IHNY-2 Black Friday Deal 2026: $39, 60% off

Find the ihny 2 Black Friday deal here: 60% off Baby Audio's parallel compressor plugin, which brings it to $39 until Dec 9, 2026.

IHNY-2 is built for hard, modern compression. Baby Audio says it set out to make the hardest hitting compressor in the industry, one that makes tracks slam and sing.

It is the second version of Baby Audio's first plugin, I Heart NY, which was picked for the SOS Awards by Sound On Sound Magazine. V2 adds surgical control and sound improvements.

What does IHNY-2 do?

The plugin runs a parallel signal chain internally. It splits the incoming audio in two: a dry copy the plugin leaves alone, and a wet copy that gets all the compression.

That means you can push the compression harder and keep the dynamics of the dry track. You don't need to set up any extra routing in your DAW.

The maker is clear that it is not subtle. Use it to put extra punch and bite into a drum kit, a group bus, or the full mix on the master.

How do the controls work?

The main controls live on one XY pad. The vertical axis balances dry against wet, and the horizontal axis sets how much the wet track is compressed. One node, one motion.

An autogain algorithm keeps the output level consistent as you move the node, and an Autogain slider lets you nudge it. An AGR readout (Adjusted Gain Reduction) combines gain reduction and dry/wet balance into one number. Baby Audio suggests aiming for -10 to -20.

The Tweak Panel goes deeper:

• Attack and Release: how fast the compressor engages and lets go
• Ratio: compression intensity from mild to aggressive
• Punch: emphasizes attack transients in the compressed signal
• Harmonics: saturation driven by gain reduction, so harder-compressed parts get saturated more
• Shape: a smiley EQ curve that lifts the lows and highs
• Lo and Hi Preserve: keeps low and high frequencies out of the compression, handy for holding a kick steady while the rest of a drum bus gets squashed

What else is in the box?

Oversampling runs at 1x, 2x or 4x, and Baby Audio recommends 1x for better CPU performance. Solo lets you monitor the wet signal, which also lets you use IHNY-2 as a regular insert compressor.

Tooltips explain each parameter as you work. You can save your own default preset, resize the window and bypass from the Baby Audio logo. Double-click resets any parameter.

It ships with 156 presets made by Baby Audio and friends of the house, including Delbert Bowers, Matt Sim, M-Phazes, Preston "Prizzie" Reid and Rob Kleiner.

Formats and compatibility

IHNY-2 comes as VST, VST3, AU and AAX. It runs on macOS 10.7 and up, including native M1, and on Windows 7 and up.

Baby Audio lists support for all major DAWs, including Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper and Reason.