Release Date: April 1, 2026
Version: 1.0.0
Developer: LusiD
Developer’s Website: lusidmusicuk.com/products/buzzcut-the-erosion-clipper
Format: VST3, AAX
Bit Depth: 64bit
Tablet: Available
System Requirements: Windows 10+
Size: 6.6 MB
Designed for loud, clean masters and thick, dirty bass. Get 1 dB louder than your current clipper.
The Problem with Standard Hard Clippers
Standard VST hard clipping plugins have a fixed digital ceiling. This has two fatal drawbacks:
• When clipping, your transients are compressed to mono.
• The plugin adds persistent non-harmonic distortion – digital aliasing.
This combination transforms your mix into a subtle, harsh, metallic mess.
A New Approach: BuzzCut
BuzzCut is the world’s first erosion-based clipping plugin. It modulates the clipping threshold with shaped noise. This creates a unique transient response that:
• Preserves 3D stereo depth.
• Masks inharmonic foldback aliasing with “analog noise” during clipping—similar to how dither masks distortion during truncation.
Now you have freedom of choice and a true analog feel in the digital domain.
Asymmetrical Distortion for Even Harmonics
The plugin offers independent positive and negative clipping thresholds. You can apply different waveform shaping curves and erosion to each polarity separately. This creates even-order harmonics—the warmth of analog tubes—that no symmetrical clipper can provide.
Visualization and Oscilloscope
A dual-channel oscilloscope synced to your DAW takes the guesswork out of results. You see exactly what’s happening with the waveform on both the left and right channels simultaneously, in real time.
• Detachable oscilloscope for convenient monitoring.
• Customizable display.
No other clipper offers such detailed dual-channel visual feedback.
Intelligent Level Control
Multi-stage RMS and LUFS matching with automatic level matching and unidirectional calibration lets you hear the character of the sound, not the volume jump. Three separate automatic gain compensation stages (soft clip, hard clip, mix) ensure signal control even at extreme voltages down to -3 LUFS and beyond.
