HoRNet Planer: high quality versatile audio clipper

HoRNet is proud to announce the release of HoRNet Planer, a cutting-edge audio clipping tool designed to bring unmatched precision, transparency, and control to your audio dynamics. Developed with a deep understanding of modern audio production needs, HoRNet Planer is the ultimate solution for engineers and producers who demand clean, musical clipping—even in the most extreme processing conditions.

In today’s professional mixing and mastering workflows, managing peaks and dynamics is crucial. Often, compressors and limiters are used to tame transients, but when subtlety isn’t enough, clipping becomes the go-to technique. Unlike traditional soft limiters, a high-quality clipper can cut off unwanted peaks without affecting the body or tone of your mix—and this is exactly where HoRNet Planer shines.

At the heart of HoRNet Planer is a highly customizable clipping engine that allows users to shape the behavior of the clipping curve to match their exact creative vision. The plugin provides a transfer function curve editor that enables you to smoothly morph between hard clipping and soft saturation, letting you find the perfect balance between aggression and musicality.

One of the most powerful features of Planer is its wide oversampling range, which goes from 16x up to 256x. This ensures that aliasing—a common issue in clipping—is kept to an absolute minimum. In fact, at the highest oversampling rate, aliasing is reduced to an astonishing -150dB, preserving the integrity of your signal even under the most intense processing.

This makes HoRNet Planer not just a distortion tool, but a precision mastering-grade clipper, capable of handling everything from transparent loudness maximization to characterful analog-style saturation. Whether you’re clipping drums to add punch, controlling transients on a vocal bus, or shaving off a few decibels from a mastered track, Planer offers surgical accuracy while remaining musically transparent.

In terms of usability, Planer was designed to be as intuitive as it is powerful. The plugin features a minimal, resizable interface with quick access to key parameters such as:

• Input level control – adjust how much signal hits the clipper.

• Oversampling selector – choose your desired oversampling depth.

• Transfer curve editor – sculpt the clipping behavior in real time.

• Delta button – hear only the clipped signal to better understand what’s being removed.

• Bypass switch – quickly A/B between processed and original audio.

• Light and Dark UI themes – work comfortably in any studio environment.

Another key advantage of HoRNet Planer is its ability to integrate seamlessly into any modern production setup. It supports Audio Units, VST, VST3, and AAX plugin formats, and is fully 64-bit compatible. The plugin runs smoothly on both macOS (10.13 and later) and Windows 10 (and above), and includes native support for Apple Silicon, ensuring maximum performance on the latest Mac systems.

Whether you’re a mastering engineer working on high-end stereo mixes or a sound designer looking to creatively shape your sounds, Planer provides all the tools you need to push your signal exactly where you want it—without compromising clarity or tone. The combination of true peak clipping, ultra-low aliasing, and dynamic tone shaping opens up creative possibilities that other clippers simply can’t match.

While most clippers offer a static clipping style, Planer gives you the power to design your own. Want the tight punch of hard digital clipping? You can do that. Prefer a more analog, tape-style curve with harmonic rounding? Just adjust the transfer shape, and you’re there. This degree of control makes HoRNet Planer more than just a utility—it’s a creative instrument in its own right.

To make sure you can work efficiently in any environment, Planer also includes helpful workflow features like the Delta mode, which lets you isolate and listen only to what’s being clipped. This is ideal for making subtle changes and understanding exactly what you’re affecting. It’s a small addition, but it makes a big difference in fine-tuning your processing decisions.

For producers and engineers working in loudness-critical environments such as streaming platforms, film soundtracks, or competitive commercial mixes, Planer helps you reach your peak loudness without unwanted distortion. When combined with a limiter, it becomes a powerful part of your mastering chain, increasing perceived loudness while maintaining sonic integrity.

HoRNet Planer is available now for just €19.99, making it an incredibly affordable yet powerful addition to your plugin collection. As always, a free demo version is also available, so you can try it out for yourself before purchasing.

To download, visit our website or use the HoRNet DoIn installer for quick and easy access. Experience a new level of clarity, control, and creativity in clipping with HoRNet Planer—your ultimate audio dynamics companion.