of a signal like this is by definition distortion. By changing the shape of the waveform, we are not only changing the peaks but also adding harmonics and augmenting the tone of the signal.
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ORANGE CLIP's Transfer Function
When a traditional transfer function is used as a display it is assumed that the wave shaping is symmetric; meaning it is affecting the positive and negative side of the wave form in the same way. Not all wave shapers are symmetric, but Orange Clip is. Orange Clip’s transfer function shows you how the input signal is wave shaped or clipped in real time as the white dot bounces along the non-linear transfer curve.
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Waveform Displays & Transfer Functions
When we look at a waveform in a DAW we see both the positive and negative side of the waveform. A traditional transfer function only shows one side of the waveform. If we were to show both sides of the waveform, the wave shaper display would look like the orange line. The dotted line represents the input and the orange line represents the wave shaped output.
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Orange Clip's Transfer Function & Waveform Displays
This image shows Orange Clip’s transfer function superimposed over the positive and negative side of a waveform display to emphasize the concept.
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Clip Ceiling
The ceiling control floats over the input meter and allows you to clip extremely low-level signals without changing the input trims. If a snare drum peaks at -24dBFS, you can pull the clip ceiling down to -25dBFS and get 1dB of clipping. You can then adjust the ORANGE setting to get the desired hard, medium or soft knee clipping. The ceiling setting determines the top of the wave shaper and ORANGE determines the bottom.
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ORANGE at -4.4dB
The dB value on the ORANGE processor is the dB level below the clip ceiling that wave shaping begins. The default setting of -4.4dB starts to wave shape 4.4dB below the clip ceiling setting. This medium knee curve works in many situations and has a pleasing tone that smooths the mid range and expands the lows. If you want it to sound softer and deeper turn ORANGE counter clockwise. If you want it harder or firmer turn clockwise.
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ORANGE at 0.0dB
If you set ORANGE to 0.0dB (clockwise) the transfer function is linear (a strait line) up until the clip ceiling setting. With this setting the processor is not wave shaping until it is hard clipping into a brick wall at the clip ceiling setting. This tends to sound brighter, more aggressive and sometimes crunchy.
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ORANGE at -51.8dB
If you set ORANGE to -51.8 (counter-clockwise) the input signal starts to wave shape 51.8dB below the ceiling setting. This is a soft knee curve that smooths out and takes the bite out of the signal. If there is a click or pointy kick drum in the mix, it will push it further into the track and make things sound more round.
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Clip Ceiling & ORANGE Processing
The ceiling setting determines the top of the wave shaper and ORANGE determines the bottom. By adjusting the ceiling, you are moving the clip point down and away from 0.0dBFS. If the ceiling is set to -6dBFS and ORANGE is set to -10dB, then wave shaping will start at -16dBFS. The input signal below -16dBFS will be linear, and the signal above -6dBFS will be approaching hard clipping.
Compatibility
Mac OS
Mac OS 10.13 or higher
Native Silicon Support
Apple Silicon - M1, M2... (recommended)
Apple Intel - Intel Core 2 Duo or higher, 4GB RAM minimum
PC
Windows 11 (recommended)
Windows 10
Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2 or higher, 4GB RAM minimum
(1) 🍊Orange Clip License = (2) 🍊🍊Concurrent Installations