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Looking for a Clavinet Black Friday deal? Waves has 62% off this multi-sampled D6 clavinet instrument, which comes to $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
It is a virtual keyboard built around the D6 clavinet, the gritty, twangy keyboard heard in the work of Stevie Wonder, the Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock, the Band, Funkadelic, Steely Dan, the Wailers and Fleetwood Mac.
Waves built the instrument's sound from recordings of each texture, articulation and hammer hit, and both the muted and unmuted settings were sampled.
The instrument ships with a chain of effects that clav players tend to reach for, so you can dial in a finished sound without leaving the plugin. Here is what the maker lists:
Velocity response is described as exceptionally responsive, giving you stellar dynamics from soft ghost notes to hard strikes.
Because both muted and unmuted modes are sampled, you can switch between the choked, percussive character and the open, ringing one. Waves says the aim was to get the feel right as much as the tone.
The autowah is the part that reacts to you. It follows the envelope of what you play, so harder hits open the filter further and lighter ones keep it closed.
The amp section lets you pick the mic that sits in front of the cabinet. That gives you a way to move from a direct keyboard sound to something that feels like a stage rig.
You can run Clavinet stand-alone for live performance, or load it as a plugin in your DAW.
If you are after a Clavinet plugin for funk, soul or rock keys, the preset library and built-in effects mean the core sound is ready as soon as you load it. The EQ, compression and limiting stage can also stay in the chain when you bounce.
Yes. The Clavinet Black Friday deal takes 62% off this Waves virtual instrument, which brings it to $29.99. The offer runs until Nov 26, 2026.
Clavinet pairs the multi-sampled D6 clavinet with an envelope-follower autowah, an amp simulator with a choice of mics, EQ, compression and limiting, plus phase, chorus and reverb. It also includes presets with classic sounds.
On Mac it runs on macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15 in VST, AU and AAX. On Windows 10 or later it comes as VST and AAX. It also runs stand-alone.
The maker says every texture, articulation and hammer strike of the D6 clavinet was multi-sampled, in both muted and unmuted modes. Velocity control is described as exceptionally responsive, which is meant to give you stellar dynamics.
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