OK, I admit it, I find the bargains at this time of year just as tempting as anyone.
So I couldn't resist looking around and there are some amazing deals on offer as always – so I thought I would share them with you. These are some of my personal favourites for mastering.
They're all great deals, but also plugins I personally love using:
(And if you decide to use these links, many of them will help support my site and channels)
Wavesfactory Spectre This is a personal "secret weapon" of mine – super-flexible and intuitive saturation & distortion, in exactly (and only) the frequency ranges and amounts you choose. Even better, it's 51% off !
If you enjoyed my recent video about mastering on headphones, you might be interested to know that Sonarworks SoundID Reference is 44% off at the moment.
Newfangled Saturate As recommended by Joe Caithness in my recent podcast episode on clipping and saturation, Saturate is 56% off right now.
I recommend Leapwing Audio's stuff all the time – I use StageOne (50% off) and DynOne (40% off) regularly, and even the new LimitOne is 49% off at the moment !
Tokyo Dawn make some of the best-value products out there even at their normal price, but some are currently available with a massive 62% discount - including the highly regarded Limiter 6 !
Fabfilter's Mastering Bundle is a genuine all-in-one professional mastering solution, and contains everything you need to get great results. It's 25% off at the moment, and all the individual plugins like Pro-Q 3 and Pro-MB are also available
iZotope RX is a core element in my mastering toolset, with multiple invaluable restoration functions and is available for 40% off at the moment, along with many other iZotope deals
And of course finally I'm going to remind you that all my own plugins with MeterPlugs are available for 30% off this week ! The discount should be pre-applied but if not, use the code BLACKFRI24 at the checkout, it'll work for any MeterPlugs product, including Dynameter, Perception AB and the new Loudness Penalty Studio desktop app.
So, there you go - I hope there's something interesting for you in that list, and even if not there are a ton of other special offers on the Plugin Boutique site - to see them all, click here.
What about that incredible 79% discount I mentioned ? Well, Waves aren't often mentioned in a mastering context that often, but every so often I find that their Kramer Master Tape plugin is just the thing I need. It can be quite subtle (unlike some other tape emulations) so you can add it right at the end of the process without having to re-balance everything – and it's currently available for less than £30 !
