Free Clip is a user-friendly multi-algorithm soft clipper and wave shaper plugin compatible with Windows VST and macOS Audio Unit/VST formats. It offers a selection of wave shapes or sigmoid functions, ranging from transparent but aggressive hard clipping to softer, more saturated arctangent curves. The plugin features an intuitive ceiling level control paired with a level meter for precise adjustments. Additionally, oversampling options help reduce high-frequency aliasing, though enabling oversampling may cause occasional peaks that slightly exceed the ceiling level, requiring careful ceiling or post-clipper settings, especially when used at the end of a master chain.

Designed to increase volume transparently without causing digital clipping, Free Clip is ideal for processing individual stems, sound effects, or entire tracks. For mastering purposes, wave shapes like hardclip, quantic, or cubic are recommended because they introduce minimal saturation while maintaining signal integrity under the set ceiling. This approach ensures clean volume boosting without unwanted distortion, making Free Clip a practical tool for maintaining audio quality during loudness enhancement.

Beyond transparent clipping, Free Clip can also function as a saturation or distortion effect by selecting softer wave shapes such as algebraic or arctangent. Lowering the ceiling level or increasing the input gain intensifies saturation, while boosting the output compensates for any volume loss. To minimize high-frequency aliasing during heavier processing, higher oversampling rates are available, though users should note that very high settings can significantly impact CPU performance. This flexibility allows Free Clip to serve both clean clipping and creative sound-shaping roles.