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CLA Drums Black Friday pricing drops this drum-processing plugin to $29.99, 69% off, until Nov 26, 2026.
CLA Drums is a drum FX plugin that processes each part of a kit separately. You pick the type of track you are working on, and the plugin gives that sound its own set of controls.
The maker credits Grammy winner Chris Lord-Alge, whose mixing credits include Springsteen, Green Day and Muse, as the voice behind it. Chris Lord-Alge designed it so that any producer can reach a strong drum sound, whatever the track or the mix calls for.
There is a dedicated processor for each of five drum sounds:
Each one has 3 modes tuned to that drum, so you start from a setting built for the source instead of one generic channel strip.
Because every drum track gets its own processing, each sound keeps its own focus in the mix. The maker's line is that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Treble and bass EQ do two jobs. Push them to add snap and depth, or pull them back to trim harshness and mud.
Compression is optional per track. You can squeeze the kick and snare for punch and leave the toms and room alone, so you decide which drums get the extra impact.
Three reverb modes add ambience and space. Hard or soft gating is on hand for the classic gated-drums effect.
The maker says the plugin brings old-school analog drum sounds into the modern world.
CLA Drums is built for individual drum tracks. That includes the separate outputs of samplers and drum machines, so each kit piece can run through the processor that matches it.
Put one instance on each channel, choose the drum type, and dial in the mode. Then balance the EQ, compression, reverb and gate per track.
On Mac, it 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 and comes as VST and AAX.
Yes. The CLA Drums Black Friday deal takes 69% off, which brings the plugin to $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026. It is a drum FX plugin that gives each drum track its own dedicated processing.
It has processing for five drum sounds: toms, snare, kick, room, and overheads or cymbals and hats. Each of the five has 3 modes optimized for that drum, and you can use it on the individual outputs of samplers and drum machines.
Each drum gets treble and bass EQ for snap and depth or to trim harshness and mud, optional compression for punch, and 3 reverb modes for ambience and space. Hard or soft gating covers gated-drums sounds.
Yes to both. On Mac (macOS Monterey 12 through Sequoia 15) it comes as VST, AU and AAX. On Windows 10 or later it comes as VST and AAX.
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