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C1 Compressor Black Friday pricing from Waves is $29.99, 69% off, until Nov 26, 2026. It is a dynamics plugin that covers compression, expansion, upward expansion, gating, dynamic filtering and sidechaining in a single window.
Waves says C1 is about solving problems, not adding color. The sound is clean and neutral, so it should sit under any source without leaving its own stamp on the tone.
The maker lists these jobs in one plugin:
That means one instance can handle a vocal compressor, a drum gate and a downward expander without swapping tools in the signal chain.
The compression uses a soft knee, which Waves says avoids the squashed sound some other knee types produce. A built-in limiter sets a ceiling on the maximum output level.
Look-ahead lets the plugin anticipate level changes. Auto-release tracks the dynamics of the material, and auto-makeup keeps levels steady whether you compress lightly or hard.
Parameter linking makes editing settings quicker. Dynamics processing linking preserves the balance between channels.
C1 offers up to 3 sidechains, and any number of channels can link to them. Combined with the internal sidechain filter, you can keep low end from triggering the detector on a full-range bus.
On Mac, C1 runs on macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15, in VST, AU and AAX formats.
On PC, it needs Windows 10 or later, in VST and AAX formats.
If your DAW is Pro Tools, the AAX version covers both platforms. Logic Pro users on Mac will use the AU build.
Yes. The Waves C1 Compressor Black Friday deal takes 69% off, bringing the plugin to $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026. It is a compressor plugin that also handles expansion, gating and sidechain filtering.
Waves lists expansion, upward expansion, gating, dynamic filtering, sidechaining and internal sidechain filtering alongside compression. All of it lives in one plugin, so a single tool can cover several dynamics jobs in a session.
On Mac it comes as VST, AU and AAX, and on PC as VST and AAX. Mac support covers macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15. PC requires Windows 10 or later.
Yes. A built-in limiter sets a ceiling for the maximum output level. C1 also offers up to 3 sidechains, and any number of channels can link to them, with internal sidechain filtering available.
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