From 3a11f43fdcfdf563b50ff88d78a3a27ac697b849 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liam Kerr <liam.d.kerr@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 20:26:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: optimize Clipper class with extracted `clip` helper
 method for cleaner stereo processing logic

---
 core/Clipper.cpp | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 core/Clipper.hpp |  1 +
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/Clipper.cpp b/core/Clipper.cpp
index 8a2c224..9451a29 100644
--- a/core/Clipper.cpp
+++ b/core/Clipper.cpp
@@ -11,15 +11,17 @@ void Clipper::processStereo(const float *inLeft, const float *inRight,
                             float *outLeft, float *outRight, uint32_t frames) {
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < frames; ++i) {
 
-    if (outLeft[i] > 0) {
-      outLeft[i] = inLeft[i] > clip_ ? clip_ : inLeft[i];
-    } else {
-      outLeft[i] = inLeft[i] < -clip_ ? -clip_ : inLeft[i];
-    }
-    if (outRight[i] > 0) {
-      outRight[i] = inRight[i] > clip_ ? clip_ : inRight[i];
-    } else {
-      outRight[i] = inRight[i] < -clip_ ? -clip_ : inRight[i];
-    }
+    outLeft[i] = clip(inLeft[i]);
+    outRight[i] = clip(inRight[i]);
   }
 }
+
+float Clipper::clip(const float in) {
+  float out = in;
+  if (in > 0) {
+    out = in > clip_ ? clip_ : in;
+  } else {
+    out = in < -clip_ ? -clip_ : in;
+  }
+  return out;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/Clipper.hpp b/core/Clipper.hpp
index 8309279..91c7722 100644
--- a/core/Clipper.hpp
+++ b/core/Clipper.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
   float clip_;
+  float clip(const float in);
 
 public:
   void setGain(float c) { clip_ = c; }