Horizen Black Friday Deal 2026: $77.40, 40% off

Horizen Black Friday pricing takes 40% off this Tracktion synth plugin, leaving it at $77.40 until Nov 6, 2026.

Horizen is a virtual instrument built around a 10-voice architecture. Each patch can combine 4 sample engines, 4 dual OSC/wavetable synth voices and 2 loop player engines. The maker describes the result as lush and detailed, written by composers for composers.

It covers genres from rock to EDM to lofi, and the maker says it offers a lot to game and film writers as well.

What does Horizen 2.6 add?

Version 2.6 is a free update for existing 2.x users. The maker lists these changes:

• Expansion packs you can display, load and play inside the instrument, each with 50 to 150 sound sources and loops plus matching presets
• A tag-based search engine for sounds, loops and presets, with tags you can add or remove
• A scalable vector interface, with skins, 4x zoom on loops, parametric EQs and LFOs, and custom voice names
• Six new effects: Soft Clipper, Wavefolder, Compressor 2, Twin Chorus, Spectral Tilt EQ and Transient Shaper
• Glide and Note Harmoniser moved to a dedicated Note FX panel, plus an octave folder and per-voice velocity mapping you draw yourself
• Five slower tempo-sync settings for effects, arpeggiators and LFOs: 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 bars
• A reworked limiter on the global output

How does the XY pad work?

You drag any of the 10 sound sources into the corners of the XY pad. Moving around the pad blends the sources together.

Horizen lets you capture these movements as automation, which frees your hand from the mouse while you perform. You can also save a gesture and load it into another patch.

What can you modulate?

The Modulation panel takes up to 6 LFOs. Pick one from the preset menu or draw your own, then drag it to as many targets as you like.

As of 2.6, the LFOs show a scrolling display of their shape. A depth CC control lets you assign any CC controller to the LFO depth. Channel aftertouch (CC129) is one option.

There are also two Key modulators, two Velocity modulators and, from 2.6, two CC modulators. Each one takes user-drawn shapes. You can lock them to the DAW tempo, let them run free, or fire them in oneshot mode.

Arpeggiator, chords and effects

The arp lets you set the number of steps, swing, tempo sync and octave movement. Each step has its own settings for how hard it hits, how long it sounds and which pitch it plays, while the sequencer can run in 6 different directions, chords included.

Each voice can be routed to one arp, both or none, so one voice can play freely while another is arpeggiated. Version 2.6 adds a Pattern Generator for building arp patterns.

The chord player has sixteen MIDI keys. It plays chords from a root note you pick, one of 12 chord types and an octave range, with augmentation options for more complex voicings.

Horizen carries 23 onboard effects, with a Send and Master section and dedicated slots per voice. The maker says they were built to cut down your reliance on third-party plugins.