The Most Efficient GOLD CLIP Yet!
We’ve got some exciting news to share... We’ve gone through the entire codebase for both the Mac and Windows versions of Gold Clip, hunting for every possible efficiency. We analyzed every element and made improvements to enhance stability and performance—and the results are exceptional!
GOLD CLIP 1.3 with ALCHEMY 2 is Now Available
Alchemy is a high-frequency dynamic processor intended to soften the harshness that clipping can cause. We designed Alchemy when we originally built Gold Clip, and it sounds excellent, but the mastering engineer in me believes that everything in audio can be improved. So, we made Alchemy 2.
Orange Clip 1.1 Now Available
We have been working very hard to make major upgrades to both Orange Clip & Gold Clip. Log in to your Schwabe Digital account and download your free Orange Clip update today!
Podcast: Mastering Secrets & Musical U-Turns: My Chat with Mike Indovina
I recently spoke to Mike Indovina of the Master Your Mix Podcast about how you can use clipping to your advantage.
Songs Made with Gold Clip
Below are some legendary engineers that are making music with a little help from Gold Clip. Read how they are using it and take a listen.
One Year of Gold Clip
From launch to legend, GOLD CLIP has come a long way in one year. Several months before the release, I started an Instagram to talk my way through the making of Gold Clip.
Podcast: A Conversation About the Art of Mastering & Mixing with Bobby Owsinski
A while back, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the legendary author Bobby Owsinski on his podcast,
What’s the Difference Between GOLD CLIP and ORANGE CLIP?
I often get this question…
What’s the differences between Gold Clip and Orange Clip?
Podcast: Making Records & Plugins with Help Me Devvon
Back in March of 2024, I did an interview with Devvon Terrell, L.Dre, and Courtney Taylor of the Help Me Devvon / Audio Nerds podcast…
Using Orange Clip & Gold Clip Together
A few weeks back, my friend Ken Lewis asked me to make a video about how I use Gold Clip and Orange Clip for his Mixing Night Podcast. I decided to throw that video on my YouTube page and share it with you.
Reviving Loud & Limited Pre-Masters with GOLD CLIP
As a mastering engineer, I’m often handed mixes that are already limited or clipped. These loud, finalized mixes can be tricky to work with because there’s often very little headroom or transient detail left. What I do as a mastering engineer involves envelope or dynamic shaping just as much as balancing, sweetening, and preparing a mix for distribution.
Celebrating 6 Months of Gold Clip!
Today marks the 6-month anniversary for the release of GOLD CLIP. I want to take this time to thank you all for the support and love you have shown.
The New GOLD CLIP 1.2.1 is Here!
We have an updated interface, new oversampling options, a new downsampling filter technique, and some long-requested new features.
Reflecting on my Grammy Nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
It is coming up on a year since my Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for mixing and mastering Baynk’s Adolescence. When it happened, I was attending the Audio Developers Conference in London on November 12th, 2022.
The Honor of Working in Music
You never know whether a record you are working on is going to be a hit or not. I have tried to predict it and sometimes I was right, but most of the time I had no idea what was going to catch the attention of the world. Honestly, when you start working on a record that turns out to be a hit, it doesn’t feel very different than what you have done before.
Mixing & Mastering in Headphones
Mixing and mastering records for a living means that you will be working long hours, and those hours often bleed into your personal life…
01) Introducing GOLD CLIP PACK: More Than a Clipper
GOLD CLIP is much more than just another clipper.
Gold Clip Pack is a family of plugins designed to bring loudness, saturation, and energy to your mixes and masters. It includes both a Mastering Clipper and a Track Clipper, powered by the same advanced internal technology. With unique features like Boxtone, the digital tape-style dynamic processor Alchemy, a parallel mixer, and anti-overshoot oversampling, these tools help you craft mixes and masters with loudness and impact.
02) Get Quick Results with Gold Clip Pack
This is a simple, straightforward way to use GOLD CLIP for mixing and mastering in any genre.
03) Gain Staging in Gold Clip Pack
Don't be intimidated. While the internal gain staging of GOLD CLIP is complex, the functionality on the interface is very simple. Once you understand it, you'll be ready to use the plugin in any scenario.
04) Discover the Power of GOLD
The namesake of GOLD CLIP, this feature is fundamentally different than a traditional compressor. Instead of an attack and release time, Gold performs a sample-by-sample analysis of the input and applies a non-linear gain to the signal.