Always listening
Capture keeps rolling while the view is held and while the editor is closed. Choose the history length you need and the RAM estimate updates with it.
RFX02 / Capture
CleanCut 2
Keep the moment you nearly missed.
An always-listening capture buffer. Find the good part, trim it and take it back into your session.
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Own v1? Your upgrade is free.
RFX02 / PLUGIN INTERFACE
The best take was the one before record.
CleanCut keeps a rolling history of the audio passing through it. Play, experiment and follow an idea. When something lands, it is already there to keep.
Always ready to capture
Keep a rolling audio history with take markers and a compact waveform strip that stays out of your way.
Listen before you keep it
Select a range, hold the buffer and audition the moment before exporting.
Leave with a useful file
Export WAV, FLAC or AIFF with trimming, fades, normalization and naming options. Drag into supported hosts or export and import the file.
THE IDEA
A rolling history that finds takes as you play. Select a moment, audition it, keep the file.
Where it earns its place.
- 01
Keep an improvised synth phrase.
- 02
Capture a happy accident in an effects chain.
- 03
Build a sample collection as you work.
The instrument, in detail.
HOW IT WORKS
From insert to result.
- STEP 01
Insert after what you want to keep
On the track, after the instrument and effects, or on a bus that receives them. REC and the input meter confirm the host is sending audio.
- STEP 02
Just play
The rolling history keeps the last 10 seconds to 15 minutes in RAM and finds takes for you as you go. Nothing to arm, nothing to remember.
- STEP 03
Find the moment
Drag across the waveform and the view holds. Click a take chip, nudge the edges, then audition it against the live output before you decide.
- STEP 04
Take it with you
Drag the selection into a track, or export WAV, FLAC or AIFF with trimming, normalisation, fades and dither, and use Reveal to import it.
What is under the hood.
Takes, found for you
Threshold and hold decide what starts a take. Take chips line the bottom of the strip. Capture and Drop Marker are exposed to DAW automation.
Audition before you commit
The selection is mixed into the live output with short edge fades and never fed back into the capture. Auditions run up to two minutes.
Files you can actually use
WAV at 16, 24 or 32-bit float. FLAC and AIFF at 16 or 24. TPDF dither for 16-bit. Trim silence, gated loudness normalisation with a −0.3 dBFS ceiling, and name templates with date, time and tempo.
Out of the way
Zero latency and audio-transparent. The whole strip is the waveform, the header is a click-through overlay, and shortcuts hand keys back to the DAW.
Make it yours
Light or dark, with your own accent, waveform and playhead colours. Editor size and settings persist between sessions.
The facts.
| FORMATS | VST3 · AU |
|---|---|
| HISTORY | 10 seconds to 15 minutes, in RAM |
| MEMORY | About 44 MiB per stereo minute at 48 kHz |
| EXPORT | WAV 16 / 24 / 32-bit float · FLAC 16 / 24 · AIFF 16 / 24 |
| PROCESSING | Trim silence · loudness normalise · edge fades · TPDF dither |
| LATENCY | Zero, audio passes unchanged |
| AUTOMATION | Capture · Drop Marker |
| AUDITION | Up to two minutes, mixed into the live output |
| VERSION 1 | Separate plugin identity; installs alongside |
- Lock-free capture engine on an absolute sample clock; history survives host re-prepares
- Background export with dither, normalisation and three formats
- Hold the view and audition before exporting
- Take chips and markers, with Capture and Drop Marker host parameters
- Capture watchdog with clear REC and SUSPENDED states
- Time ruler drawn on the waveform
- A quarter shorter, so it fits under your instrument
Worth knowing. The history lives in RAM and is not saved in your project. Holding the view does not protect old audio from being replaced. Export what you want to keep.
RFX02 / READY WHEN YOU ARE
Keep the moment you nearly missed.
Try the demo with your own material first. Activation removes the interruptions and keeps the plugin yours.
Launch offer34% off
Launch price: £19£29after launch
Save £10 at launchQuestions people ask.
Will drag-and-drop work in my DAW?
Native drag support varies by host. Where it does not, export the file and use Reveal to import it normally. The file is identical either way.
Is the history saved with my session?
No. It is RAM only. Closing the editor keeps it, but removing the plugin, closing the host or changing sample rate or channel layout clears it.
What does the demo do to exports?
Demo interruptions are applied before capture, so exported audio contains the same brief dips. Activation removes them.
What about my CleanCut v1 sessions?
They keep working. CleanCut 2 has its own plugin identity and installs alongside v1. If you own v1, the upgrade is free from your library.
A good fit for your setup.
Windows & Mac · VST3 + AU
Windows builds are 64-bit VST3. Mac builds are universal for Apple silicon and Intel, with VST3 and Audio Unit formats. Check the compatibility and installation guide before buying.
Windows requires Microsoft WebView2. Mac uses its built-in WebKit and needs no separate web runtime. Mac downloads currently use local signing and are not Apple-notarized; see the Mac installation notes.
Try it with your own session
Demo interruptions are applied before capture, so exported audio contains the same brief dips. Native drag support varies by host; file export is also available.
Downloads & setup
