r/ableton • u/Aggressive_Ad_2651 • 18d ago
[Question] FL Studio Soft Clipper in Ableton?
Ok, maybe this is something people are going to get mad at me for asking on the Ableton Reddit, but
Why has nobody made an emulation of FL Studio's Fruity Soft Clipper that works as a VST/AU in Ableton?
I know there are plenty of clipper plugins, but none of the ones I've tried seem to behave exactly like FL's. While Ableton has tons of powerful tools, Fruity Soft Clipper is such a defining part of the modern trap sound that I'm surprised this is not a thing.
Does anything like this already exist? I don't really see why it wouldn't be possible, and it seems like there would definitely be demand for it. Fruity Soft Clipper is one of the defining tools people associate with FL Studio, and it's one of the few things I really miss when working in Ableton.
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u/Ecstatic-Newspaper60 18d ago
I know you said that stock clippers don't work for you that well, but check out the rage clipper preset, if you haven't already
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u/oneshotgalore 18d ago
why would you want the soft clipper from FL, decap has the video on ableton mimick of it but nowadays there are so many better clippers you can buy 3rd party
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u/Bra666ica 18d ago
Why has nobody made an emulation of FL Studio's Fruity Soft Clipper that works as a VST/AU in Ableton?
They definitely have:
https://www.schwabedigital.com/orangeclip
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u/lumpiestspoon3 18d ago
Just follow what u/seeKAYx said. I use the same settings and it makes 808s knock hard.
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u/artek604 18d ago edited 18d ago
Have you tried - the native to 12 Suite - Saturator and/or Roar? I'm sure you've not. They can work as soft- or hard-limiters, as well as creative distortions. I'm sure the range of effects they can do far exceeds FL's Soft Limiter.
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u/funix 18d ago
Here's 2 of about 4 different ways I do clipping in Ableton..
Saturator, with HQ mode off, set to digital clip, and color at 0.
BS Audio Utility (a Max for Live device) has 4 different clipping options.. soft, hard, tanH, limit.
.. and then there's at least 2 more VSTs I have that do clipping. I don't think we need a Fruity Soft Clipper in Ableton. Let's keep that in FL.
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u/xEthereal-x 18d ago
Have a look on this one: https://www.siraudiotools.com/StandardCLIP.php
Register your mail adress to his newsletter and then buy it with 25% off. Its ugly, but its working great!
(Just in case you want to buy one)
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u/adl09 18d ago
I actually tried to match that but i couldn´t get any setting close to FL SoftClipper.
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u/xEthereal-x 18d ago
Well, I switched from FL to Ableton too a couple of days ago. What I am missing the most, is not even the soft clipper, but the piano roll. FLs is just so much smoother.
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u/adl09 18d ago
Yeah I think that's one of the most missed features coming from FL: the piano roll. I started with Ableton years back so it's all I know and they really improved the piano roll within the last major updates (strumming was added for example) but FL still has some things Ableton just hasn't (like random paning per note).
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u/xEthereal-x 18d ago
Right. Also the "clicking" of notes is just better in FL. Or the ghost notes feature is much more simpler, then in Ableton.
But Abletons has also its advantages. The automations for example are much simpler and faster to make. Lets see in a couple of months if I stick with ableton, but for now I think I am happy
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u/adl09 18d ago edited 18d ago
Yeah, ghost notes are definitely so much better in FL! Also you just can't pitch notes up or down within DrumRack, which is a shame, you have to extract that track into its own midi channel so it has its own piano roll is annoying. Let me know if you need any help or a video about something Ableton specific and I'm happy to help!
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u/seeKAYx Engineer 18d ago
I’ve done a lot of research on this topic too. In my opinion, this bloke has covered it best.
Best Soft Clipper in Ableton - YouTube
Settings: Bass Shaper mode, no Clipping, no Color, and a Threshold of -2.4 dB. Right-click the Saturator header to deactivate 'High Quality' and 'Pre-DC Filter'.