diff --git a/core/Clipper.cpp b/core/Clipper.cpp
index 733ef48..9179415 100644
--- a/core/Clipper.cpp
+++ b/core/Clipper.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <cmath>
 
 Clipper::Clipper(float init_clip, ClipperMode init_mode)
-    : clip_(init_clip), mode_(init_mode) {}
+    : threshold_(init_clip), mode_(init_mode) {}
 
 void Clipper::process(const float *in, float *out, uint32_t frames) {
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < frames; ++i) {
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ float Clipper::clip(const float in) {
   switch (mode_) {
   default:
   case kClipperModeHard: {
-    return std::fmin(std::fmax(in, -clip_), clip_);
+    return std::fmin(std::fmax(in, -threshold_), threshold_);
   }
   case kClipperModeSoft: {
-    float normalized = (in / clip_) * 0.75f;
-    return std::tanh(normalized) * clip_;
+    float normalized = (in / threshold_) * 0.75f;
+    return std::tanh(normalized) * threshold_;
   }
   case kClipperModeFold: {
     float x = in;
-    while (x > clip_ || x < -clip_) {
-      if (x > clip_) {
-        x = 2.0f * clip_ - x;
-      } else if (x < -clip_) {
-        x = -2.0f * clip_ - x;
+    while (x > threshold_ || x < -threshold_) {
+      if (x > threshold_) {
+        x = 2.0f * threshold_ - x;
+      } else if (x < -threshold_) {
+        x = -2.0f * threshold_ - x;
       }
     }
     return x;
diff --git a/core/Clipper.hpp b/core/Clipper.hpp
index 163be5f..b0bcf85 100644
--- a/core/Clipper.hpp
+++ b/core/Clipper.hpp
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ public:
                      float *outRight, uint32_t frames);
 
 private:
-  float clip_;
+  float threshold_;
   float clip(const float in);
   ClipperMode mode_;
 
 public:
-  void setGain(float c) { clip_ = c; }
-  float getGain() const { return clip_; }
+  void setThreshold(float c) { threshold_ = c; }
+  float getThreshold() const { return threshold_; }
   void setMode(ClipperMode m) { mode_ = m; }
   ClipperMode getMode() const { return mode_; }
 };