A very quick explaination:

[clip~] simply cuts off the range of the signal at whatever threshold you set, giving you a square peak and often a "clipped", distorted sound.

[limiter~] looks ahead one DSP block and when it finds that the signal will go over the threshold set, it lowers the gain preemptively for a given length of time (the "release" time). The idea is that you don't get such square, chopped-off peaks and therefore you don't add noticeable distortion to your sound.

You might do some reading on the principles of audio dynamics processors online, as they are very common and useful pieces of audio hardware as well as software:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_level_compression

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matias kapo wrote:

hello all, can anybody explain me the differences between clip~ and limiter~?

thanks in advance

matias