V-Clip is an advanced clipper and waveshaping audio plugin from Venn Audio. It’s designed for use in music production, mixing, and mastering to control and shape audio dynamics. Clipping plugins like V-Clip let you gently or aggressively limit peaks in your audio signal to add saturation, increase perceived loudness, or creatively distort sound.

Feature Highlights:

• Multiple clipping sigmoid curves let you choose different clipping behaviors, from soft to hard shapes. vennaudio.com

• Custom clipping mode gives control over positive and negative samples separately, with DC offset control and filtering — great for asymmetric distortion and rich harmonic content. 
• Live tracing of the signal through the clipping curve so you can see how your audio is being shaped in real time. vennaudio.com

• 64-bit double-precision floating-point processing ensures high-fidelity audio quality internally. vennaudio.com

• Up to 256× oversampling with advanced anti-aliasing filters helps reduce digital artifacts when saturation is applied.

What’s New 2025

• Multiband Clipping:
  Instead of a single clipper, V-Clip 2 lets you work across multiple frequency bands for surgical control over different parts of the spectrum. vennaudio.com
• Mid-Side (M/S) Support:
  You can process mid and side channels separately within each band for enhanced stereo image shaping. vennaudio.com
• Pre/Post Emphasis:
  New stage for boosting or reducing specific frequencies around the clipping stage, giving fine tonal shaping before and after distortion. ve
• New Visual Feedback Modes:
  Expanded visualizers include Shaper, Oscilloscope, Spectrum, Envelope, Histogram, and Waveform views for each clipper. vennaudio.com
• Interactive Live Shaper View:
  A dynamic real-time curves interface helps you see exactly how audio is being shaped.

Quick Guide:

• • Soft Clip → transparent loudness control

  • Hard Clip → aggressive punch & distortion

  • Custom / Asymmetric Clip → creative saturation & harmonics

• Turn on Oversampling (8×–512×) to reduce aliasing.

• Higher values = cleaner sound (best for mastering).

• Lower values = more CPU-friendly (good for mixing).

System Requirements

• VST3 – common format on Windows & Mac
• • AU – macOS only
• • AAX – for Pro Tools on Windows & macOS 
•  Clipping plugins like these can use extra CPU when high oversampling is enabled (e.g., 128×, 256×, or 512×) — so faster CPUs help, especially on large mixes. Gearspace
  • For typical mixing/mastering use, moderate oversampling settings keep CPU moderate.
• Original V-Clip also has VST and AAX builds, including 32- and 64-bit options on older versions. vennaudio.com

Download Steps:

• • Open your browser

  • Go to Venn Audio official website

  • Navigate to Products → V-Clip or V-Clip 2

  • Sign up with email & password

• Open the .pkg file
  

• Follow on-screen instructions
  

• Allow plugin in Security & Privacy if prompted
  

• Verify you email if required
  
• Log in to your Venn Audio account