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The dbx® 160 Black Friday deal from Waves cuts 79% off this compressor plugin, so it costs $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
The dbx® 160 Compressor / Limiter is a VCA-based dynamics tool, and Waves sells it as iconic punch for drums and fat textures for everything else.
The original hardware used VCA compression, which was a clean break from the designs that came before it.
The maker points to two traits: a very fast attack and a fresh transparency. Those won it a following quickly.
Used lightly, it adds fullness to a source. Pushed hard, it pumps.
The maker says the dbx 160 became the sound of drums and bass compression.
Waves developed this plugin in close collaboration with dbx®.
The maker says the plugin models the original hardware's sound with absolute accuracy.
On top of that, Waves added new features aimed at the needs of modern studios.
The maker's own pitch covers two jobs:
If you want a dbx 160 plugin for drums and bass, this is the VCA compressor/limiter Waves offers in its Black Friday sale.
Yes. The dbx® 160 Compressor / Limiter from Waves is 79% off, which puts the plugin at $29.99. The Black Friday deal ends Nov 26, 2026.
It is a VCA-based compressor/limiter. The maker says its very fast attack and transparency suit light compression for fullness or hard compression for pumping, and that it became the sound of drums and bass compression.
Waves says it designed the plugin in close collaboration with dbx® and that it models the original hardware's sound with absolute accuracy. It also adds new features the maker says are aimed at the needs of modern studios.
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